Most of us are still shaking our heads over the decision last week of the Houston Texans passing up Reggie Bush with the #1 overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. Honestly, I’m sitting here and cannot remember the name of the young man the Texans did draft with the first pick. What’s that tell ya? If you were to force me to try and remember I’d have to go with Ryan Leaf…no, maybe it sounded more like Brian Bosworth…no, wait a minute…I think it was more like Marcus Dupree. Anyway, if I were the Texans’ Director of Player Personnel, I might get my resume out there on Monster, soon.

Summer is knocking at the door. And, thanks to the GHSA, we finally get to have a couple of months to enjoy it. Recently, the Timekeepers in Thomaston moved the official beginning of athletic activities two weeks later into August for the 2006-07 school year. Now we can actually have a full “off-season” as well as take a guilt-free family vacation which has become more of an interruption than institution for this generation. Two full months…here are some ideas for taking advantage of this new dispensation of time.

I love to connect with people. I enjoyed my two years of hosting a sports radio show. My greatest sense of accomplishment as a coach was motivating players to accomplish more than they imagined possible.

The 2005-06 school year is about to come to an end. Seniors are prepping for final (and I do mean final) exams, teachers are backing off the hot coffee at Starbucks and focusing more on the iced caffe’ mocha, and the most obvious signals of the approaching summer… please say hello to our old friends humidity and allergies.

Today I want to answer the question asked by Adam when he realized he was naked and alone. It is the same question asked by Napoleon on his first attempt to mount his steed. In fact, I think it is the same question posed by Congresswoman McKinney last week when she was stopped at the Capitol with her new “Kramer” hairdo. It is a question that has haunted all of us at one time or another, and that is “WHAT’S THE DEAL?”

My wife has been married to a coach for 26 years. Patty Thorn has been married to a coach twice as long, 52 years. Amazing!

They tell us there are still creatures in the very depths of the oceans we have yet to discover. And, there are creatures among us we have yet to define; Michael Jackson for instance.