Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In late 1989, the new athletic director at the University of Wisconsin made a discreet visit to South Bend, Ind., to talk to Notre Dame's defensive coordinator about becoming the next head football coach at UW.
At some point in the interview, Pat Richter asked Barry Alvarez the standard interview question.
"Where," Richter said, "do you see yourself in the future?"
Always regarded for his high level of preparedness, Alvarez was virtually born to answer that one.
"I laid it out like this," Alvarez recalled this week. "My vision is to do what my college coach did. Build a program, sustain it and after 10 or 15 years, do it like Bob Devaney. Pick my successor and keep it going."
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