SI Vault Back to School Kenny Moore November 02, 1992 Bill
Walsh, a teacher at heart, is free to be himself at Stanford
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Issue 1 2 3 4 5 6  The vineyard should yield a hundred cases a
year. "Walsh Wine sounds kind of flat." says Geri, who is ready
to start designing a label. "We'll have to think of another
name."  It is tradition on game days that anyone can join the
Stanford players as they walk the quarter mile from Encina Gym,
where they dress, to Stanford Stadium. Before the Arizona game,
as the helmeted, scarlet-and-white-clad athletes passed adoring
kids and tailgating families, they seemed suspended a finger's
breadth above the earth. Perhaps it was just that they wore long
cleats. You found yourself with Keena Turner and Wilson, both
former 49ers, both brand-new Stanford assistant coaches.  "A lot
of people were upset at Bill hiring us without coaching
experience," said Turner