A Christmas story, every year: The crusty old coach gathers his players each December.
He’s usually barking instructions about the zone blitz, the defense he virtually invented, or how to stop the world’s best offenses.
There are no softies who make a 38-year career out of coaching in the NFL. Not a lot of softies who played college football for Woody Hayes and then 14 years in the pros, making 62 interceptions.
He’s a humble guy who doesn’t like the spotlight. Except every Christmas, when he gathers his troops in the locker room and, from memory, recites “The Night Before Christmas.”
And some of the toughest players in sport sit transfixed as their leader starts off. “Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house ...”
Now maybe you know why guys like Troy Polamalu and James Harrison will run through fire for Dick LeBeau.
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