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The architects of greatness

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Tuesday, July 9, 2002

Bill Walsh surveys the sweep of Pacific Ocean before him. Ordinarily, he can see for miles and miles out into the shimmering expanse from his beach house on the Monterey Peninsula. On this early morning, though, he squints. Don't think for a minute that age -- Walsh turned 70 last fall -- has clouded his uncommon vision. "Actually," Walsh said last week, "it's a little overcast." Walsh has done virtually everything a coach can do in the NFL. He is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, right there ...

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