Green and Golden Moments: Bob Harlan and the Green Bay Packers

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GREEN AND GOLDEN MOMENTS, BOB HARLAN AND THE GREEN BAY PACKERS by Bob Harlan with Dale Hofmann GREEN AND GOLDEN MOMENTS delivers an entertaining account and perspective of the life and career of Bob Harlan, particularly from his time as president of the Green Bay Packers. In this book, Harlan conveys many of his memories, both good and bad, in his career at Marquette University, the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, and, of course, the Green Bay Packers. There are 25 chapters, with all but three covering his tenure with the Packers. With the exception of the first chapter, the chapters are in chronological order, taking the reader from the beginning of his career to retirement. Furthermore, each chapter is a short story, which allows the reader to put the book down for a few days after completing a chapter and then continuing with no problem. The book is well written with no major writing or editing errors. This will be an enjoyable read for any Packer fan, which will see what was going through Harlan's mind when events, both on the field and off, involving the team occurred. Starting with chapter one, Lambeau Showdown--Saving the Franchise, the reader immediately realizes the referendum that sought Brown County's approval of an addition to the sales tax was the most difficult endeavor that Harlan has ever achieved. After all, he made it the first chapter in the book. He made mention of the referendum several times throughout the book. Any member of the Packer nation will remember Harlan lobbying for votes, but most don't realize the sleepless nights he endured. The non-Packer chapters include stories of his time in the front office of Marquette University's athletic department, where he became friends with Al McGuire, and his time in the front office of baseball's St. Louis Cardinals. The remaining chapters document Harlan's time with the Packers, from when he arrived as a Dan Devine hire in 1971 to 1989, when he became the team's president, until his retirement in 2007. The reader receives Harlan's view of the head coaches in his tenure, from Dan Devine to Mike McCarthy, and how they changed and evolved from the team's successes and failures. Harlan discloses how he came about in making decisions that affected the team, such as moving the home games out of Milwaukee, and why he hired Ron Wolf to be the Packer GM. There are many more stories which Harlan discusses, including the Super Bowl years, the stock sale, being threatened by one player when he was the team's contract negotiator, and Mike Sherman's duo role as GM and coach. More than anything, the reader will learn that Bob Harlan is no different than any other Green Bay Packer diehard fan. His nerves wouldn't allow him to watch the end of most of the games; he was disappointed when the Packers lost Super Bowl 32; he became nervous when rumors that Mike Holmgren would leave the Packer started, etc. GREEN AND GOLDEN MOMENTS is a collection of stories from the life and career of