It has been a while since I have
written anything, but trust me that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking all
this time I have been away. I seem to have come back at the exact right time
because in just 9 days college football returns and that could be some of the
best news I have heard in a long time. Trust me, I will be doing more than fair
amounts of writing about college football this year. Also I will be doing a
post every Friday called “I need to vent” so that should be fun, be sure to
check back in this Friday for that. But enough of that boring stuff let’s get
to the real reason you all are on this page.
I have embarked on a new journey
this year. Something I had always wanted to do but never did, I am coaching
football.
That means that every Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday I get to witness bone crushing hits, great blocking
schemes, and of course a high powered offense… Well sort of.
That’s at least how I see it in my
mind; in all reality it’s more along the lines of mad chaos. But of course that
is expected I guess when you are coaching 1st and 2nd
graders. Bone crushing hits are more like telling kids to stop licking each
other, great blocking schemes are more like tying a kids shoe every 15 minutes
because they don’t know how yet, and high powered offense is more like hoping
that we don’t fumble it before the quarterback even gets the ball. Some people
may see this as tedious or annoying and others may even claim that its not even
really football, but when you stop and look, it really is the purest form of
football.
Watching kids want to learn
everything they can about football is a breath of fresh air. Every kid wants to
learn how to tackle and block (which is a rare thing to have in football
players). Is it comical watching a 4 foot person run a round with a helmet
bigger than him, absolutely but the best part is when that same kid smiles
because he scored a touchdown or made a tackle. And it all makes it worth it to
hear a kid say “Coach this is the greatest day of my life, because I finally get
to play tackle football”. That’s what it’s all about, it’s the love of the game
not the money or the cheers. Just the fact that they get to play is good enough
for them.
Welcome back football season, you have been missed.
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