The Turnaround: Keep Moving Along
It was a tough night for LHS on Friday night, dropping our game 50-0. We didn’t do much. We just got beat in every facet in the game of football. That’s two weeks in a row. Things like this happen…
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The Turnaround: Thursday
Thursday is always a good day. The eve of Friday night. The adrenaline gets flowing. Butterflies set in. 24 hours until kickoff is a always a great feeling. All the physical work is done. Now it’s all mental. Thursday is…
A New Era: Coaching Mentors
It would be an enormous understatement to say that coaching football is an incredibly tough profession. We always take too much blame when we lose and we get too much credit when we win. Yes, it can be an extremely…
The Turnaround: New Week, New Opponent, Same Approach
I’m back to writing. I was sick last week and it absolutely crushed my energy. I was miserable all week. Sore throat, sinuses, chest congestion and whatever else hit me. Didn’t have enough in the reserve tank to get to…
A New Era: Growth through Adversity
The last time I started a season 0-3 was in 1994 when I was a freshman coach at El Paso Riverside in Texas. I was a bright-eyed, cocky 22 year old who thought he knew it all. But, after 9…
Texas High School Football Chat – Teaching with Video
This week’s Texas High School Football Chat theme was teaching with video. You can check-out the Twitter chat below. Every Wednesday at 8pm Central Time, football coaches from all over Texas and the United States engage in a conversation about…
The Turnaround: WE Lost
Here is a blog headline: We Lost. Yes indeed, we lost Friday night, 59-28. We didn’t win; we lost. We didn’t play well. We didn’t execute. We didn’t play with the same edge we played with last week. We were…
The Turnaround: Andrews Game Day
The Westerners just pulled out of Chapman Field House. We are embarking on a two-hour trip to Andrews to take on the Mustangs tonight. It’s a big West Texas game with two 1-0 teams squaring off. Looking forward to this….
The Turnaround: Damn Good Week
Andrews, Game 2 Listen, I don’t sugar coat things. I don’t say things I don’t mean. I hand out compliments like I throw around manhole covers. I’m just straight to the point and I have never cared one ounce what…
The Turnaround: Craziness and Prepping for Andrews
Tuesday’s are always busy. Crazy busy is probably the best way to describe it. But, yesterday was just absolutely out of this world busy. There are always lots of things to juggle. Being organized and having a great staff to handle…