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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Croak" data-source="post: 382957" data-attributes="member: 2367">True, but it is my opinion that the "greatest generation" valued integrity much more than this generation. I cited their War experience to demonstrate that most of the men who held Authoritarianism at bay also held to the values I noted. These values were handed down to me from those men. These were the values of Vince Lombardi. Without the sacrifices of my Father, Uncles and other "old fashioned" men we may not have the "swag", freedom and comfort that IVO said he values.As a corollary, it is my opinion, from what I've read of Lombardi that he would have chewed Neal out for making such a statement and he would have fined him. Lombardi had a few "out of line" players with which to deal; players who weren't necessarily holding to the values Lombardi thought were important for good public image. He chewed them out, fined the daylights out of them and even offered to send them to other teams. Remember this is a man who insisted his players wear a hat when they were out and about in Green Bay. One player was walking with his family and Lombardi happened to drive by. He saw the player didn't have a hat on and ordered him to go home and get one. He said the player was a representative of the Green Bay Packers and should behave as a professional in the community.</blockquote>

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