Wednesday, February 25, 2015

PLAYING TO LOSE

**** DON'T BE SHOCKED 

TSSAA OUSTED SYMRNA & RIVERDALE FROM THE BASKETBALL TOURNMENT .

BOTH TEAMS WERE TRYING TO LOSE THE GAME .

THE REASON : TO BE OPPOSITE BLACKMAN IN THE NEXT TOURNMENT . 

THIS HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN , JUST NOT AS BLATENT AS THESE TWO . 

SOME SEE TRYING TO GET IN THE EASY BRACKETT AS PART OF THE GAME .OTHERS DO NOT .

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS,IS TO MAKE THE TOURNMENT  ONE & DONE . YOU LOSE AND YOU ARE OUT .

AS LONG AS MULTIPLE TEAMS ADVANCE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TEAMS JOCKEY-ING FOR POSITION .

TOURNMENTS SHOULD BE WIN OR GO HOME . THERE SHOULD BE NO SECOND CHANGES AT TOURNMENT TIME .

**** TOLD YOU 

MEMPHIS FANS ARE UPSET . THE TIGERS ARE ONLY A LONGSHOT TO MAKE THE BIG DANCE .

I BELIEVE MEMPHIS HAS TO WIN THE CONFERENCE TOURNMENT TO GET IN THE SHOW .

SAYING THAT,MEMPHIS IS JUST AN AVERAGE TEAM . JOSH IS JUST AN AVERAGE COACH AT BEST .

THE ONLY THING NOT AVERAGE ABOUT THIS YEARS TIGERS IS THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE TIGER FANS .

THE DEMANDS IN TIGERLAND ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL .

AND MAYBE THEY SHOULD BE ! JUST CONSIDER THE COST .

THAT BASELINE SEAT I OCCUPIED DURING THE UCONN GAME WOULD COST ME MORE THAN 6K FOR THE SEASON .

WHEN YOU ARE SHELLING OUT THOSE KIND OF DOLLARS YOU DEMAND RESULTS .  THE MORE MONEY THE MORE PRESSURE .

**** SPREAD TOO THIN 

THE MEMPHIS HIGH SCHOOLS TEAMS DON'T SEEM AS DOMINANT AS USUAL . 

THEY ARE STILL THE STRONGEST STATE - WIDE BUT THE GAP IS NOT AS WIDE .

I FEEL THIS IS DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS IN SHELBY COUNTY .

THE GOOD PLAYERS ARE SPREAD OUT RATHER THAN CONCENTRATED ON A FEW TEAMS . 

MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD THING . MORE GET TO PLAY AND MEMPHIS - SHELBY COUNTY STILL RULES THE ROOST .


LATER ! 














Friday, February 20, 2015

SCATTERSHOOTING

****  NO NEWS

STILL NO BREAK IN THE JESSICA  CHAMBERS MURDER .

HOW A 19 YEAR OLD GIRL CAN BE BURNED TO DEATH IN A SMALL COMMUNITY & NO ONE KNOW ANYTHING IS A MYSTERY TO ME .

THE REWARD IS NOW OVER 50 THOUSAND WHICH IS MORE THAN MOST OF THESE FOLKS MAKE IN A YEAR . YOU THINK SOMEONE WOULD TALK . 

THE SILENCE LETS ME KNOW THAT SOMEONE HAS SOME POWERFUL MOJO  IN PANOLA COUNTY . 

PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO TALK , THEY COULD BE NEXT . 

YOU WOULD THINK 50K WOULD MELT A LOT OF FEAR . 

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT THE PERPS MAY WALK ON THIS MURDER . 

**** COMING BACK 

IT LOOKS LIKE 39 YEAR OLD PEYTON MANNING IS COMING BACK TO DENVER FOR 2015 SEASON . 

IF I WERE DENVER I DON'T THINK I WOULD CHOOSE THIS PATH . 

MANNING IS ONE OF THE TOP QBS - IF NOT THE TOP QB- OF OUR TIME . BUT CAN HE STILL CARRY AN OFFENSE ? 

I THINK NOT . DENVER CAN WIN WITH MANNING IF THEY BALANCE THE OFFENSE WITH PEYTON AS A MAJOR PART BUT NOT THE TOTAL FOCUS AS BEFORE .

A STONG RUNNING GAME WITH PLAY ACTION PASSING IS THE ANSWER FOR DENVER . 

SUPER BOWL -MAYBE !

**** GOTTA SAY IT 

I HAVE SAID FOR YEARS THAT PEYTON MANNING IS THE BEST QB OF OUR TIME . 

BUT I MUST ADMIT THAT TOM BRADY HAS PASSED THE P-MAN . 

BRADY WINS 4 OF 6 SUPER BOWLS , MARRIES SUPERMODELS , KNOCKS UP TV STARS, & LETS THE AIR OUT OF FOOTBALLS . 

I DON'T LIKE BRADY BUT FACTS ARE FACTS . THE FACT IS BRADY IS THE BEST OF OUR TIME . 

OH THAT HURT !!

****  AAU JOSH 

THERE IS AN ARTICLE ON RANT SPORTS YOU SHOULD READ . DEBUNKING THE JOSH PASTNER MYTH . 

IT SAYS JOSH IS AN AAU COACH AND THE TIGERS ARE AN AAU TEAM . THEN THE REASONS WHY ARE DISCUSSED . 

A GREAT READ AND PROVOKING !!!



