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Purple bruise wrote:http://www.dailynorseman.com/2013/4/29/ ... ple-eaters
Interesting interview
This guy is my all time football hero
Well, in those days, the players didn't make a lot of money. They made more money than the average guy, but it wasn't going to make you rich. A lot of them had off-season jobs, too, so a lot of players settled here. Now days, a player will come in and he won't stay here. He'll come in, play the season, and then go back to where they're originally from. But a lot of our players stayed here, so we built that bond. We didn't have free agency back then, so these players played for the Vikings for a long time, and now they go here for three years, then off to play for some other team, and then their agents will get them more money to play somewhere else, so they move around and it's hard to have the bond that we had, and still have. We did have a unique experience here, but of course, being successful also helps.