A beautiful tribute to former Steelers head coach Chuck Noll - winner of four Super Bowls. No, he's not dead, but the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is doing a history of the Steelers in their 75th year and the tribute is just part of a bigger piece. I wonder how many owners and coaches today have this sort of relationship:
"The greatest compliment that I know," the Steelers president said, "is what my wife said a long time ago. 'If anything happens to us, I would like Chuck Noll to raise my kids.' "
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I remember Noll and the 70s Steelers with a lot of fondness.
Larry, Torre wasn't fired he was insulted and quit. It'll be interesting to see who leaves with him. Some of the players have talked about following Torre and most of those are past their prime but are there two more terrifying words in baseball than "Mariano Rivera?"
Doug:
You are naive about baseball -- and major league sports in general -- to think that if the Yankees wanted Torre back, they wouldn't have found a way to bring him back. He clearly loved his job.
I guess you could say technically "let go" rather than fired, since he was between contracts, but otherwise ...
Blessed are the naive about baseball, Larry. Obviously, Yankees management wasn't trying too hard to keep Torre but it's not like Steinbrenner is tender about firing coaches.
Baseball - the game that mirrors the spiritual life of the nation.
When the nation could not integrate - Branch Rickey comes along. When the owners have too much power and ignore the world outside of their large cities - Denver wins. When arrogance of the Steinbrenner ilk seems to determine baseball's way of being - Joe Torre quits.
OK - a bit over the top - I admit. But, I had met Buck O'Neill - baseball's saint. I remember Roberto Clemente - baseball's martyr. In a game filled with ordinary people - a few stand out. It's not a religious game - but it is a spiritual one.
I really get that George Bush wanted to be baseball commissioner. Thank God, he only got to be president or we'd be in real trouble. He didn't get the big picture. Steinbrenner doesn't get it. Giamatti did. O'Neill did. Ken Burns did.
I wish somebody would insult me for $6 million/year.
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