Tuesday, September 2, 2008

You think you can do better?

Man something hit me while I was working on Sunday after church. Yes I work on Saturday and Sunday. I have a schedule were I work 11am to 11pm on both weekend days; I’m off all week Monday through Friday. Well not off I have fun raising my 5 month old princess aka my baby girl. She is so fun to learn from and so different from my 5 yr old boy who reminds me of myself. Ok enough about my work schedule back to what hit me. Clemson’s football team took one of the worst beat downs ever. In all the years I've been a fan I have never seen them physically and emotionally be defeated that bad. I predicted a 24-10 score with Clemson winning, man was I off or what. Bama dropped the hammer on them. They were not a #9 team more like a #20 team. Clemson’s not as bad as Alabama made them look. The thing that hit me like a ton of bricks was hearing people say “get rid of Tommy he stinks he can’t beat good teams.” Frankly I’m tired of hearing Clemson fans that say they support the program not supporting the coach. At the first sign of a struggle they immediately say stuff like fire him. Coaching was definitely a factor, the game plan went wrong. In my opinion it was more the players not wanting to win and they didn’t want it as bad as Bama did. Clemson was not physical and laid down from the start. Here is my other point I support Clemson’s coaches and players no matter what the outcome. I support them on the field and off. There are some great coaches and players involved in Clemson’s program. You see as Christians we to screw up daily, if you say you don’t you’re a liar and you need a piece of humble pie! What if Jesus said “You know enough is enough, I get the same results and I’m going to give up? He or she has the resources and the talent to do great things but don’t do what I say to do so the heck with them.” You see Jesus don’t say this; he says nothing can pluck you from my hand and I Love you unconditionally. When in reality we as humans have the mindset to give up on people before we even truly believe in them and support them. So if you think you can do better at coaching Clemson than Tommy Bowden go for it. However remember if you give up on him as a coach you don’t support the team. This is the same thing we do to Jesus sometimes we give up on him. He never gives up on us no matter how bad we screw up! So don’t give up on Jesus, his team is the winning team regardless of our circumstances in life as Christians we win. So have mercy on people who don’t show you mercy. That is one of the many things Jesus did.