TWO A DAYS

107 degree heat index
97 degrees in the shade
Full pads
coach thinks you need to pick it up
underclassmen wants your starting job
your learning a new offense

WELCOME TO LUTHERAN SOUTH FOOTBALL!!!

Last week we started two a days at South. As a coach I love this time of the year, the first clashing of the pads, the endless possibilties, and new jargon to be learned in Chalk talk, and the out of shape slackers puking after or during conditioning. Ha I love it. I am the O & D line coach along with the special teams cordinator. We are learning a new offense, and working with very young kids. I must admit, I really love coaching freshman, it involves a whole lot of teaching and true coaching. We (Lutheran South) need a whole lo of work still. Some people that we thought would show up to play, have instead proven to be disappointing at best. Others came in tremedously out of shape...we had a new puking record...can you believe a kid puked during stretching....he claimed he swallowed a bug...yeah right. However, some of these kids have simply come to play, and that is a trully a beautiful thing to see. I love the challenge of getting these kids excited about Special teams. However, we wont know if this season was sucessful or not, until 20 years from now, and we can see what kind of men we have developed.
Our motto this year is to Honor God. Win or loose. We praise God in victory and in defeat. It is good and refreshing to be coaching again with coaches that have this as a priority. The main reason that I coach, is to influence kids with God's love, I think coaching is a great way to do that (look at Tony Dungy). I am currently reading a book called Season of Life, By Jeffrey Marx. In this book we read how Joe Ehrmann a former Baltimore Colt and minister, devotes his life to teahing men a whole new meaning of manculinity through High School football.
Due to the intense heat, we had had to move practices to 6:30 in the AM now. Two a days ended on Monday, but the season has just begun, and it'll be a blast this year, I can already tell.



Because of the intense heat for this post, the shout out goes to all of those that have to work outside to make a living. Mailcarriers, construction workers, service people, all of you busting your hump in this heat....be safe.

Be good to one another.

Go Cowboys


In His Name
Keffie Deen II