Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.

Oh, my goodness.

We're long overdue that Keena Turner goes into the Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame.

There was a cerem- a dinner last night and an induction ceremony tonight.

So what a, what a, just a real joy to have one of the good guys and one of the champs, all-time 49er, Keena Turner on the UMA guest line.

So, um, I'm, I'm, I'm humbled by it all.

Uh, you know, Mr.

D and the DeBartolo family brought me here.

Uh, Denise and the York family have, have allowed me to stay, uh, in this position and be here for some amazing times along the way.

Walsh was having a hard time with everything.

He one n- night ended up in owner Eddie DeBartolo's condo in Menlo Park, California, bawling like a baby.

And he just was having a lot of problems getting to the team, figuring out whether Montana or Young should be the quarterback.

Everything was going wrong.

They blew a 23-0 lead to Phoenix, a lousy Phoenix Cardinals team on the road, and lost.

Eddie DeBartolo told him after the game to shut the F up, and he was gonna talk to the team, not Walsh.

It just, that was a crazy year that people don't really know about.

And so that's gonna be one thing.

I heard you on with Mad Dog Russo, which was fun, and you told a Bill Walsh-Carmen Policy story from the tumultuous final year of Bill Walsh's last year coaching the Niners, 1988.

And just to give the, uh, the listeners out there, Peter, a taste of the kind of stuff that's in there, you wanna tell that story about the, the conflict and tension between Eddie DeBartolo and Bill Walsh in that final 1988 Bill Walsh year that ended in a Super Bowl championship?

Well, remember, the '87 season, or people who will remember, it ended ugly with a very disappointing playoff loss.

And, you know, Eddie DeBartolo walked into Bill Walsh after that game, and he says, "Never lose another playoff game when you're coaching for me." And, uh, so there was a lot of tension going into that off-season, and they went to the league meetings in Arizona that year, and DeBartolo and Walsh had not spoken.

And so Carmen Policy, who was the president, who was the running interference most of his, his life working for the 49ers, and, um, he met with Walsh there, and he said, "Listen, we wanna take away your president's title, uh, and because we want you just to concentrate on football." And Walsh got up, and he was angry about it.

He thought they were demoting him, and he basically said, "All the things I've done for this organization, you gotta be kidding me." And he threw his wine glass against a, a wall in this cabana where they were at the pool at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, and some of the glass ricocheted off the wall and hit Carmen right in the face and bloodied his lip.

I heard you on with Mad Dog Russo, which was fun, and you told a Bill Walsh-Carmen Policy story from the tumultuous final year of Bill Walsh's last year coaching the Niners, 1988.

And just to give the, uh, the listeners out there, Peter, a taste of the kinda stuff that's in there, you wanna tell that story about the, the conflict and tension between Eddie DeBartolo and Bill Walsh in that final 1988 Bill Walsh year that ended in a Super Bowl championship?

Well, remember the '87 season, or people who will remember, it ended ugly with a very disappointing playoff loss.

And, you know, Eddie DeBartolo walked into Bill Walsh after that game, and he says, "Never lose another playoff game when you're coaching for me." And, uh, so there was a lot of tension going into that off-season, and they went to the league meetings in Arizona that year, and DeBartolo and Walsh had not spoken.

And so Carmen Policy, who was the president, who was the running interference most of his, his life working for the 49ers, and, um, he met with Walsh there, and he said, "Listen, we wanna take away your president's title, uh, and because we want you just to concentrate on football." And Walsh got up, and he was angry about it.

He thought they were demoting him, and he basically said, "All the things I've done for this organization, you gotta be kidding me." And he threw his wine glass against a, a wall in this cabana where they were at the pool at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, and some of the glass ricocheted off the wall and hit Carmen right in the face and bloodied his lip.

I heard you on with Mad Dog Russo, which was fun, and you told a Bill Walsh-Carmen Policy story from the tumultuous final year of Bill Walsh's last year coaching the Niners, 1988.

And just to give the, uh, the listeners out there, Peter, a taste of the kind of stuff that's in there, you wanna tell that story about the, the conflict and tension between Eddie DeBartolo and Bill Walsh in that final 1988 Bill Walsh year that ended in a Super Bowl championship?

Well, remember the '87 season, or people who will remember, it ended ugly with a very disappointing playoff loss, and, you know, Eddie DeBartolo walked into Bill Walsh after that game, and he says, "Never lose another playoff game when you're coaching for me." And, uh, so there was a lot of tension going into that off-season, and they went to the league meetings in Arizona that year.

And DeBartolo and Walsh had not spoken, and so Carmen Policy, who was the president, who was the running interference most of his, his life working for the 49ers, and, um, he met with Walsh there.

And he said, "Listen, we wanna take away your president's title, uh, and because we want you just to concentrate on football." And Walsh got up, and he was angry about it.

I heard you on with Mad Dog Russo, which was fun, and you told a Bill Walsh-Carmen Policy story from the tumultuous final year of Bill Walsh's last year coaching the Niners, 1988.

And just to give the, uh, the listeners out there, Peter, a taste of the kinda stuff that's in there, you wanna tell that story about the, the conflict and tension between Eddie DeBartolo and Bill Walsh in that final 1988 Bill Walsh year that ended in a Super Bowl championship?

Well, remember, the '87 season, or people who will remember, it ended ugly with a very disappointing playoff loss.

And, you know, Eddie DeBartolo walked into Bill Walsh after that game, and he says, "Never lose another playoff game when you're coaching for me." And, uh, so there was a lot of tension going into that off-season, and they went to the league meetings in Arizona that year, and DeBartolo and Walsh had not spoken.

And so Carmen Policy, who was the president, who was the running interference most of his, his life working for the 49ers, and, um, he met with Walsh there, and he said, "Listen, we wanna take away your president's title, uh, and because we want you just to concentrate on football." And Walsh got up, and he was angry about it.

He thought they were demoting him, and he basically said, "All the things I've done for this organization, you gotta be kidding me." And he threw his wine glass against a, a wall in this cabana where they were at the pool at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, and some of the glass ricocheted off the wall and hit Carmen right in the face and bloodied his lip.