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Post by fbdoc on Feb 16, 2007 11:10:47 GMT -6
Why do I coach? Because I was fortunate enough to be coached by men who could be described by these quotes ...
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them.
As long as rivers run down to the sea, or shadows touch the mountain slopes, or stars graze in the vault of heaven, so long shall your honor, your name, and your praises endure.
We shall meet, but we shall miss him - there will be one vacant chair.
They were sons of the dark and bloody ground.
Through our great good fortune, in our youth, our hearts were touched with fire.
We be of one blood, ye and I...
Why do I coach? Because I somehow knew that I didn't want to be like the men described in these quotes...
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
His life had been most simple, and most ordinary, and therefore - most terrible.
A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing.
I agree with the others who say that the word COACH defines who they are. I'm a dad and I LOVE my kids - I'm a husband and I LOVE my wife. But I AM A COACH! I can't help it, I don't want to help it. It defines me - both good and bad! When I get introduced at our school, it's not "MR." or even "DR." but COACH. And remember the famous question, "What do you call the guy who graduates LAST in his class at medical school?" The answer - you call him "Doctor". The title "Coach" is given out a little more grudgingly.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 16, 2007 12:18:59 GMT -6
I agree with all these things. The ability to touch young men's lives the way a coach touched mine, the pure fun of the sport. The honor of being called coach-not just by your players but by everyone in the school. I consider it such a title that at my wedding my wife and I were introduced at the reception as "Coach and Mrs....." instead of Mr. and Mrs.
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Post by coachcalande on Feb 16, 2007 17:24:56 GMT -6
my football career ended with a knee injury...feels like unfinished business. i love the relationships with the kids, coaches and game. football is chess on grass. its ego too and anyone who says otherwise is a liar in my opinion. we all want to whup some arse.
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Post by pegleg on Feb 17, 2007 12:20:13 GMT -6
my dad told me a long time ago, "figure out what you love to do and then find someone dumb enough to pay you to do it." competing is what lites my fire and this way i get paid to be a jock my whole life!
the relationships with other like minded meat heads is great too. where else can you hang out with a bunch of adreneline junkies and come up with a plan to destroy them enemy?
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Post by hchscoachtom on Feb 17, 2007 12:25:06 GMT -6
It is one of the Callings of my life. One of my passions. It's one of the things in my life I do best. I heard a wise pastor refer to your vocation simply as "doing most, what you do best". That's why I'm a "COACH", and very proud of that title. As we all should be.
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Post by dubber on Feb 27, 2007 9:07:28 GMT -6
For the money.................
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Post by dubber on Feb 27, 2007 9:07:46 GMT -6
For the love
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Post by lsrood on Feb 27, 2007 9:51:29 GMT -6
I think for me it is the camraderie with the players and the staff that means the most. I get a kick out of the interactions with both groups and genuinely enjoy working with them. As others have stated, it's not just the games, but all the preparation that goes into getting ready for the games. The hours and hours you spend working together to reach that common goal, the good times and the bad, and the realization that maybe as much as you are helping them get ready for life, they are helping you grow and learn, which is what it is all about.
I was out of coaching for a three year period and I didn't realize just how much I missed it until I came back. As coach 239 and whitemike52 stated, to me there is no greater honor than being called "Coach". I spent the three years I was out of coaching broadcasting HS football on the radio and I found I was envious of the staffs and players I was covering because I missed that camraderie so much. Just watching them get ready for the games, knowing the butterflys would be churning away and how they reacted to the ups and downs during the games made me realize just how much I did miss coaching. It's not just the X & O's but the everyday interaction with the players & coaches in school and at practice that I look forward to.
Why do I coach? Because I honestly feel I have something positive to offer my athletes, my school and my community, and because they have something positive to offer me. Besides, I am just having way too much fun doing it!
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Post by khalfie on Feb 27, 2007 20:53:30 GMT -6
I think I may be addicted to the action...
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coachvaughn
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Post by coachvaughn on Feb 27, 2007 21:26:24 GMT -6
I am still very new to this wonderful world of coaching. I am only 23 and I have been at it for 4 years now. I think of some of the good times I missed when I was in college. Instead of hanging out with my friends I would be working on my playbook or trying to find a different way to explain a technique to a player. I absolutley love the game of football. Something about the game itself and the preperation for it all drives me. I am excited about scoring points and seeing a plan come together that we have been working on everyday for the last 6 months.
I hope that I am allowed to stay in this profession for a very long time. I love this game. I love my kids. I love my fellow coaches who love the game as much as I do. And there is nothing more exciting then seeing a kid singing a letter of intent going to college who only 2 or 3 years before would have never imagined he could accomplish such a thing.
Coach Vaughn
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Post by coachjim on Mar 2, 2007 23:55:27 GMT -6
Good thread and inspiring answers.
I coach football because it is a way of life. The smell of the field on a cold morning with the leaves changing, the sounds, the anthem, the excitement, the kids, and the commitment.
I played on a championship team when I was ten and now coach the same team, thirty years later. I grew up without a father to cheer me on and now I get to be the father I never had for my son and whatever other kids out there that need a teacher, stability, and father figure at this point of their lives like I did. For me, it made all the difference and I hope I can do the same, thiry years later.
I coach, because that is what fate seems to have in store for me. If I make a positive and significant difference in only one players life, I will have succeeded. It kinda takes the pressure off of winning because if I accomplish this one goal, its a win/win situation no matter what.
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Post by touchdowng on Mar 3, 2007 20:27:05 GMT -6
Next to the title of "DAD"
"COACH" is the 2nd most important male role model in a football player's life
For some boys there is no "DAD"........we're it.
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Post by coachdawhip on Mar 4, 2007 0:11:46 GMT -6
Love of the game and to change young men's life through the avenue of football
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Post by Yash on Mar 4, 2007 3:16:37 GMT -6
Because CEO of fortune 500 companies just doesn't pay the bills anymore... Actually, I was about 35 minutes into basic training and realized that my life needed to revolve around football and I wasn't going to make it to the show, so I needed to beomce a coach. i get out of the military in may and get a chance to start myself down that path
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Post by coachjoe3 on Mar 4, 2007 3:50:30 GMT -6
Agree with Rogie, kind of tough to put into words.
At first, it was because I love football and when I wasn't a part of it after high school I missed it.
Then I found I enjoyed working with the kids and the game planning. Along with that, the camraderie I felt with other coaches, the endless hours of talking football after a practice or over a beer.
But nowadays, even though I don't necessarily have a lot of seasons under my belt, I feel very rewarded when a kid I used to coach will come up to me around town and say "Hey Coach, how's it going?" They've moved on in life, and like Rogie and all of us coaches, we are usually proud of the young men they've become.
That's a huge thing for me in being a coach, feeling like I mattered a little in someone's life.
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