Monday, February 9, 2015

REFLECTIONS

**** JUST THINKING

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE TO BE THIS OLD . NEITHER DID A BUNCH OF DOCTORS AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT .

MOST FOLKS IN MEDINA BET I WOULDN'T LIVE TO SEE TWENTY FIVE . THAT WAS BECAUSE OF HARD LIVING . YOU MIGHT SAY I DANCED EVERY DANCE .

I DIDN'T WANT  LIFE TO END AND ME NOT HAVE LIVED . SO I TRIED TO DRINK LIFE TO THE LAST DROP .

A WISE OLD LADY TOLD ME ,DON'T DO ANYTHING BAD BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET OLD IT WILL BOTHER YOU .

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SECRETES SHE WAS HIDING BUT SHE WAS RIGHT . THE SKELETONS  DO TEND TO RATTLE.

I SURE DO REGRET SOME THINGS AND WISH I COULD MAKE AMENDS .

ALL THIS MAKES ME AWARE OF THE MARVEL OF THE LORD'S GRACE. HOW DEEP IT IS

THE LORD IS SO GOOD TO ME . HE LET ME SPEND MOST OF A LIFE IN TEACHING AND SPORTS . THE LORD LET ME WORK WITH ALL THOSE TEAMS AND PLAYERS, SUCH A BLESSING .

BUT IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO LEARN THAT HOW MUCH WE WON DID NOT REALLY MATTER . IT IS THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE HELPING THAT COUNTS .

YOU SHOULD NOT MEASURE THE WINNING & LOSING AS MUCH AS THE TRYING & BECOMING . IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO LEARN  THAT IT WAS NOT ME VS SOMEONE-ELSE  BUT ME VS ME .

DID I DO MY BEST TO BE THE BEST I COULD BE ?

A WINNER IS ONE WHO GIVES MAXIMUM EFFORT ,  WHAT THE SCOREBOARD SAYS IS IMMATERIAL.

I WAS A MUCH BETTER TEACHER/COACH AT 56 THAN I WAS AT 26 . BECAUSE  I KEPT THESE THINGS IN MIND .

YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL PRESSURE OR BE STRESSED BECAUSE YOU ARE IN CONTROL . YOU CONTROL YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR ATTITUDE .

THOSE TWO FACTORS DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS .  DID YOU GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT? IF SO YOU WON .

***** A FINAL THOUGHT

HAS THERE EVER IN YOUR LIFE BEEN SOMEONE YOU ARE SICK OF DEALING WITH ? SOMEONE THAT YOU WISH YOU WOULD NEVER SEE AGAIN .

THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT , MAKE YOU SO MAD , FAIL AGAIN & AGAIN

JUST WORTHLESS BEYOND HOPE , TOTALLY DISGUSTING .

THEN I WONDER IF THIS IS HOW JESUS FEELS WHEN HE SEES ME . HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO TO.

BUT THERE IS WHERE THAT WONDERFUL LOVE & GRACE KICKS IT .




Monday, February 2, 2015

STAIN ON THE NAME

****IT IS WHAT IT IS 

THE DECISION BY PETE CARROLL & DARRELL BEVELL TO PASS ON THE ONE YARD LINE WAS THE WORST I CAN EVER RECALL. 

THE CALL COST THE SEAHAWKS A SUPER BOWL. NO IFS, ANDS , OR BUTTS. THE ONLY BUTTS ARE CARROLL & BEVELL.

IF YOU HAND IT TO YOUR BIG BACK OR QB SNEAK IT , YOU ARE 99&44/100 SURE TO SCORE . 

YOU DO NOT THROW THE BALL.NEVER NEVER!

**** STAIN ON THE NAME 

CARROLL & BEVELL MADE A DECISION THAT LOST THE SUPERBOWL .

NOWAY TO SPIN IT, EXPLAIN IT , OR JUSTIFY IT  ,THEY JUST BLEW IT .

THIS SNAFU WILL FOLLOW CARROLL & BEVELL  FOREVER .  THEY WILL NEVER LIVE THIS BLUNDER DOWN . 

HOW DO THEY FACE  THE PLAYERS ? 

CAN THE PLAYERS EVER TRUST THE COACHES WHO FAILED THEM AGAIN ?

I THINK THIS WILL DENY BEVELL THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A HEAD COACH IN THE NFL . 

AND ALWAYS A SLUR ON THE CARROLL RESUME .  

**** CONSPIRACY  BUFFS 

THIS CALL WAS SO UN-UNDERSTANDABLE  THE CONSPIRACY BOYS ARE YELLING FIX- FIX- FIX .

NOW I DO NOT BELIEVE THE FIX WAS IT BUT IT IS TOUGH TO EXPAIN THIS CALL 

I THINK CARROLL & BEVELL NEED TO BECOME MONKS IN TIBET AND LIVE OUT THEIR DAYS EATING SKITTLES AND CHANTING MAR -SHAWN MAR-SHAWN !

**** TRUE TO HIS WORD 

WHEN PETE CARROLL COMES TO A JOB HE SAYS HIS GOAL IS TO DO IT BETTER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE .

PETE SURE LIVED UP TO HIS MANTRA THIS TIME . 

NO ONE HAS EVER SCREWED UP BETTER THAN PETEY. 

I HAVE BANGED ENOUGH ON THE BOYS BUT I THINK WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE SINGING THE BEAT GOES ON FOR MANY DAYS TO COME 

**** THANKS FOR READING !!!!