for a week of practice before their season finale against the Rams. They checked into the Green Hotel in Pasadena, where they always stayed. Opened in the 1880s as an exclusive resort, it had fallen on hard times and now housed retirees as full-time residents. It would be condemned a few years later. The Packers trained at a nearby public park and went out at night. Scooter’s departure hadn’t been announced, but given the team’s dismal season and the fact that he had signed a one-year contract, rumors about his demise swirled.
