I am a firm believer in the powers of the universe and that in life sometimes things will go well and others not so good. Along with decisions we make, the powers around us will help dictate our success. The first few weeks of the season I have been releasing the teams that for one reason or another have been grasping defeat from the jaws of victory. They were doing this by turning the ball over and giving up long special team plays. Don't get me wrong, they were the better team that day but it would be like showing up at a Nascar race and having the best car on the track but forgetting the gas. You have to do the little things correctly to win. I released Syracuse over Illinois in week 3, they lose by 40 then turn around the next week and beat Louisville, I release Duke over Uconn they throw 4 ints and then turn around and beat N'westrn. Well the flow of the universe is beginning to turn and last week we showed a profit and if you add in the Elite selections we had a very nice week. We WILL be into profit by the end of Sept. but it has taken longer than normal. For the most part, guys can see what is going on and are patient. I do feel sorry for the guy that just signed up and had to go down before we go up and may quit. It is hard to help him understand that it is a bad idea to only play the losing weeks and not be around for the great ones. On a side note, I am STILL beating the other 3 services that I judge myself against including a guy that was featured in the Wall Street Journal that dropped off a 0-3 last week in selections and 2-7 in opinions. That is a bad week. !! We are going the right direction now and it is a great time to get signed up.
Unfortunately, as the flow of the selections is getting a lot better, the record for my 5 year old daughters soccer team is flowing in the wrong direction. We don't keep score, but if we did, we had won the first 2 games. Last Saturday was black Saturday and then followed by blacker Sunday. The girls decided to integrate gymnastics into the game. I had trouble telling them that somersaults were not ok because they did do some GREAT flips. Toes were pointed and it really seemed to make them happy. Having fun is our # 1 goal as a squad and it is tough to balance fun with scoring goals. Unfortunately, the other team didn't see the value in gymnastics and scored each time we did our best Mary Lou Rheton impression. Oh well, we will get them this week in both soccer and the football games. One is coming a lot easier than the other these days. Look for a big week with the picks.
