He’s a great manager and an inspiring figure. It’s surprising to hear him voice regret over something as he always seemed to plow through problems when he was an active coach. Retirement must have given him time to look back a little. A five second moment in time fifty years ago when a guy who held power over his career slighted his wife’s religion, and he shrugged it off, bugs him to this day. Something powerful about that.
The soccer version of Vince Lombardi, who was a devout Catholic himself, and went to Mass daily.