So I have been on this website since 2001. I have been coaching football since 1995. I have had a close friend that just had his father pass and it made me realize that this football thing is not that important. Friends and family are. Often we all get caught up in the next job , the next season, who will be our starting QB and lose perspective on what is really important. People talk about the kids that you coach and how they will remember you, some of that is true but as soon as you leave a high school it was like you were never there even if you were the head coach for 25 years once you are gone you are gone. So I know that many coaches are on this board, and many on here have probably squandered time and missed time with kids, parents, family and friends. I am still a coach and I still care about the sport I love and the players but I am not squandering time like that anymore. To the young coaches on here take it from a now gray haired older man, enjoy the little things if not you will regret it.