Lambeau Field was still shaking when Dennis Green stepped to the podium. This was Sept. 26, 1999, and no more than 10 minutes had passed since Green's Minnesota Vikings lost 23-20 to the Green Bay Packers on a fourth-down touchdown pass from Brett Favre to Corey Bradford.
Reporters squeezed into a tiny interview room to grill Green. How could his defense allow a receiver to get behind it on fourth-and-game? In my second week on the Vikings beat, I eagerly awaited his response.
"Yesterday's news," he said, dismissing the entire line of questioning.