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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cheesey" data-source="post: 157707" data-attributes="member: 419">Re: Remembering Lombardi: Izenberg & When Pride Still MatterHe knew how to motivate, thats for sure. But he would never make it in todays NFL. When a player questioned him, or asked for more money, they were sent packing. That wouldn't fly with the players association today.I remember a story by Bart Starr about Lombardi. I don't remember what the infraction was that Starr made, but Lombardi chewed him out in front of the team. Later, Starr went to Lombardi's office and told him that if he had a chewing out coming to do it in his office, not in front of the team, as Starr was the leader of the team on the field and the men wouldn't respect him if Lombardi chewed him out in front of them. He said that Lombardi never did that to him again.So Lombardi ruled with an iron fist, but was a fair man.I got to see him coach, but never got to actually meet him. He was a very special man, thats for sure!</blockquote>

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