And the Hello welcome to a very special episode of Purple Inside or Matthew Collar and

joining me author of Kings of the North a tremendous history book about the Minnesota Vikings,

Chad Israelson, second time on the show,

but I thought, Chad, that you would be the perfect guest

to talk about the passing of Bud Grant.

And of course, having covered the team myself since

2016 I am very familiar with Mr. Grant and his legacy but I've spent a lot of the day

going back through NFL films and through your book and through the great history of Bud Grant's.

And it's a very sad day for everyone in the entire state of Minnesota, but I have to say 95 years old and left a legacy as the greatest coach in history as an all-time great CFL coach, an all-time great CFL player, and I just learned today he was the oldest living

NBA champion just just an incredible life and legacy of Bud Grant.

Yeah, yeah he's a remarkable individual.

And like he said, it's a sad day in Minnesota.

I mean, he is the Vikings, you know, if you were to distill it down to one individual, he would be the guy.

So, and on top of that, if I remember correctly,

I believe he also won 12 letters at the University of Minnesota.

So just, you know, tremendous athlete, things that will never be done again. Oh, that's absolutely true. I mean, I don't know if anybody will

be drafted in the NBA and the NFL ever again and play in both of them.

And then it was actually a contract dispute that sent him to the CFL where he put together that legacy.

And I was just learning today that when he was

29 years old they asked him to coach the Winnipeg bombers because of his

leadership on the field that everybody knew he would be great if he coached the team and then they had a ton of success and there's even a statue in Winnipeg representing him as a coach so even beyond what he did for the for the Vikings he's got that legacy in Canada as well.

Yeah, yeah actually my family and I went to a blue bombers game last summer.

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