Catch Up 1-4-11

At the end of a football season teams generally look back at the year and evaluate success and failure.  We see this happening from players all the way up to owners.  Often college players are making the tough decision whether or not to try to make it in the pro ranks.  Veteran players are looking back at the year and things can improve on.  Coaches are looking back at ways to get inside their players and motivate them.  Owners/Athletic Directors are looking back at the job the coach has done and deciding if he has the right person for the job, or if they are going to have to increase pay to keep the person they have in place.  The great coach Bear Bryant said, “When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it.   2. Learn from it, and  3. Don't repeat it.”  When you look back on failures it is not so much to beat yourself up on a mistake, it is about learning so you can see mistakes coming in the future and change your direction before running head long into it.  As we start a new year and look back on our mistakes, plan our goals for the next year, and try to become more proactive than we were the last year.