Rick Venturi learned from his father early on in life that if you want to really get to know how somebody operates and thinks, you sit down and talk to them.
Venturi got the opportunity to do that with Tom Benson when he was thrust into the head coaching role for the Saints after the firing of Jim Mora in 1996, eight games into the season.
In what was a whirlwind year for Venturi, he realized that with assuming the head coaching role in New Orleans that he should probably get to know Benson and vice versa.