Anti-NFL Players & Coaches

Who are some of the NFL Players and/or Coaches on your rival teams you have hated in the past/present that you eventually ended up respecting or even liking? I can name several in no particular order that I ended up admiring after they retired even though I couldn't stand them when they played or coached. Here's my list of the top of my head:

Tom Landry
Earl Campbell
Eddie George
Troy Aikman
Jack Tatum
Roger Staubach
Ozzie Newsome
Anthony Munoz
Michael Irvin
Jonathan Ogden

I will list more later if I think of them. I'm sure there will be more Ravens on the list in the future, but most of them are still active.

I feel ya, but I didn't mean literally hate. What I mean is what players pissed you off because they always had your teams number. For example in the late 80's and early 90's I can see 49ers, Cowboys, Giants fans all not liking certain players or coaches on the other teams.

What I can't understand though, is even though Jacksonville always seemed to kick my Steelers teams asses over these last two decades I never could dislike them. Maybe because Jacksonville played that type of grimey, hard nosed football that I personally like. Yeah, I would be upset when they always beat us by a FG at the end after everyone on the field was beat up. I always gave major props to Coach Del Rio and his squads!