Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer by Kramer Jerry

Author:Kramer, Jerry [Kramer, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2008-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

OCTOBER 3

Coach Lombardi seemed more disturbed than angry during our meeting this morning. He said there's a general lack of enthu- siasm on the club, a lack of desire, something he can't quite put his finger on. He said that sometimes he would rather lose and have everybody play a perfect game than win and have everybody look sloppy. My immediate reaction is to say that's crazy, that's ridiculous, he couldn't really mean that, but, somehow, I suspect he does, at least in theory. His desire for perfection is immense, and he's been very unhappy with our habit of doing only as much as we have to do to win.

Then Vince talked about Bart. He told us that Bart's been playing with injuries ever since the season began, and as he spoke, he got very emotional. “I don't know if you guys know it or not,” Lombardi said, “but this guy's been hurt and he's been in pain, and he's been playing hurt, and he's been—” And Vince couldn't finish the sentence. He got all choked up and misty-eyed, and he looked like he was going to start crying, and he just motioned to another coach to turn the lights off and start the projector. He was sort of quiet while we suffered through the movies of the Atlanta game.

After the movies, we played our regular touch game, and I intercepted four passes, an all-time Tuesday morning record. The guys awarded me the game ball, and I just hope this is an omen of the game to come. There's been a lot of stuff in the papers about Alex Karras and how great he is. I guess it's been a while since the writers could find anything to zing Green Bay, and Alex's been giving them a mouthful. I'd like to give him a mouthful—of my shoe.

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