Instant Replay- The Unedited Edition

Coach Lombardi was all about winning. He didn't care if you were black or white. Catholic, Protestant or Jew. Well there weren't any Jew football players but you know what I mean. Coach didn't care. He just did whatever it took to win.

If you had a favorite food that helped you he would always make sure he provided it at the training table. Willie Davis got his grits and collard greens. Fuzzy Thurston loved peaches. He said they reminded him of his balls. Of course Hornung loved big juicy sausages. He would take them right out of the bun and stick one end in his mouth and slowly sallow them. It was sort of weird but that was Paul.

Most of all he helped us develop healthy habits. He thought having a cigarette helped calm the nerves. Especially for the high strung guys. He would often light up on the sidelines and call us over to take a couple of drags. Tom Moore went over for a couple of puffs every other play.

The Packers were always about health.
(Instant Replay- The Unedited Edition, Jerry Kramer & Dick Schaap Random House 1968)

Instant Replay- The Unedited Edition

Coach Lombardi didn't come to practice today. Norm Hecker ran the drills while the Coach was busy in the film room. You see the Packers were one of the first teams to use film extensively in the game preparation. Which was all because of our video coordinator Bob Crane.

Yes that Bob Crane. Long before he was the star of "Hogan's Hero's Bob was a radio disc jockey in Madison Wisconsin but in his spare time he would film practice and our home games. Coach Lombardi spent a lot of time with him going over the film. Or at least I think it was the films of the game. They would spend hours behind locked doors and when they would bring the rest of in there would only be a few brief snippet to watch.

And the table would always be sticky.
(Instant Replay- The Unedited Edition, Jerry Kramer & Dick Schaap Random House 1968)