why anyone would want this job

Imagine going to work and every decision you make gets a quick complaint. I know some of you may have that going on every day but I am guessing that at least some of you go to work and actually like your job. So live with this scenario right here You come to work and the first thing you do is explain some pleasantries with some of the people you will be working with and also with some of their associates. You shake hands, smile, talk about how the day will go and then its time to get to work. Once work starts, all the niceness ends. You will exchange words with those same people you started the day with and sometimes those words aren't too bad almost nice, but other times those people are mad at you because of the way you are doing your job. Then there are the other people involved in your day. Lets call these the least important people at work but the ones who demand attention. Everyone has those pains in the asses at work but imagine the person with this job has a few hundred of them. And these people yell and call you names and pretty much complain about everything you do. So do you want to apply ? The job pays somewhere around 20 dollars per hour but it usually only pays about 10 hours a week with a lot of that work being on the weekend. That my friends is the job called referee. Now I must admit, I used to be a number one complainer during a basketball game back when my brother was one of the best coaches in this area. ( by the way I don't really care if you agree with that statement, his record proves it. I mean he did have a stretch when his teams went 128-22 over six years ?) I uses to sit pretty much behind the bench and the only thing surprising was that I never got thrown out of a gym. I was relentless and complained a lot. When he stopped coaching and I started covering games for the Telegraph, I looked at a basketball game in a different way, and I realized that although the officiating is sometimes not great, it was not nearly as bad as I thought it was. But what I really noticed is that the fans are brutally hard on these guys. Yes officials miss calls, but I truly do not believe they favor one team or another, which is me saying that officials do not cheat. I remember sitting in the stands when my brother coached and before they knew that the coach was my brother and I would listen to parents just rip him for what he did to try and win basketball games. You see, many parents do not believe a coach can coach as good as the average parent can. It does not matter who the coach is either, it can be the most experienced or the newest guy. Parents can be brutal. My advice is to leave them alone and let them o their jobs. Parents calm down, its okay. I promise you these coaches and referees want everything to work out and usually it does. This is a widespread issue and not just public or private schools. Its equally bad everywhere. Obviously I am talking about the 5% of the parents who make it bad for everyone. Most parents are very supportive of their teams and their coaches. But when we are talking about this a few bad apples does spoil the entire bag. You wonder why we see the same referees over and over ? Because my friends, who would want a job when you can never do anything right. Macon is blessed with some great teams and coaches this year, so love all of them. A team will eventually not win like they are supposed to , but guys, we have to face the facts that sometimes, its just not going to be a great year. That's okay though , support them like you want to be supported. So the next time you go to a game of any sort, walk up to the officials after its over and tell them they did a good job. Except if it was the referees in the NFL games yesterday. They make a lot of money to be mediocre

straight talk

Sometimes it's just time to take a step in the right direction Sometimes a person just wakes up and realizes its time to change something and sometimes things are kind of thrown at you. This one was thrown at me. I am not going to get into the details of what exactly threw me into this state, but suffice to say, I realized that maybe, just maybe, I am not excluded from any illness or health issue even though I have acted like it for pretty much the last 56 years. Yes that's right, besides my boyish looks I am 56 years old. I have not been to a doctor in probably 3 years, and that includes any medical check-ups. I have done anything to stay away from doctors over that time because I am basically afraid of bad news. But now I will have to man up. Here are a list of my health complaints that I will have to present. 1. Constant headaches- yes I know that's not good but hey they go away with a BC powder. I say they are stress headaches but I also realize that I am not a doctor. Those guys go to school for a long time to tell me why I have a headache. Deep down I may know the real reason I have frequent headaches and that would be one of the main reasons I actually need to see a doctor. 2. Partial numbness in two fingers. My diagnosis is Carpal Tunnel but once again I am not a doctor. This has been going on for a few weeks now, and I am quite positive I have diagnosed correctly. Its either that or a little nerve issue between the elbow and the fingers. See how smart I am. 3.Knee pain- Yeah it is pretty constant. I went to see a friend about this a year or so and he basically just shook his head and mumbled something about imminent knee replacement. That took him off of my list of places and people to visit. I have absolutely NO time for that. Now look I could go through some more but I will spare you the personal issues. I feel like I am somewhat healthy but I could benefit from seeing a doctor. No I have not had a colonoscopy and I know I am about six years late on that. The thought of it scares the hell out of me and makes me sweat from head to toe. I had some issues about 6 or 7 years ago with chest pains and I had the stress test and another test and the recommendation was to have a heart cath. I decided to pass on that and I have been fine since then. His statement was that there was an area that he couldn't be sure of because of my size so I was not real comfortable getting something done if they weren't even sure. So now it comes to my size. Here is how I feel about it. I feel like people must see me one month and go wow he has really lost weight and then four months later they must go my god he has gained weight. I hate it but it is a hard fight to get away from it. I have been as low as 255 in the last year but I am probably 40 pounds away from that (ok I know I am 40 pounds away from that) I started KETo again 10 days ago and I feel much better and hopefully with all the stuff going on around me I will be able to stick to the plan and lose some good weight. In my eyes weight is health. Now I get to this point. I have not had a doctor in forever. The last one I had really didn't see things my way and the one before that asked me if I really wanted to make my kids orphans. I just looked at her and smiled and never ever went back . I need a doctor that understands me or at least tries to. I work three jobs and 55 hours a week and I like that, I mean I really like two of those jobs. I don't want him to tell me how bad I am but rather say hey we can do this and get you back where you want to be. Is that impossible ? I am asking my faithful readers to feel free to give me a doctors name and his good traits and why I should see him. I think it would change my thought process if I actually had someone that I liked. I want to thank the readers who see me around and encourage me to keep writing this blog. It is what motivates me to continue. I will continue to BLOG ON as long as my mind works. Today it is going 90 miles a minute.

