Category Archives: Rants
The Wingbuster Story: Part 3
So, the research is done and the planning is done, now it’s time to go to work. It is time to try and convince 60 young men that if they pay attention, if they listen, if they work their tails … Continue reading
The Wingbuster Story: Part 2
Wingbuster: The Plan Research – I used two invaluable resources. Former Tiger assistant football coach Wayne Link let us use his double wing offense book. Formations, plays, blocking schemes; this book had it all. It was like taking a college … Continue reading
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The Wingbuster Story: Part One
The Wingbuster. I imagine when the approximately 300 or so former Tiger football players from that era in Clay County, KS hear those two words, it brings a sly smile to their faces. The Wingbuster was a football defense we … Continue reading
Fitness New Year Proposal
Happy New Year! But, please people, hold off for now on the gargantuan fitness resolutions for January 1, 2012. Please. It is January, folks. It’s mid-winter Kansas here; dark, cold, and there’s more than likely snow on ground. January is … Continue reading
Football is NOT Life, A Reprise
I originally wrote this post last year for me, to help me get over myself being down in the dumps over another year not coaching football. I wrote is as a therapeutic reminder that, even though I miss coaching dearly, … Continue reading
The Game Perspective
It’s a game. It’s a game. It’s a game. Truly, it is only a game. Not that you can’t take the game seriously. Not that you can’t work you buttocks to the bare bone to prepare to compete. Not that … Continue reading
Puzzle Pieces and Patience
After the first few weeks of the 2011 fall sports season, I imagine some are in panic mode about their favorite teams, whether it’s a grade school, middle school, high school, college or professional team. Maybe a poor start or … Continue reading
Bubba Lineman Tribute:The School of Block
The School of Block There is Honor on the line. There is Glory in the trenches. Honor in the protection of what’s ours and in the destruction of what’s theirs. Honor in the 50-79 numbers, invisible to all but the … Continue reading
Tiger Football: Friday Night in America
For opening of the 2011 season, a replay from the Coach Hays archive: We did not come here for “spirit” or to be “peppy”, others will come for those. We did not come here for peace, or love, or joy. … Continue reading
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Just Do It
Advertising campaigns are mostly fluff. The slogans and jingles may stick in your head initially. But, like a syrupy pop song, they eventually fade into a distant memory. Some have more staying power. Take, for example, “Where’s the Beef?” or … Continue reading
