Caught an earlier flight back into DFW last Friday so I would have plenty of time to make the trip down to Mansfield to see the local football team participate in their semi-final contest. The team more or less gave the game to the opponents in the first half. The second half was a different contest. The local team made a 'championship' effort to come back and take the lead. A great effort by these young men to go up 20 to 19. Then the wheels fell off....................
I counted at least nine paid professionals (may have been more) on the sidelines, and more than likely there were at least two paid professionals in the pressbox for a total of at least 11 paid professionals. These professionals are paid to lead these young men, and have been entrusted with the chance these young men have now reached. At a minimum the total salaries paid to these professionals is most likely in the neighborhood of $750,000 plus benefits. You ask what does this have to do with the efforts of these young men?
Professionals have been entrusted as overseers and developers of young men. They have been entrusted to make key decisions for these young men, and help lead these young men through the contest with strategy. With less than two minutes to go in the contest and the local young men within the opponents ten yard line, not a single professional bothered to look at the counting down of the play clock. The play clock ...tick....tick...tick...tick... reached ZERO. These young men were assessed a penalty for taking too much time to get a play off. Eleven paid professionals and not one bothered to look after the interest of these young men by calling time out. The time out was no problem for these young men still had a few banked. This 'slip of interest' may or may not have been the game changer. The one thing known for sure is no one will ever know as to the significance of this 'slip of interest' in regards to this athletic contest.
Young men hat's off to a great effort, and perhaps next time one of the paid professionals will be paying closer attention to the details. Champions are disciplined to pay attention to the details.
Details make champions.
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Did you include Chief Football AD Twi-light Super at $100,000?
The coaching staff is closer to 15 or 16 and some are paid salaries that are completely out of line with the rest of the teaching staff members in the district.
There are no reasons for this happening other than Twi-lite Super approving it and the school board allowing it to happen.
Twi-lite Super is such a disillusioned loser. She believes it is the referee's fault that Graham defeated Pittsburg.
Poor old Coach Super. In her dotage she knows no better.
What goes around will sometimes come back around and when it does there might be a "gut check" for character.
Do the school district and the community a favor and send her to the house.
We have enough coaches. What PISD needs is a superintendent.
Pittsburg has less coaches then other schools in the area. They did a great job and so did the football players.... Have some class on here guys!
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