I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
"Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
Argh.
Cookie was a tough SOB and we won a world championship in 1964 because of his role on the offense, but there is no Buffalo Bills franchise without the Ralph. Sure he was a mediocre owner at times, but he did bring us the Bills, saved the fledgling AFL, and did a lot of good in the community. So with all due respect to a legend, Cookie G, I have to give it to Ralph. Gibby is cheap
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