@old_school posted:I joined in '13 cant believe it has been that long. I would have had boys at u13 and u11 at the time. I may just be getting old and forgetful but i believe this site is way softer and gentler then back in the day. I can remember arguments on hitting theory that would rage for days, people were angry. There is so much knowledge to be gained here if you have the time or interest.
I know having been through the process of the game and the successes and failures that come with it I have certainly been softened. Fortunately, i have 2 adult boys with degrees doing well, I sold my business interests and retired, my golf game is sharper than ever, I still check in occasionally but rare.
I did spend 2 days watching my nephew play D3 down in Florida recently. One of the schools that recruited my son pretty hard was there. I kinda hung out and got in the way of the coach as they were leaving. He looked at me, did a double take and asked what the hell i was doing there! was quite nice seeing him, I thought he would remember me but not sure. Was just kind of neat conversation, he actually stayed for 10 minutes or more asking about the boy and updating me on some of his stuff.
It’s amazing what coaches remember. My youngest brother was a good enough football player to play D1 as an undersized OG. He was recruited by Lou Holtz when he was at Arkansas in the late 70’s but he didn’t play there. So he met Holtz one time. Over 30 years later my brother is living in Columbia, SC and is in the media business. When Lou Holtz takes the South Carolina job my brother eventually runs into him at a luncheon. The conversation went something like this.
“Hello Coach, welcome to Columbia. You probably won’t remember this but you recruited me back in 1977 when I was in HS in Texas.”
”Yes, I remember that, You went to Humble HS, along with Mike Mosley. And he went on to play QB at A&M. And you had a LB that I really liked. Whatever happened to him?”