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RIP Kevin Greene


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50 minutes ago, w87r said:

 

Great player. He was only 58! That is too young. RIP

 

These football players that we root for and who add excitement to our Sundays have relatively short lives. That is why I have no problem with any football player who retires early.

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This one is a stunner to me.

 

I’ve interviewed hundreds, perhaps thousands of athletes in my time.   Professional, college, and even high school.  
 

And Kevin Greene might be one of the youngest I’ve interviewed to pass.   Just 58.  Seems so unfair.   And he was such a larger than life person.   A leader of men.   Teammates and coaches LOVED him!   And he was great with the media too.   He didn’t disappear after an unexpected loss.  He answered your questions.  
 

Saw a quote from Kevin that he knew it was time to step down from coaching when his teenage son started asking him “how to...” questions.   He knew it was time to be a dad.


A real stand-up guy.   He’ll be missed by everyone who ever knew him.

 

Such a sad loss.  Way, WAY too soon.   Damn!

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He was dominant, both with the Rams but mostly with the Steelers. He was enraged in the locker room after the Chargers upset the Steelers in the 1994 AFCCG when some reporter asked him a question that he didn’t appreciate and he responded with words to the effect of, "Are you kidding me? The next guy who asks me a stupid question, I'm gonna flat out cold-* them! You can sue me!"

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