The San Francisco Chronicle's Tom FitzGerald writes the news story about Bill Walsh...... "A master of using short, precisely timed passes to control the ball in what became known as the West Coast offense, he guided the team to three Super Bowl championships and six NFC West division titles in his 10 years as head coach." ....
The San Francisco Chronicle devotes a tribute page to Walsh.....
The San Francisco Chronicle's Michelle Smith covers the days when Walsh coached at Stanford.... "Walsh spent his final years in Stanford's fold, playing roles of teacher, counselor, fundraiser, cheerleader and administrator." ....
Los Angeles Time
s football reporter Sam Farmer writes how Walsh was a perfectionist.... "Bill Walsh was a perfectionist who refused to be hurried. I learned that the hard way." ..... Marv Levy recalls giving Walsh his first break in football..... "It was 1960, after Levy took over California, when he was looking to fill out his staff and happened upon Walsh by accident." ....
The Oakland Tribune dedicates a page to Walsh.....
Seattle Post Intelligencer's Clare Farnsworth talks with Walsh disciple Mike Holmgren..... "Mike Holmgren admits that Bill Walsh wasn't always easy to like, but the Seahawks coach definitely respected the man who was his first boss in the NFL and eventually became his mentor and friend." ....
The Boston Globe’s Mike Reiss gets a few comments from Bill Belichick about Walsh.... “One of the greatest challenges of my career was coaching defense against Bill Walsh.” ....
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Bryan Burwell writes about his first encounter with Walsh..... “The first time I saw Bill Walsh at work, he was cussing up a storm.” ....
Mike Klis of the Denver Post gets reactions from the Broncos camp about the death of Bill Walsh.... “Indirectly, Walsh had great influence on how Mike Shanahan operates the Broncos.” ....
Sports Illustrated’s Peter King writes how Walsh changed the game of football..... “Walsh's
words: "Football is detail work. It's teaching. People in baseball may disagree, but I think football is the real thinking person's game and I think that's what you'll see in this book. Coaches and players know that today, but that's not how it used to be. I'd like to think that my coaching successes have had some effect in changing the image.” ..... Dennis Green’s son, Jeremy Green of Scouts Inc., writes how Walsh was a master of evaluating talent..... “One of the things I used to love about hanging around the 49ers' facility was the amount of game tape that was available. It was around 1980 that I decided I wanted to work in player personnel. I never wanted to coach. It was evaluating players that I came to love.” ....
ESPN’s Ivan Maisel writes how new Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh got to know Walsh for even a short time..... “Walsh had an office in the Stanford athletic department, and came in as recently as early this month, according to Harbaugh.” ....
Washington Post columnist Mike Wise looks at the various layers of Walsh..... "Joe Gibbes told a story in his office the other day. It started out about Dexter Manley and humility, but it ended up saying more about Bill Walsh, beyond the cerebral professor of the sideline we solely made him out to be." .....
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