...a few choice packages from David Maraniss' biography of Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered. (This is what will get me through the long offseason.)
P. 230: The timid and overly polite Bart Starr starts to take command of his team in the 1959 season:
"It was also during the 49ers game that Starr began to assert himself with his teammates, at one point insisting that the garrulous Max McGee 'hush up!' in the huddle... Jim Ringo called a timeout so the offensive linemen could stop laughing..."
P. 274: Still smarting from the loss to Philadelphia in the 1960 Championship game, Lombardi resolves to start training camp by going back to basics:
"He began with the most elemental statement of all. 'Gentlemen,' he said, holding a pigskin in his right hand, 'this is a football.' To which Max McGee, from the rear of the squad, delivered the immortal retort, 'Uh, Coach, could you slow down a little. You're going to fast for us.'"
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