The greats keep receipts in the wallet. Legends keep them in the soul, a pilot light for payback.
“I saw things this afternoon that I haven’t seen before from the guys,” a flustered coach, a championship coach, remarked after a bad day at the office recently. “So that’s my responsibility to make sure they’re right. And we weren’t right today.”
Michael Malone? Nope.
That was Andy Reid, America’s Cheeseburger Chief … right after Broncos 24, Kansas City 9.
“No energy. No spark.”
Jamal Murray? Nope.
That was Kansas City wideout Mecole Hardman, also at Empower Field, last Oct.