“Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.”
-Lou Holtz
I can't help but notice all the media hype and gossip over whether Rich Rodriguez will be fired after an all out trouncing by Mississippi State in the 2010 Gator Bowl with a score of 52 to 14. Also, adding insult to injury is the back story on his lack luster past three years as the head coach of Michigan. Whether he's let go or not, one thing I do know is that Rich will grow from this and as I've already said, we grow fastest through pain and suffering. My hope for the coach is that he finds what's truly important in his life and to me, it's not football.
We all have our Gator Bowls in life and if were lucky we're forever changed for the better by the experience. You just need to be able to rest assured you did the best you could and that you did your highest sense of right along the way. When you put your head on your pillow at night, that and that alone will determine if you sleep peacefully.
I'd like to see just one of these high profile coaches 'man up' and do something unbelievable in the face of being fired. Quit football all together and do something entirely different. Or if not leave football, maybe go coach a struggling small college team or even a no name high school team. Make a point to show the world how absurdly insane our country has become with the obsession with winning at all costs and how important other things in our short lives can be.
Good luck Coach we'll check on you later.
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