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per Newsweek:
Frugal? On game days Grant would have an assistant round up the leftovers of the steak-and-eggs breakfasts the Vikings were served so that he could bring the meat home to his dogs. Grant spent Sunday afternoons matching wits against Vince Lombardi, George Halas, Tom Landry and Don Shula, but he always returned to the rambler on Oakmere Road with a doggie bag.
Grant was equally frugal with verbiage. Dave Osborn, a hard-nosed but athletically limited running back, once asked Grant, who had led the CFL in receiving three of his four seasons, how to improve as a pass-catcher. “Concentrate,” replied Grant, who then walked away.
Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton once walked into Grant’s office and confided that he was having trouble getting his dog to behave. Grant looked up just long enough to say, “Shoot the dog.”
“Once, during a game, I got into a heated argument with one of our assistant coaches,” says Marshall, who still lives in Minneapolis and maintains a close relationship with Grant. “I walked up to Bud on the sideline and started pleading my case. He just looked down...and spit on my shoe. That was the end of it.”
Grant grins knowingly at the memory, then says, “I didn’t have time to argue.”
http://www.newsweek.com/bud-grant-meanest-nicest-man-nfl-history-333853
Go Gophers!!
Frugal? On game days Grant would have an assistant round up the leftovers of the steak-and-eggs breakfasts the Vikings were served so that he could bring the meat home to his dogs. Grant spent Sunday afternoons matching wits against Vince Lombardi, George Halas, Tom Landry and Don Shula, but he always returned to the rambler on Oakmere Road with a doggie bag.
Grant was equally frugal with verbiage. Dave Osborn, a hard-nosed but athletically limited running back, once asked Grant, who had led the CFL in receiving three of his four seasons, how to improve as a pass-catcher. “Concentrate,” replied Grant, who then walked away.
Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton once walked into Grant’s office and confided that he was having trouble getting his dog to behave. Grant looked up just long enough to say, “Shoot the dog.”
“Once, during a game, I got into a heated argument with one of our assistant coaches,” says Marshall, who still lives in Minneapolis and maintains a close relationship with Grant. “I walked up to Bud on the sideline and started pleading my case. He just looked down...and spit on my shoe. That was the end of it.”
Grant grins knowingly at the memory, then says, “I didn’t have time to argue.”
http://www.newsweek.com/bud-grant-meanest-nicest-man-nfl-history-333853
Go Gophers!!
