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Some cool videos as part of this announcement from college insider:
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Congrats to Coach Steele! And for those of you not familiar with John McLendon, his story is worth knowing. I hadn’t heard about him until I moved to Durham, but he was a trailblazer and a legend in the profession.
This is actually his second coach of the year award. Earlier this year Yellow Inc voted him Yellow Number 5’s Number 1.
But still, congrats on this other honor, coach.
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Just curious, does the winner of the Yellow Number 5 Number 1 award winner get a commemorative Yellow Number 2 pencil?
That’s a great question and I thank you for asking. The short answer is no. The longer answer is, I pick up coach in my 1992 Winnebago. It’s in absolutely terrible shape, but it runs and has a pic of a Leprechaun wearing an open kimono on the side (tastefully executed) along with some peeling letters that cover over where Mini Winnebago used to be that now says “The Sensual Leprechaun” with clovers and the like flying off. Years ago, I tried to take the easy way out and wash it in a car wash but I flew too close to the sun on wings of wax and now the exterior looks like it snuck of the crusher in Star Wars. Anyhow, we ride from his house and on the way to the award ceremony stop at every horse track in America. Many very, very bleak. Oddly, Travis hasn’t been to any of these places and seems grateful for the intro. Horse racing is apparently just like coaching because you have to convince young animals who are bigger than you that they need to win for your benefit. And theirs. But mainly yours. They also eat a ton and fart like Spandeau machine guns. At the track, we don’t likely win much, but we do curse a lot and have heated debate with piss covered hobos on the merits of the Triangle, Four Post, and other archaic offenses. Some of the hobos actually offer great insights but lack teeth so it gets hard to follow. At some point, I take him for a celebratory dinner to Houlihan’s. We are the only ones there. We talk about industrial breading technique on chicken tenders. He’s shockingly knowledgeable. Time stands still and it’s silently understood by both of us these might be some of the best days we’ve ever lived. Finally, we get to the award show. At this point, we part as friends. Travis is a star now and will likely fly first class for the rest of his life, but we will always have our cross country horse track adventure. Also, I should just gift the RV to the team. It needs a lot of work but they are gonna need temp offices while the new stadium is built so maybe it works out. Anyhow, now you know. Congrats again Coach.
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