Christopher from Washington, DC
On the NFL Network’s “Bill Walsh: A Football Life,” the film references his expectation that he was on the cusp of being hired as the Packers’ head coach only to fall victim to a poor reference from Paul Brown. Can you provide some background?
I didn’t see the show and haven’t read any of Walsh’s books, but I don’t believe that’s true. Bill from Appleton asked the same question, but had a different take on it. He said it was suggested “the Packers were interested but later went in a different direction.