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Here's the link to an interesting article on the crucial moment in Packers' history when it was clear Bengston was not going to work out, and the team needed a new direction:
The focus is on the "what if" aspect had the team hired Paterno - would he have brought Jerry Sandusky?
But my interest lies more in something only briefly mentioned in the article: that the Packers had targeted the great George Allen as their next head coach. He'd been fired by the Rams despite a great record, and you old-timers will remember that he then went on to coach the Redskins - very successfully - in the 1970's with the "Over the Hill" gang.
The article only says the Pack targeted Allen but it didn't work out; the article doesn't say why. I'd love to know if any of you have any insight. Also, while Allen loved his vets and traded away picks (I think) to get vets, he made it work and his players seemed to love him, if I recall.
The Pack might have had a far better decade in the 70's had Allen come to Green Bay.
They might have, too, had they chosen Paterno (by the way I didn't know the great Tony Canadeo was on the Exec Committee), but it's harder to say. He had no track record in the pros at all. But Allen did - and it was a damn good one.
The focus is on the "what if" aspect had the team hired Paterno - would he have brought Jerry Sandusky?
But my interest lies more in something only briefly mentioned in the article: that the Packers had targeted the great George Allen as their next head coach. He'd been fired by the Rams despite a great record, and you old-timers will remember that he then went on to coach the Redskins - very successfully - in the 1970's with the "Over the Hill" gang.
The article only says the Pack targeted Allen but it didn't work out; the article doesn't say why. I'd love to know if any of you have any insight. Also, while Allen loved his vets and traded away picks (I think) to get vets, he made it work and his players seemed to love him, if I recall.
The Pack might have had a far better decade in the 70's had Allen come to Green Bay.
They might have, too, had they chosen Paterno (by the way I didn't know the great Tony Canadeo was on the Exec Committee), but it's harder to say. He had no track record in the pros at all. But Allen did - and it was a damn good one.
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