So this morning while driving into work the Denver sports radio guys were talking football or whatever when Mark "Stink" Schlereth went into this story about Woody Hayes ...

Schlereth is the co-host of the morning drive show and still lives in Denver and I think often does the show from Bristol, CT if he's at ESPN ...

So, in his story, he was saying how Woody Hayes had this tradition of showering with his players after some practices and apparently would at times "wash the players' backs" if he'd been particularly tough on them during the practice. Schlereth's recount was something like "it's hard to stay angry with someone willing to wash your back...."

I nearly spit my coffee on the dash board and especially in light of the Sandusky scandal at Penn State but sure enough, Stink was telling the truth .. Woody Hayes would shower with the team after practice.

This seem odd to anyone?? Is it common for the head coach or any coaches to shower with the players??

https://books.google.com/books?id=s...=onepage&q=woody hayes shower practice&f=true