The following was taken from an article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Nov. 8th, 07, on the retirement of Bob Shannon. Coach Shannon is retiring after 30 years of coaching high school football in East St. Louis, Alton and at CBC. He was considered one of the best coaches in the nation.
A year ago, heading into CBC’s first state championship game, Shannon talked about how much and why enjoyed coaching.
“I’m a salesman,” he said. “I’m selling discipline and commitment. I’m selling preparation, trying to teach them how important it is to be prepared, hoping that all of this will carry over somewhere in life for them…In a way it’s teaching kids that life is not always going to be successful, but you learn how to deal with your failures, too.”
2 comments:
Mike, you coulden't be mopre correct!
Great coach, and a darn fine roll model!
Mike, a bit off topic, but take a look at this my friend!
Wow, a group of local Liberals band toghether to "refute the local blogs!"
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Our Favorite Blogs
In an effort to keep our readers informed about South County politics, we urge you to visit the following blogs:
South County News - Operated by failed Mehlville School Board member (he was defeated by a strip club owner) Mike Heins. Heins spends most of his time blathering conspiracy theories about Call Newspapers publisher Bill Milligan.
Crestwood Independent - Operated by failed Crestwood aldermanic candidate Tom Ford. Ford is another Call Newspapers hater who is the darling of the Crestwood fire fighters union.
Mehlville Fire Protection District Information - Operated by Local 1889 president Bob Strinni. The state of the district seen through the eyes of the incompetent union bosses.
Enjoy!
Posted by TruthDetector at 9:08 AM
The only problem with these "paragons of truth" is the fact that they do not allow a response! Well, neither did Joseph Gobels! Great job my friends, when you allow a response, I will refute you!
Tom Ford
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