First of all our thoughts must be with Chris Mills and his speedy recovery. There is nothing more disturbing than watching your teammate lying on the field after being injured.
Obviously for Chris’ parents there is another level of pain than we all have. Our thoughts move to them as well. As friends and teammates we must stand with Chris and his entire family.
I urge you to keep Chris, his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
Another fallen friend was Corey Little who left the field early with an injury that needed x-rays. From what we were told he is well and he x-rays are negative.
For as much as I love the game of football these are the moments that bother me so much.
But this is what teammates are for. In dark moments we band together to lend support to those of who are in need. That mean first we look after our injured comrades and their families. Then we bring ourselves together as one group.
Within our team we have to make sure that we understand that we have talented players….we have good leadership and we have the ability to bounce back. There will always be some noise from the outside…..but that is fine….it doesn’t effect who we are and what we do every day for eleven weeks during the actual football season.
This is our locker room…our mentality…we don’t care what is going on outside of this ring. We control what we do…and how we do it.
There is a great expression…My late friend Frank Gansz (perhaps the greatest special teams coach ever) had. “You bring your own weather with you.”
Obviously that means…you decide who you are and how you act. No one else controls that- only you do. So we get to decide!
So what happens from here on out??
“You bring your own weather with you!”