Coach Bobby Bowden is in town for a couple of speaking engagements. He was on the Rick and Bubba Show this morning, and was in rare form. He's a mess, as we say, and was full of good humor and quips. The boys tried to get serious and talk to him about recruiting, asking Bowden what he says to the parents of young men to convince them to send their sons to FSU: "Mercedes or Cadillac!" I laughed until I hurt.

Coach also had a good comment about teamwork, loyalty and leadership. I can't quote it word-for-word, but it went something like, 'Of course, we all fuss and fight in the coach's meetings. I don't want 19 guys who all agree with me, so it gets pretty hot. Sometimes it even gets close to fisticuffs, which is what men do. But after we come to a decision, when we walk out of that door and look into the faces of those 100 young men, we're all together, and they know it.'

Our country would be a lot better place if that was a more common philosophy.
posted by Terry at 10:51:00 AM