As a coach and as a player, we won some games and we lost some games.
We won because we did things right and executed a good plan. We lost because we were mostly knuckleheads.
But, win or lose (especially after a loss), it was important to remember no matter how much knuckleheadedness was exhibited, these knuckleheads were still my knuckleheads.
My people.
My team.
My knuckleheads.
Through thick and thin.
We have an election coming up in America. We’re in the middle of the toughest and strangest time most of us hopefully will ever experience. We’re as disjointed as a nation as we’ve ever been. Despite all this, we are still Team America.
After the polls close and the decisions of Team America are finalized, there will be winners and there will be losers. While the winning candidates head off to their elected offices and the losing candidates return to their lives, Team America has work to do.
We may be knuckleheads ourselves. We may have done knuckleheaded things. We may have even accused others of being complete and utter knuckleheads for disagreeing with our opinions. Nevertheless, we are still each other’s knuckleheads. Team America has always been a roster full of knuckleheads.
We can solve our problems. We can work together. We can be knuckleheads together through thick and thin.
We can be “We the People” when we win. We can be “We the People” when we lose.
Our knuckleheads are the best of knuckleheads.
Every man, every play.
THE COACH HAYS 