The Ghost
When I started out reporting for this week's story on Birmingham's assistant coaches, I asked head coach Ed Croson for a brief description of each of his guys. When we got to defensive line coach Floyd Peterson, Croson said simply, ``He's the ghost.''
When practice is over, Peterson is gone. Where he goes, nobody knows. It's kind of a running joke amongst the guys.
And if you try calling him on his cell phone, you'll get a gruff voice delivering this message: ``I'm not here. Leave a message and I'll call you back if I feel like it.''
It's all good natured ribbing of course. Because Peterson's contributions to the team are huge. He's been with Croson the longest of any other assistant and even coached a few years in college, so he's got a ton of experience.
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