To get around these days, Pat Richter has been using a cane, a concession to the toll on his 84-year-old hips and knees from playing football.
But he has taken it all in stride.
Even if that stride, in his words, has been reduced to “slow but sure” steps.
Some would suggest that’s the approach the University of Wisconsin should take in hiring its next athletic director, a title Richter once held for 14-plus years.