Against his will, the legendary coach got a new cellphone last week. His kids made him do it — “I lost the vote.”
Ad Rutschman’s old model was pretty simple. He pushed send to make a call and send to answer a call. Now there’s voicemail and texting and all sorts of stuff, which is a good thing because long-lost friends and ex-players have been trying to compliment him.
“I cannot believe the phone calls that I’m getting,” said Rutschman, 85. “I had a phone call from one of my high school teammates that I haven’t seen in probably 50 years.