here we go

The answer is yea, I enjoyed my month away from this blog. I mean its not like I quit writing forever, but sometimes I need to step away and get things straight in my mind. I also need to think about what and where this blog needs to go I am sure it will always go back to high school. Since I last posted Northside, Peach County, and Warner Robins all lost state championship games in football and UGA lost to Alabama in the SEC championship game. I saw some things that made me blink twice when it comes to coaching decisions, but I am not going to sit here and mention a high school coach for doing something I disagree with. I could write an entire blog talking about Kirby Smart and his fake punt, which still makes me ill to this day. Think about it, we lost to LSU because we lost all momentum when we tried a fake field goal. Kirby lets stay away from the fakes or at least not in those positions. But all of that is long forgotten now after the debacle of a game the Dawgs played in the Sugar Bowl. Imagine the fans who traveled all the way to New Orleans and the main reason wasn't to party, the main reason was to watch the Georgia Bulldogs whip Texas. Imagine all the UGA fans who stayed up late to watch the Dawgs. It was over in the first 5 minutes . It was obvious that Georgia was not interested in this game because all we could possibly do was improve our ranking to number 3. Obviously number 3 was not good enough for the players and the coaching staff. So why why why were the Dawgs so unmotivated for this game. I mean 3 isn't bad. But 3 doesn't get a ring 3 doesn't get a trophy 3 doesn't get the praise that number 1 gets Ladies and gentlemen, this is a number 1 type of world now and nothing else matters At least not to the players and coaches of the University of Georgia. I was at home watching the game and right away it was evident what kind of game this was going to be. We were not tackling anyone and we weren't defending anyone. Texas scores right away and Dawg fans were all like Ok this wont last long, we will answer that score with one of our own. Shortly after it was 17-0. The list of mistakes goes on forever Punters knee touches ground Punter almost misses the football to the tune of an 11 yard punt We fumble We fumble again Our 68% completion rate QB is missing high and missing low More drops than we have ever seen We score thanks to a running back that has basically been fourth string all year Thank you Mr. Herrien for wanting to play Dawgs down 20-7 at the half but it's ok we get the ball to start the second half. Its go time and this offense is ready now. We will wake up and win this game. Nope not quite yet as we score nothing in the third quarter. Texas scores and its 28-7 and NOW ONLY NOW do we start to move the ball. Garbage time scores you say ? Yep pretty much 28-21 final a terrible loss to a mediocre team, a team that made the mighty Dawgs look worse than mediocre A reporter describes reactions in the locker room as not too upset It was no more than an exhibition game. That word makes me cringe every time I hear it. I hope all UGA fans who spent money or time remember that word for a long time. Coach Smart you need to fix it and fix it fast. Number 3 is worth playing for especially when number one is still a dream. Deandre Bakerm I hope you make a nice donation to the school who made you what you are and gave you a free trip to New orleans