In search of classic photographs of beer, barbeque, and male bonding, Caydance had finished taking a series of photos of the table and its male occupants and was concentrating on corn on the cob.
"Directly from a Don Coryell-steeped San Diego coaching environment, Coach Kasper arrived in Sunnyvale late this summer. But none of his three quarterbacks have a strong and accurate enough arm, and none of his receivers are adept at switching from catching the ball to running like the wind down the field," Griff’s mind was still on the game. "Kasper knows perfectly well he's going to have to work with the Offense he has. I expect to see radical changes in Sunnyvale next year."Very little food was left on the table. The conversation moved to the heritage of coaching systems and 49ers coach Bill Walsh's unexpected retirement earlier in the year. Jack asked what Griff thought about the influence on Walsh of his first year of coaching in the NFL as Assistant Oakland Raiders Coach.
"That was a wacky year of changing roles for Al Davis, as far as I have heard. But at that time, I was just a kid, probably in Junior High. Did you notice that in the tradition of Coaches John Madden and Tom Flores, and quarterbacks Ken Stabler and Jim Plunkett, this afternoon, River Angelos was calling many of the plays himself?"