Re: OOC #3
I might have told this story years ago?... But when I coached little kids. we were way ahead of the curve...Little league Baseball coaches got to coach by kissing ass , cutting grass linign fields..and they would get 'special draft picks'..all kids of crap like that.
when the league starter I was playign int he Adult league and Sunday Pick up games ( also around there is when i had my FA tryouts with The 1st Maulers and the 1st Arena league Gladiators
i got pulled in as an offcier of the league ( much to my late wife's chagrin ).. and i laid down the law about not catering to coaches.. i set up the draft, we had the trayouts..and the rest is history...
anyway.. one year( this was a year before My daughter would play for me) there was this Gril who played in the Minors..she was tough and seem to listen well..her caoches treated her like baggage.
fast forward.. we're darting ( i always coached in the Major League) we had to ref our opposite divisons, so we get to see this kids play... I told the other guy, we shoudl draft her....
well..at the end of the draft, we sit around and Pick players.just like a real draft.. the Girl was getting passed on, and i had it figured out we could get her in one of the last two rounds I was wrong... another Coach draf6ed her( his HC wasn't there)..oh well? right?
the next coaches meeting the HC wanted to cut her ( his name was Don too ) 'Too ;little to play ect ect..
I said 'we;ll take her, but you have to take one of our lst two picks...I was secretary, and i had all the charts ect ect... he did..we lucked out, he took a kid who parents were real dicks..and now he had them//
I played her at OLB and WR..she did all the drills, never missed a practice and was one of the fastest players i had... my kicks could play a rotating Defense..other guys couldn't get their kids to line up right!
so? we're in the Playoffs...last game before SB for us...we are wining 13-6 and they have the ball I notice they kept sending the one guys kid out in the flat, and I told the Defense to rotate to that side. But the Girl would fake coming off the Corner and drop into the Flat... she intercepted the ball and returned it to the one... after the play I yelled across the field.." Hey Don!..Is she too Small now?" we score then next play and won21-6..she caught the 2 pt pass!
We used my rotating Defense in the Adult league, and only lost one game that year.::chuckles:: fond memories.