I heard a college football coach recently have to justify his excitement he shares with his players. He shows positive excitement when they make big plays and score touchdowns. He gives them high fives, and even the occasional chest bump. Too often coaches are expected to be stoic, or only show the emotion of getting in a players face who has just made a mistake. This coach justified his actions by stating there is so much stress and pressure on coaches and athletes, and success is not guaranteed, that we should really relish and appreciate the positive moments. I think he hit the nail on the head. As long as you can be humble and show good sportsmanship, you should be happy and excited when your team has success. Life is too short to be a grumpy old coach. We are going to enjoy the moment that we had last night. My team defeated our rival, we haven’t been in the same conference since 2003, and this was a really big deal for our community and for our program. It feels really good, and we know that we have matches coming up that we have to prepare for, but we are going to take a little bit of time to thank God for the opportunity to compete, and enjoy little moments like this.
Amen brother