The first time I spoke to Ed Orgeron, he was in a bar. Not just any bar, but a really loud bar.
It was a late Friday afternoon in 2014, and the background music was so overpowering I nearly forgot why I had called. I managed to introduce myself. Whether Orgeron heard a word I said at first, he played along.
Then there was that voice. That raw but inviting Cajun drawl. It whitewashed all background noise. It was the same voice heard in The Blind Side, a feature film Orgeron made a cameo in.