Coaching and Penguins

Come on in, the sky is overcast, it's drizzling a bit, and I'm currently listening to 'Down With the Sickness' by Disturbed. OH and there is stirfry. Tasty stuff, red curry sauce soooo good.

Ok so everyone is bitching about the punt thing that Miller called for at the end of the last game against Calgary. That was the least of our worries folks. Remember a while back when I said, 'Look for the WTF moments?' Well a bunch happened in that game. Offensively there were some really questionable play calls which again reinforces the fact that Berry is a nipplehead. But the big one came on defense and has been an issue before.

Ok so here's the thing. We know that for the vast majority of plays that happen on the goal line that a run will happen. It is the least risk, highest pay off way to get the TD. So on Second and goal on the three yard line, why the FUCK was Kitwana Jones an interior lineman? And don't give me that 'there were injuries' bullshit because Mullander wasn't on the field. I know Mullander is an exterior DL but please, you can't teach BIG and that's what you need in those situations. Like for fucks sake, we take all the big guys from the DL and put them on the OL for our short yardage, why don't we do the same on defense? They don't need to tackle, just keep the pile from being pushed back, and then let someone like say KITWANA, who is quick and tackles incredible well to fill and pick up the runner. Would make way more sense. But nope, instead we put all two hundred and twenty pounds of KJ in there and he gets blown out of the blocks and ends up on his back, and where he was is a huge hole for Calgary to score. BAD CALL.

So now that I've vented that, let me move on to Happy Feet. You folks watched this entirely too cute movie before? Got it for the girls yesterday, and after it was over (With me being the big suck that I am crying) I asked my Little Crow, 'Did you understand the message?' And she got all serious (Because we have these talks, these lessons sometimes and she focuses in on me like a freakin' dog in front of raw hamburger) and said 'No daddy.' So I said 'Well at daycare, there is a lot of toys right?'

'Yep there is.'

'And are you allowed to keep them all to play with?'

'Oh no, you hafta share so everyone can have fun.'

'Why?'

'Well it would really be horrible if someone didn't get something to play with.'

'Well what about food. What if the toys were food?'

'I don't wanna be hungry either!'

'Right. That's the message baby. Take only what you need, and share the rest. Think of the others before you just take all you can.'

And so the Little Crow smiles, hugs me good night and clambers down from my lap and heads off to bed, and my not-so-Little Bear goes off to sing her good night (It's their sister good night ritual) and she stops and looks at me. 'Yeah ... we don't share very well do we? Like I mean ... in the world.'

And I can tell she's struggling to find the right words and so I grin at her, 'Yes Little Bear, adults are indeed idiots because we forget what we learned as children.'

She laughed and nodded and went to sing her little sister to sleep.

Again, my girls amaze me, and the world frightens me, and hopefully, like their dad, they never grow up enough to think that sharing is something you don't have to do.