If there were a Nuclear Holocaust, the Only Survivors would be Cockroaches, Scouts and Coaches! It’s been proven They can Survive Anything! Just an Opinion!

At Weber State Football Homecoming Game. @weberstatefb

Football is highs and lows, love and hurt, winning and losing , hiring and firing. We all have games like that and wins like that. Keep Grinding! Thank God!

This is the group shot from Kevin Colbert’s @steelers HOF honor this past weekend. He was a great boss and this was a great collection of people to work with for 20 years!

I’m in the book! Very Humbling!

The Front of My Note Card I Use Now!

The Power of a Note! Have you ever gotten a Note from a Person? No, not a Birthday Card, Get-well Card or some other type of card that you would find at Hallmark. I mean a Handwritten Note! Nothing special, just a note card recognizing something that you did or something that happened to you that is special! My profession is Football! I have been involved in Football for 48 years of my working life! 16 years as a coach at different levels, 28 years as an NFL Scout, 4 year scouting for the Senior Bowl and consulting coupled that with 10 years as a player from junior high to high school to college for a total of 58 years involved in Football! Football is an unstable profession. People leave to take other jobs or get fired and have to find new jobs! It is tough to sustain a career in the world of Football! This is where the Power of a Note comes in! We do not recognize a person enough when they get new job, a promotion or just a life milestone! That is why I write a HANDWRITTEN NOTE! To recognize a person’s accomplishments! I started writing notes in 1986. I was influenced by the offensive coordinator at Weber State, Dave Arslanian. He was always writing congratulation notes to professors, colleagues and friends. I thought it was a fantastic way of congratulating people! Thus, I write written notes! My notes are simple. Get a new job – a note! Get a promotion – a note! A new accomplishment – a note! Help me out – a note! I write a note to any coach I know who got a new job or achieved major accomplishment. After a college visit, I would write a note to all who have helped me! When LSU won the National Championship, I sent a note to all coaches and staff that I knew! 38 notes! When I visited schools, I would see my Note cards hanging up on Coaches’ bulletin boards! It makes me proud that I touched a person’s life! Write a Note and feel the Power To Make People Feel Special!!

7 Rules That I Live By! 1. I Don’t Work For Dickheads! 2. Make Today a Good Yesterday! 3. It is OK to Grow Old; You Don’t have to be Old! 4. It’s OK to Disagree but You don’t have to be Disagreeable! 5. You Can’t Accomplish Anything without Risk! Taking a Dare! Think it Over and Decide! 6. If It Ain’t Fun, Fuck It! 7. Keep Making Progress on Your Purpose! And What Do You Live By?

Football is not an Industry! My Dad working in the Steel Mill is. Football is about Love and Passion! High and Lows! Winning and Losing! Firing and Hiring! You gotta love that feeling. Sorry not Football is “Not An Industry’! IMO! I just get tired of Young People calling it “Industry “!!! Feel the Passion of Sports!!!

THE PARALLEL PLAN WE ALL HAVE GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS IN LIFE! WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET THERE BUT WHAT IF WE DO NOT GET THERE? WHAT IS YOUR BACKUP PLAN OR AS I CALL IT, THE PARALLEL PLAN. A PLAN THAT COINCIDES WITH THE GOAL! I WANTED TO BE A GENERAL MANAGER IN THE NFL BUT COULD NOT ATTAIN THE NECESSARY PROMOTION TO KICK START MY CAREER IN THAT DIRECTION. VARIOUS REASONS OR EXCUSES WHY I DID NOT GET THE PROMOTION. THE REASONS MAY HAVE BEEN LEGIT OR MAYBE I WAS THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT RULE OUT MYSELF. AFTER INVESTING SO MUCH OF MY CAREER AT ONE PLACE WITH THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS I NEEDED A PARALLEL PLAN. AN OFFSHOOT TO BEING A GM. I DECIDED TO BECOME ONE OF THE BEST SCOUTS IN THE NFL! I DID ACCOMPLISH IT MY OPINION AND HAVE GOTTEN MUCH NOTORIETY IN THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL. I OBTAIN PEACE WITH MY PARALLEL PLAN. HAVE A PARALLEL PLAN IN LIFE!