Where did the time go?

By my account it has been since February that I have blogged.  I apologize to those of you that occasionally read my blog for political commentary and other things.  I am ashamed that I have not prioritized this as much as I should have.  I will most likely bring some more political commentary with an emphasis on the economics of some current events and the upcoming presidential election in the near future.  But today lets get caught back up.

My life has changed a lot since I last blogged.  That has been like a 1/2 year so that is to go expected.  I still teach at Stone Memorial High School and love it.  Some things have changed.

I no longer teach Economics! Not happy about that but there is no economics offered at my school now.  I do not like nor agree with that decision.  I won't bore you with why it has been dropped.  Instead i am teaching U.S. History.  Not just any history but the Advanced Placement and Honors History courses.  Kind of excited about this considering I get the brightest of students.  But doing AP things is a little nerve wracking.  In fact doing this, golf, basketball, and baseball as well as PA responsibilities will keep me busy the next 10 months I'm sure.

I no longer coach girls basketball.  I will miss those girls.  I think from a Junior Varsity/Freshmen standpoint we have two of the most if not the most successful seasons ever at SMHS.  I had a small part in that but the players of course had the largest impact there.  My coaching style was not always appreciated by all.  That is to be expected in high school.  Coaching girls is also different.  I'm sure I will blog about this alone in the future about why I treat girls and guys very much the same on the court and in the classroom.  For the most part, I feel that I was appreciated and well liked by most all the girls and parents.  

After going to the Semi-finals in the TSSAA state tournament, the head coaching position opened up this past off-season and I applied for it.  I did not get the head coaching position.  Why? Well probably a lack of support from some.  I'm not too upset about it now but those reasons are the human reasons that "I" see.  But as a human "I" am very limited as to what I can see.  My relationship with God needs much work but I know he still guides me and loves me and the reason I did not get it is simple... God did not want that for me.

That is hard to accept because a head coach is what I want to be.  But to be honest I'm much better off now.  I am Neil Capps' assistant with the boy's basketball team.  Coach Capps has as much integrity as anyone in Crossville in my opinion.  In the summer that I worked with them I have changed the way I would have ran a practice prob by nearly 20%.  That means I have learned a ton in such a short time.  I'm learning from him and he learned from one of the best college coaches around and one of the best high school coaches around in Coach Buck.  I am now better prepared to be a head coach by far just a few months after I would cry and whine about not getting the girls head job.  How foolish huh?  I still have some disappointment about it but I am very much at peace in what I'm doing now.

For the record.. the guy they hired... Coach Walker... was an excellent choice.  I'd say people in authority would be impressed with the way me and him are already becoming good friends.  Some might have feared that I would have butt heads with whoever they brought in.  That is just part of my job though and stupid anyways.  Why in the world would I hold anything against the new coach?  There is nothing to be impressed with there.  People need to be professional in their lives and not be excited when someone does what they are suppose to do.  We have a great relationship and is fun to work with.  I hope he does well.

I'll cover more personal/spiritual things in my next blog which I plan to post sooner than the next half year.