It doesn’t matter what you are doing, there is always somebody coming along that will be better. \u00a0It is amazing to me how some people have stayed relevant (towards the top of a given species of livestock shows) for 10 to 20 years. \u00a0Breeders, ag teachers, jocks, show families, etc. \u00a0Trends change, judges change, styles change. \u00a0It is tough to get to the top and even tougher to stay on top. \u00a0Athletics are the same. \u00a0There is always somebody that can do it better.<\/p>\n
For example, Nick Saban has been called the greatest college football coach of all time. \u00a0Bill Belichick is considered the best nfl coach of all time. \u00a0No doubt that they can gather players, coach the game and win. \u00a0They are both horrible dealing with the media and others. \u00a0But they win and win a lot.<\/p>\n
Now, some dude named Dabo Swinney. \u00a0He can obviously coach. \u00a0He got the job at Clemson because he could recruit. \u00a0Now, he has proven to be a winner. \u00a0BUT, he goes a step further. \u00a0How? \u00a0Watch his interviews. \u00a0Watch his player’s interviews.<\/p>\n
We aren’t talking about a public speaking champion but he takes his awe-shucks personality, praises others, sticks to his guns and sounds like he is the same guy in the locker room that he is in front of the camera. \u00a0He doesn’t mis-speak but yet he provides lots of sound bites. \u00a0Listen to this cat in interviews from 2012, 14, 16, 17, 18 and now, he hasn’t changed. \u00a0He seems legit.<\/p>\n
I don’t know how good a coach he actually is, but he has made sure to surround that program with top shelf assistant coaches. \u00a0And he lets them coach.<\/p>\n
Now, think of a recruit. \u00a0Better yet, think of that recruit’s mother, family, etc. \u00a0This dude isn’t preaching winning. \u00a0He’s talking family, love, GOD, work ethic, fun and he refuses to bash anybody else. \u00a0He just talks his program. \u00a0And talks it with passion. \u00a0“We do things that we believe in.” \u00a0 \u00a0The Dragon Lady has enjoyed listening to him. \u00a0If Duke was a football player, she would be sending him to Clemson.<\/p>\n
Plus, it is kind of \u00a0cool to watch him NOT worry about the coke bottle on the podium or what water bottle he has in front of him. \u00a0I’m not bashing the others. \u00a0I just get why this dude is winning. \u00a0He has built a culture and seems to walk the walk. \u00a0t was kind of cool watching the winning coach and winning quarterback give praise to others and to GOD. \u00a0They will lose a bunch of players that will be making a pile of cash next year. \u00a0But, I think that Clemson will reload. \u00a0Clemson’s top wide receiver was a freshman from Alabama. \u00a0Why? \u00a0He liked the family atmosphere at Clemson. \u00a0 This dude is gathering players and building a culture.<\/p>\n
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And, I always like a good ag school that excels at sports. \u00a0i also like a good musical performance. \u00a0Dudes, that national anthem was performed sub par. \u00a0Then the half-time show?! \u00a0I like some of Imagine Dragon’s songs. \u00a0I also don’t mind a good rapper. \u00a0But that lil Wayne stuff was brutally bad. \u00a0Shouldn’t have ever been shown on the tv. \u00a0Some of the internet comments as to his wardrobe were classic. \u00a0“He looked like the\u00a0<\/span>ham-burglar!” \u00a0“Lil Wayne dressed like somebody’s aunt\/grandma going to the dollar general at 10pm to buy some juice.” \u00a0No matter, that music sucked. \u00a0ESPN\/ABC should have had control of that crap ahead of time.<\/p>\n Peace out and have a good one. \u00a0But just remember, somebody is out there, somewhere, working to do it better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It doesn’t matter what you are doing, there is always somebody coming along that will be better. \u00a0It is amazing to me how some people have stayed relevant (towards the top of a given species of livestock shows) for 10 to 20 years. \u00a0Breeders, ag teachers, jocks, show families, etc. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2704"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2706,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2704\/revisions\/2706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}