Football Coach

GO MUNSTER MAMMUTS!!!
(Posted by McCord)
For those of you who don't already know this, I have been hired to coach the recievers and quarterbacks of the Munster Mammuts (Mammoths) football team, here in Germany. We're getting ready to start the season and we've got a long way to go before we're ready. In the past, there has been one coach and no support from the administration. This year however, we now have 5 coaches, a new benifactor that has given us some money for new equipment, and some new players. The new administration has been working very hard by getting us some news conferences, posting some pictures in the newspapers, as well as helping us with some recruiting from the surrounding areas. I just wish that everybody would show up to every practice. That would be sweet! However, Germans are not used to being pushed. They're also not used to getting hit. One of my recievers has a bruised arm that the doctor said is going to take him out for 6 weeks. It's crazy. On a positive note, one of my recievers, who has never played football before this year approached me and said, "I have played soccer for 20 years and have accomplished many things. I have not had a team that I felt like was my family. I want to be here for MY team." This is a point that the coaches have tried really hard to stress. So we must be doing something right. This league is what they call a division 4 league. They are good here they have the opportunity to move up to a professional level. So we are doing our best to teach them the skills that they will need to be successful. We'll see how the season goes once we're actually able to put 11 guys on each side of the field. More later...