Coach

The students in one of my classes asked me to support them monetarily so that they could compete in an inter-class football tournament. I accepted with the condition that they would let me be their team manager and coach. I love it when they call me coach.

Here are some of the things I had to avoid on the field the last time I played football:

• patches of tall grass
• holes
• lumps
• cow pies
• goats crossing the field
• a cow
• a motorcycle
• the ball - it was waterlogged from the rain and weighed about five pounds