{"id":6620,"date":"2008-10-25T19:50:40","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2008-10-26T00:24:16","modified_gmt":"2008-10-26T08:24:16","slug":"the-genius-how-bill-walsh-reinvented-football-and-created-an-nfl-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=6620","title":{"rendered":"The Genius: How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Harris has zero flair as a writer but his new book<\/a> is a solid collection of information.<\/p>\n

(Then it sneaks up on you and will leave you in tears.)<\/p>\n

From 1985-1987, I covered Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers for radio stations KAHI\/KHYL.<\/p>\n

The 49ers trained at my school — Sierra Community College in Rocklin.<\/p>\n

Walsh treated everyone with respect, a trait I’ve never tried to emulate.<\/p>\n

I remember him coming to the microphone after a tough loss to the New Orleans Saints at Candlestick in early October 1985 left his team at 2-2.<\/p>\n

"It’s good to be among friends," he said, cracking up the press corp.<\/p>\n

The news media were allowed to go down on to the field for the last few minutes of the game and then follow the players into the lockerroom.<\/p>\n

As we ran behind the Saints after the final whistle, I heard one of them yell out, "Some kind of genius!"<\/p>\n

I then asked Walsh in the press conference a klanger of a question. After repeating the quote, I asked if the pressure of being on top was getting to his team.<\/p>\n

He replied: "I’d be happy to match our record with anyone’s."<\/p>\n

Then he took the next question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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