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Originally posted by ljudge
Great preGame speech by the coach, then the officials?????
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Geez....
[i]"You find out life's this game of inches. So is football. Because in either game, life or football, the margin for error is so small -- I mean one-half a step too late, or too early, and you don't quite make it. One-half second too slow, too fast, you don't quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second.
On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch, because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f*****' difference between winning and losing! Between livin' and dyin'!
I'll tell you this: In any fight, it's the guy who's willing to die who's gonna win that inch. And I know if I'm gonna have any life anymore, it's because I'm still willin' to fight and die for that inch. Because that's what livin' is! The six inches in front of your face!!
Now I can't make you do it. You got to look at the guy next to you. Look into his eyes! Now I think you're gonna see a guy who will go that inch with you. You're gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows, when it comes down to it, you're gonna do the same for him!
That's a team, gentleman!
And, either we heal, now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
That's football guys.
That's all it is.
Now, what are you gonna do?"
I hate the white shorts. I think we look like we just got out of the shower and have towels wrapped around us.
Now, black shorts, I like those. I think that looks sharp.
Late this season, I was doing a game and went with knickers and long sleeves - it was a little cool, nothing freezing or anything. But as I walked onto the field (first guy to arrive), one of the players said "Now
you look like an official!" I'm guessing they saw a lot of different getups on officials, and by the looks of some guys I did games with this year, I can see that.
Just like going to a party or a job interview - always better to be overdressed than underdressed.
There's no substitute for knowing all the other stuff that goes into actually
being an official, but you first have to start by
looking like an official - like someone who has earned respect.