In his weekly installment at packers.com Cliff Christl outdoes himself with some sweet recollections from the Lombardi years. Christl has been doing a terrific job on the site as team historian. Highly recommended.
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Here's an excerpt, actually taken from a 1967 column by the great Jim Murray about that year's team and Lombardi's mark:
Murray later wrote, “I don’t care what your profession is, if you don’t have any respect for it, you’ll never be any good at it.” Coaching, Murray noted, may not equate with some other more worldly jobs. “But to Vince Lombardi, it’s HIS profession,” Murray continued. “He would quit before he would dishonor it.” Murray’s final two graphs read: “Not Saturday. Vince Lombardi’s face was suffused with pride. All he lost was a game. But he hadn’t tried to sell the Green Bay Packers with one wheel missing or the engine failing. He hadn’t come into town with a plastic team craftily disguised as the real thing. His team lived up to the warranty. No one wanted his money back. No one hollered for the Better Business Bureau. His critics have said Lombardi doesn’t belong in this century. And they are right. Pride in workmanship like that hasn’t been seen much in this century. When you bet on them, buy a ticket to see them, or invest in them, V.T. Lombardi guarantees you are getting the original, the genuine Green Bay Packers, not a shoddy imitation. Let those who criticize him ask if THEIR product could stand that rigid inspection lately.”
