[Redrum]

We'd just located from Calif. and all my connections to Stanford were just friends on the phone or this new-fangled e-mail thing.  As it happened, a connected alumini/Buck Club member took a short consultancy with the firm I was working for.  I dropped by to talk football with him.  I speculated on who we might hire to replace Green.  He hesitated a moment and said  " Well, prepare to be surprised.  Very surprised.  Give me a call in a couple of days."  The "Very surprised"  line was delivered with a recognizable I-know-something-you-don't-know grin.  As it was, within two days,  Bill Walsh was announced as the new coach.  His work completed, the consultant happened to be leaving that same day but I caught him before he left.  I can't recall his exact words,  but it was something akin to "Well, how do you like that surprise?"  I probably just stood there saying something inane like "Bill Walsh??  I can't believe it.  Bill Walsh ??"

[Redrum]

We'd just located from Calif. and all my connections to Stanford were just friends on the phone or this new-fangled e-mail thing.  As it happened, a connected alumini/Buck Club member took a short consultancy with the firm I was working for.  I dropped by to talk football with him.  I speculated on who we might hire to replace Green.  He hesitated a moment and said  " Well, prepare to be surprised.  Very surprised.  Give me a call in a couple of days."  The "Very surprised"  line was delivered with a recognizable I-know-something-you-don't-know grin.  As it was, within two days,  Bill Walsh was announced as the new coach.  His work completed, the consultant happened to be leaving that same day but I caught him before he left.  I can't recall his exact words,  but it was something akin to "Well, how do you like that surprise?"  I probably just stood there saying something inane like "Bill Walsh??  I can't believe it.  Bill Walsh ??"