As Patrick Willis awaits his next shot at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, former 49ers coach Mike Singletary was proud to present Willis for enshrinement Thursday at the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame…
Reminders like Thursday night’s Bay Area Hall of Fame induction should help, as should last year’s into the 49ers’ Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. Hall of Fame, his 2019 induction to the College Football Hall of Fame, and his 2015 spot in the Ole Miss Sports Hall of Fame.
“When you buckle the chin strap, there are no friends,” Willis said. “It’s straight business. It’s game time. When Willis and the 49ers weren’t getting it done in a 2009 loss at Houston, then-Niners coach Singletary hollered from the sideline, “Pat, let’s go! Get them going!” “I sat down next to him,” Singletary recalled, “and said, ‘Pat, you’re the only one I could yell at. You know why? Because I know you can take it. Because I know you will get up and fight. I know you will lead. I know you will work through it. You’re like my son.’Gary Payton Sr., an Oakland basketball legend and fellow BASHOF inductee, was among those who wish Willis’ career had gone longer.
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