I'm really more of a leg man anyway

[Snaggletiger]

And, yet, thousands of kids complete the process every year without fucking it all up.

True.  But you're also going to get your fair share of kids who do, both athletes and regular students.  Obviously, every coach is different in their tolerance level with their athletes.  Some may have zero tolerance for screw ups, whatever that may be....missing class, smoking the gunji, punching out teammates etc. Others, like Lord Saybinz, take the position that their livelihood depends on the best players being on the field and they put up with countless indiscretions, if you will. 

I'm just saying that if you're not on Bama's Sugar Bowl roster, you've burned all the available bridges and goodwill.     

[Kaos]

And, yet, thousands of kids complete the process every year without fucking it all up.

I was not one of those. 

[Godfather]

And, yet, thousands of kids complete the process every year without fucking it all up.

in something other than sports.

[CCTAU]

And, yet, thousands of kids complete the process every year without fucking it all up.

And yet billions of people complete this thing called life to die of old age.
And then there is that percentage that just screws it up. I wonder who their coach was.

[CCTAU]

My boy is going to Junior College here at home this year and maybe the next.  He's going to have to prove he can do something simple like get out of bed on his own and make it to class without us having to pour cold water on his head, before we spend the money to send him to Auburn. 

Hmm. Listening to all these folks talk about how much you care, I thought you were rolling in the dough enough to let him party!

I did this with my youngest son. It was a lot more affordable and let me know if he was serious or not. It turned out, he struggled with the responsibility. So after two years, he joined the AF. Now he is working toward that degree on their dime!

[Saniflush]

I've posted this before, but I'm always reminded of my conversations with a friend of mine who is the skrength corch at a Sun Belt school.  He's said many times that football, basketball etc., ain't even close to the top of the priority list for a ton of these kids.  It's a means to an end.  A way to get away from home, go to college, get a shot at the pros....whatever.  He said they're far more interested in video games, pussy, weed (Not necessarily in that order) than the sport they got a scholly in.

Bottom line, they're kids.  My boy is going to Junior College here at home this year and maybe the next.  He's going to have to prove he can do something simple like get out of bed on his own and make it to class without us having to pour cold water on his head, before we spend the money to send him to Auburn. 

I think Coach Dye put it the best way I have ever heard.  He said that "it is really pretty simple, you find out what is important to the kid and focus on that.  If they care more about school than football then they will do what they need to do on the football field to make sure they stay in school.  If they care about football more then they will do what they need to do to stay in school in order to chase thier dreams on the football field."

[Snaggletiger]

I think Coach Dye put it the best way I have ever heard.  He said that "it is really pretty simple, you find out what is important to the kid and focus on that.  If they care more about school than football then they will do what they need to do on the football field to make sure they stay in school.  If they care about football more then they will do what they need to do to stay in school in order to chase thier dreams on the football field."

He was walking through the neighbor's yard in his underwear when he said that.

[Buzz Killington]

He was walking through the neighbor's yard in his underwear when he said that.

Cause his pants were in Lake Martin

[Godfather]

He was walking through the neighbor's yard in his underwear when he said that.

The underwear yes, but it was to his office in the Athletics Building.