Fourth and One
One of the toughest situations to call a play in American Football. Do you go for the First Down and risk losing possession advantageous to your opponent or do you punt the ball away?
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Besides being a terminology used in American Football it is also the name of a book I am currently reading. It is written by Joe Gibbs a Hall of Fame coach for the Washington Redskins. Firstly, some background. The Washington Redskins is the team I support the most in any sport on this planet (The colour of this blog is based on the Redskins team color). I was surprised to walk in to a second hand bookshop in Ampang to find this book.
1983 was the first and only time I saw Coach Gibbs, it was the first time the Redskins won the Superbowl and I was with 500,000 other Redskins fan lining the streets of D.C. in pouring rain just to catch a glimpse of the team and coach. I was 10.
Imagine my surprise to find this book in Ampang. It is a semi-autobiography of Coach Gibbs, a self proclaimed sports lover that was average in almost every sport growing up. It is a story of a man from a small town in North Carolina whose passion is sports and eventually became one of the greatest coaches in American Football.
Reading the few chapters of the book, I realize the few traits we have in common.
Firstly, he said that he was never great in sports, he was just good but he always had more passion than others. He was chosen for school and university teams not because he was the best but he had the drive and passion. I found this inspiring as I was not the best athlete in school or university but I still played rugby, cricket and hockey for my school. I even played American football and hockey for my university.
Secondly, he was always ‘bored’ or felt unfulfilled until he got his head coaching job. He changed jobs often but had good contacts and friends around him all the time. He loved to take employment risks but had to always think about his wife and kids. Again, this is similar to the way I feel about my job, bored and unfulfilling. I also have to think about the family consequences should I have to change jobs. I also would like to believe I have a lot of good friends.
The only difference is with his drive and passion towards sports there are opportunities for him to go for his dream in the sports industry in the US. Here, my opportunities in the sports industry is limited. It’s something for me to think about. How to succeed in the sports industry here in Malaysia? I do have the passion.
Maybe the answer will come when I finish reading his book.
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Besides being a terminology used in American Football it is also the name of a book I am currently reading. It is written by Joe Gibbs a Hall of Fame coach for the Washington Redskins. Firstly, some background. The Washington Redskins is the team I support the most in any sport on this planet (The colour of this blog is based on the Redskins team color). I was surprised to walk in to a second hand bookshop in Ampang to find this book.
1983 was the first and only time I saw Coach Gibbs, it was the first time the Redskins won the Superbowl and I was with 500,000 other Redskins fan lining the streets of D.C. in pouring rain just to catch a glimpse of the team and coach. I was 10.
Imagine my surprise to find this book in Ampang. It is a semi-autobiography of Coach Gibbs, a self proclaimed sports lover that was average in almost every sport growing up. It is a story of a man from a small town in North Carolina whose passion is sports and eventually became one of the greatest coaches in American Football.
Reading the few chapters of the book, I realize the few traits we have in common.
Firstly, he said that he was never great in sports, he was just good but he always had more passion than others. He was chosen for school and university teams not because he was the best but he had the drive and passion. I found this inspiring as I was not the best athlete in school or university but I still played rugby, cricket and hockey for my school. I even played American football and hockey for my university.
Secondly, he was always ‘bored’ or felt unfulfilled until he got his head coaching job. He changed jobs often but had good contacts and friends around him all the time. He loved to take employment risks but had to always think about his wife and kids. Again, this is similar to the way I feel about my job, bored and unfulfilling. I also have to think about the family consequences should I have to change jobs. I also would like to believe I have a lot of good friends.
The only difference is with his drive and passion towards sports there are opportunities for him to go for his dream in the sports industry in the US. Here, my opportunities in the sports industry is limited. It’s something for me to think about. How to succeed in the sports industry here in Malaysia? I do have the passion.
Maybe the answer will come when I finish reading his book.
posted by Sports Freak at 2:02 PM
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