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SETTLED RULES = LAW OF THE LAND

March 31, 2024 by Leave a Comment

When settled rules are ignored they get angry. Common courtesy wants to fight. Good manners want a go in the octagon. Eventually things calm down in what I understand is called ‘normalized’, as in: The New Normal.

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SCOREBOARD MATTERS IN SPORTS AND LIFE

November 26, 2023 by

When a game ends, any game, anywhere, scoreboard matters. Coaching co-ed youth soccer teams meant getting trained to de-emphasize the final score. The problem was the kids. They kept score with each other.

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WORTHY ENOUGH: OREGON DUCKS

November 24, 2023 by

The Oregon Ducks were worthy enough in 2011 against a team with suspicious recruiting. Maybe not so worthy against another team with suspicious recruiting in 2015 Today NIL money cures all of the suspicious recruiting. And Oregon is more than worthy enough.

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SOCIAL COMPETITION: WHERE’S THE SCOREBOARD?

June 26, 2022 by

Social competition follows a different set of rules than sports. Sports take preparation and executing a plan. Then there’s the scoreboard. It explains the difference between winners and losers with few questions.

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SCOREBOARD ANSWERS CONFUSING HARD LIFE QUESTIONS

January 2, 2022 by

Scoreboard shows winners and losers in a particular moment. Then the contest is over. The winners celebrate, the losers walk away. At least that’s what is supposed to happen.

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EMOTIONAL SCOREBOARD, TALLY OF ANSWERS TO BIG QUESTIONS

February 15, 2021 by

Emotional Scoreboard doesn’t explain who wins, who loses, or the odd tie. It says more about effort, determination, and sportsmanship. As Robert DeNiro explained so eloquently in The Deer Hunter, “This is this. Not this, this.” Emotional scoreboard defines the argument of who won what without any details of what the winner won. (51-49, right […]

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