This last week was very busy but also a lot of fun. Some of the weeks highlights were posted on this blog so I wont bore you with them but it was also filled with great picks and lots of profit for my clients and I. Yesterday, we had our second fourth grade tackle football game. We played a team that is coached by a guy we have seen before and always has his teams prepared. During the game, a couple of our kids got mad at each other and started fighting after the whistle. The other coach immediately stepped in and we brought the kids together and calmed things down. Football has been interesting in that at times it has been easy to stop looking at these kids as fourth graders and just look at them as football players. I think one of the most important things we can do as coaches is remember they are children and take those opportunities to stop play and teach these little kids how to resolve their problems with the other team, before they escalate and become a big deal. I also had a parent of mine get a little upset with the playing time of his kid. We had a passionate talk about my trying to get all 26 kids more playing time while still trying to win the game. We also talked about when is and is not an appropriate time to ask if their kid can play more. I think we will both do better. We are in week 2 of the games and I have already had 2 different problems with people. I can only wait to see what the rest of the season brings. One of the exciting things has been is I never know who or when I am going to piss someone off.Most people that know me will tell you, I am one of those people that doesn't mind conflict. In the past I used as a way to vent frustrations and did things that were childish.The president of a local bank once tried to stiff me the 950.00 he lost to me playing golf so I took the opportunity to post 4'x20' banner all over his neighborhood, telling everyone what kind of person he was. After 3 days of things I am not proud of, his wife finally wrote me a check. I am not proud of my actions, but it does illustrate how far I've come in the last few years. I will say I have been REALLY proud of myself as to how I have handled these little conflicts. In the past, I would have just declared all out war on people and not taken the time to look in the mirror and see how I could have behaved different. Now, I still have some of those urges but I take a second to think before I go,add a new feature to my show,or buy a billboard to vent my anger. Wayne Dyer would be proud. The truth is I am normally at least part to blame for any issues that may arise in my life and finally being able to look at that first has saved myself and others a lot of headache. Bring on the next flare up. LOL.
We went 11-3 in my selections last week. Life is sooo much easier when we string lots of winning weeks together.
This week starts a stretch of very busy days. Friday, I am off to Dallas, Texas for some radio and the OU vs Texas game on Saturday, then back for football Sunday. Wednesday I will be shooting TV commercials all day for a casino here in Oklahoma. Thursday , I am off to Vegas to participate in the first round of $80,000.00 Leroys Sports Book Invitational Football Handicapping Championship. I will do a national radio show Friday night and lots of other events over those 3 days.
I am running really well and hope I can stay hot for that.
Have a great week. If you are driving to a game this weekend, be safe and I will check back in a couple of days.
