“I don’t have all the answers. As soon as I retire, then I’ll have all the answers. I’ll stay up in the stands with the rest of the fans who have all the answers, and I can answer it all then. Right now, I still have to go do it. It’s never easy to go out and get it done.” - John Gagliardi SO HOW MUCH LONGER IS JOHN GAGLIARDI GOING TO keep coaching? It’s a question the St. John’s University football coach gets so often, he actually has developed two answers – one designed to draw laughs on the lecture and interview circuit, the other more matter-of-fact. • Answer 1, as told at a recent luncheon marking the start of his 50th season in Collegeville: “Amos Alonzo Stagg coached until he was 90 and (all-time collegiate victory leader) Eddie Robinson had 408 wins. If I can win two games a year until I’m 90, I’ll knock off two birds with one stone.” • Answer 2, in
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