Riggo's Rag » A.D. Whitfield http://riggosrag.com A Washington Redskins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:35:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Today in Redskins history 1/28/1969 http://riggosrag.com/2011/01/28/today-in-redskins-history-1281969/ http://riggosrag.com/2011/01/28/today-in-redskins-history-1281969/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:47:59 +0000 http://riggosrag.com/?p=4901 Vince Lombardi had resigned as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.  He currently served in an executive role as a General Manager; however he distanced himself from football decisions.  “The Pope” as he was known, felt it disrespectful to engage the team and usurp power from new head coach Phil Bengston.  The team needed [...]

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]]> Vince Lombardi had resigned as head coach of the Green Bay Packers.  He currently served in an executive role as a General Manager; however he distanced himself from football decisions. 

“The Pope” as he was known, felt it disrespectful to engage the team and usurp power from new head coach Phil Bengston.  The team needed one head coach to lead, not two.  Nor did he believe it would be fair to Bengston to be constantly looking over his shoulder.  Bengston had been Lombardi’s top assistant and defensive coach throughout his tenure.

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