I Can Reach A Kid Who Doesn't

The Summer Day Is Closed, The Sun Is Set: Well They Have Done Their Office, Those Bright Hours, The Latest Of Whose Train Goes Softly Out In The Red West.

I Ain't Never Had Much Fun. I Ain't Never Been Two Inches Away From A Football. Here Guys Go Fishing On The Day Of The Game, Hunting, Golfing, And All I Want To Do Is Be Alone, Studying How Not To Lose.

Baton Rouge Happens To Be The Worst Place In The World For A Visiting Team. It's Like Being Inside A Drum.

The Old Lessons (work, Self-discipline, Sacrifice, Teamwork, Fighting To Achieve) Aren't Being Taught By Many People Other Than Football Coaches These Days. The Football Coach Has A Captive Audience And Can Teach These Lessons Because The Communication Lines Between Himself And His Players Are More Wide Open Than Between Kids And Parents. We Better Teach These Lessons Or Else The Country's Future Population Will Be Made Up Of A Majority Of Crooks, Drug Addicts, Or People On Relief.

If I Miss Coaching That Much, I Could Go To Some Little School Where They Didn't Recruit, Where All The Kids Wanted To Go. I Believe I Could Find Somewhere To Coach.