WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — One would think that at age 60 and being slightly above his playing weight from his days as a defensive tackle at Neville High School in Monroe and later at Northwestern State, Saints defensive line coach Bill Johnson would appreciate having training camp in the moderate temperatures at The Greenbrier, where the high is usually about 20 degrees cooler than in New Orleans.
Think again.
“I like the heat,” Johnson said after a recent practice. “It makes me feel good.
“I’m certainly not scared of it. It will ever stop me from doing whatever we have to do.