Now that the top golfer and top professional athlete in the world finally came out of his silence, people are reacting to his speech. Slicing and dicing every single word that came out of his mouth... putting a microscope on every vowel and syllable said.
Tiger Woods cheated, everyone will have an opinion. I understand that.
After watching and listening to the speech numerous times, it took me awhile to collect my thoughts on the entire situation.
The speech was filled with what religion he prefers, not using steroids and attacking the media... and the "I'm sorry" trickled throughout... it came off odd, Tiger.
Woods had help writing it. We all know that is true. He stumbled throughout and seemed very mechanical. But remember this... he is a golfer. He is trained to be like a robot... that is what makes him the best in the world, repetition. So I can understand why he would have a hard time coming off emotional and sensitive. With that said, even if he had true emotion... we would NOT have seen it anyways.
Overall, Tiger is sorry he is sorry. He REALLY is sorry though, BUT for all the wrong reasons. He is sorry he was caught and lost millions of dollars in endorsement deals. He is sorry his wife knows about his infidelity and will have trust issues. He is sorry he won't be looked at the same by the youth around the country and world.
Tiger is in a league of his own. Possibly becoming the first billionaire athlete in the world. He will be looked at differently, and rightfully so... A classic situation of someone getting so much bigger than the world around him... right before getting knocked down back to reality. Pride before the fall.
But hey, you see this time after time... A big time athlete being told day in and day out how great they are. After awhile they believe it and think they are untouchable. But in all actuality, that just isn't the case.
Get back on the golf course, Tiger. Whether the golf world will admit it or not, we need you. No, not as a person that cheats on his wife, but as the athlete that is the best in the world at what he does, Please.
I'm pleading this for selfish reasons so we can ALL move along from this sex saga.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Ruff Riders Owners Keep it Real
In this day in age of "look-at-me" type owners, such as Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys, it has become a mainstream deal to put themselves in the spot light at the drop of a hat.
Standing on the sidelines... always in front of the camera, promoting everything from hot dogs to hand grenades. They want to be the focal point of the team, which is there prerogative... but far from the norm of the old-school owners. It is a very divisive issue.
With that said, the new Abilene Ruff Riders owners are staying out of the spot light. They want to remain anonymous. An ownership group consisting of multiple businessmen around the Abilene area looking to make professional football stick in the Big Country. Not wanting to put there name out there and be the center of attention. Simply wanting whats best for Abilene.
Now THAT is keeping it real, G.
The exact approach to a situation that will make this organization stay for a long time to come.
Good luck to the new owners, and keep it REAL. I hope Abilene embraces what is in store for this organization and the community.
Standing on the sidelines... always in front of the camera, promoting everything from hot dogs to hand grenades. They want to be the focal point of the team, which is there prerogative... but far from the norm of the old-school owners. It is a very divisive issue.
With that said, the new Abilene Ruff Riders owners are staying out of the spot light. They want to remain anonymous. An ownership group consisting of multiple businessmen around the Abilene area looking to make professional football stick in the Big Country. Not wanting to put there name out there and be the center of attention. Simply wanting whats best for Abilene.
Now THAT is keeping it real, G.
The exact approach to a situation that will make this organization stay for a long time to come.
Good luck to the new owners, and keep it REAL. I hope Abilene embraces what is in store for this organization and the community.
Monday, February 1, 2010
District Realignment and Such
February 1st 2010, a crazy day for high school coaches. District realignment, a word often associated with "dentist office" in the high school world.
A day in which every Big Country Coach either cringes at, or embraces the thought of. I mean they do find out there fate in 2 minutes on who they will be playing for 2 years.
As the coaches file into the room, things get more and more tense as the seconds move closer and closer.
Calm before storm.
Watching all this take place, was like witnessing cattle run to the only drinking hole in a 10 mile radius. Pure mayhem. At exactly 9 AM in the morning, that is when it all went down. A huge box, carrying all the vital information in packets, ripped open... only to be handed out to the unknowing coach.
Good or bad for each coach, this is the time of reckoning. And looking at each coach, you knew what was going on in their head, it was written all over their face.
After finding out where there team wound up, this is when the "fun" begins. The coaches attempt to fill out their non-district schedule. Each one pulling out a cell phone like they were calling 911. Emergency mode.
Once everything is sorted out, a since of normalcy kicks back in. And every coach walks out trying to figure out how they are going to win all their games for the next two seasons.
Good Luck.
A day in which every Big Country Coach either cringes at, or embraces the thought of. I mean they do find out there fate in 2 minutes on who they will be playing for 2 years.
As the coaches file into the room, things get more and more tense as the seconds move closer and closer.
Calm before storm.
Watching all this take place, was like witnessing cattle run to the only drinking hole in a 10 mile radius. Pure mayhem. At exactly 9 AM in the morning, that is when it all went down. A huge box, carrying all the vital information in packets, ripped open... only to be handed out to the unknowing coach.
Good or bad for each coach, this is the time of reckoning. And looking at each coach, you knew what was going on in their head, it was written all over their face.
After finding out where there team wound up, this is when the "fun" begins. The coaches attempt to fill out their non-district schedule. Each one pulling out a cell phone like they were calling 911. Emergency mode.
Once everything is sorted out, a since of normalcy kicks back in. And every coach walks out trying to figure out how they are going to win all their games for the next two seasons.
Good Luck.
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