Six months after capturing a fourth Super Bowl championship in six seasons, a nonpareil stretch of domination, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll quietly delivered a brilliant tutorial that was unfortunately witnessed by only a few reporters standing on the sideline for the third day of the team's 1980 summer training camp.
On a far-off corner of a practice field at St. Vincent's College, in the kind of crucible-like heat that always settled over Latrobe, Pa., about the same time the Steelers were settling into their non-air conditioned dorm rooms, Noll worked patiently with a wide-eyed wide receiver who was experiencing big problems understanding a rudimentary blocking technique.
On a far-off corner of a practice field at St. Vincent's College, in the kind of crucible-like heat that always settled over Latrobe, Pa., about the same time the Steelers were settling into their non-air conditioned dorm rooms, Noll worked patiently with a wide-eyed wide receiver who was experiencing big problems understanding a rudimentary blocking technique.
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