Well, football night one finished and it was, well... let's say interesting. Where do I start, let's start with the bad. When practice started one of the league organizers was giving some of the highlights of what to expect while the coach was with the kids and as it turns out there is a pretty firm rule when it comes to age and weight. (I might mention that we brought this fact up when we registered him and they said it would not be a problem for Sterling to be in Tyke, 7-10, max 90 pounds) So when I asked about this the organizer told us that they have no control over that fact and that in some cases, kids have run around the track in a plastic bag to lose water weight or gone on a crash diet to make weight. As he's talking I can feel Shannon start to overheat. She told him, Sterlings perfect and doesn't need to lose any weight and that they should have told us that from the beginning if he should be in the higher division. He attempted to try and smooth things over by saying it would probably be fine but then started talking saying if Sterling really wanted to play in the lower division he could probably drop enough weight before the weigh in to make the division. Halfway through his spiel Shannon just walked away. I heard him out and then stuck around to talk to the team manager a.k.a. 'the coach's wife'. She says to me 'I'm a pretty good judge of body language and I could tell your wife wasn't too happy'. I'm thinking, no shit Sherlock... I could have been legally blind and 30 feet away and still picked up on that one. But on the upside, she doesn't believe in that and felt the same as us, and that it is better that he practice with this team which is made up of more first year players then move up if he weighs over 90 pounds at the end of summer. For the record, I just weighed him and he came in at 91.8 without clothes. Not bad considering he hasn't done much physical activity lately. A few weeks of football practice twice a week for two hours should fix that. Oh yeah, the organizer also said to Shannon's chagrin that if he doesn't eat junkfood throughout the summer he should be fine, to which Shannon replied, 'he's with his grandparents through the summer, I'm not gonna stop him from having ice cream.' So word up to the grandparents, strict diet of veggies and chicken this summer :) All kidding aside, he'll probably eat better there than here... and no Shannon that wasn't a jab at your cooking.
On the upside, things got better from there, coach was great, he mentioned a peanut allergy on the team and asked everyone to respect that without mentioning Sterling's name. He also was very big on the kids having fun. I know Shannon mentioned earlier that this is a Rep team. What we didn't know is that all the other teams they play against are all playing in a house league right now where the Rep coaches will pick the best of the best for the Fall. Apparently the Tigercats get killed every year and have only won one game in recent memory. The coach's wife recounted the memory with a tear in her eye how the kids acted like they won the Grey Cup after that one. Maybe this will be the year for win number 2. I just hope Sterling has fun and learns something, he really seemed to enjoy himself tonight. All and all the night was redeemed by the awesome coach so let's hope Sterling will be able to play for him in the Fall.
Here are some pics from the night.
I pity da' fool!
Eye of the tiger(cats)
After practice smiles all around.
Just damn cute!
Later,
C
3 comments:
What???? Is Sterling 20 and plays profeesional football? I thought the day and age when they encouraged weight loss went out when I was in University. I am gald you guys stuck to your principles. What differnece is 1.5 pounds going to make?
Hope you have a great time Sterling and look forward to hearing about many good plays in the future. Just a note - almost every night Jacob asks "taku" which means in English "tackle?". Which then leads to a series of tackle/wrestiling moves and sometimes a daddy injury. Who knows maybe football is in his future?? Good luck all.
Looks like you enjoyed yourself Sterling! Great photos! Just thought I'd check your weight Craig when you were 10 but your baby card only goes up to 9 years and you were 54" tall and 70 lbs. Glad things worked out with the coach and hope things go well the rest of the year. ENJOY YOURSELF STERLING! Sounds like when you come, Jacob will be ready to help you work out for football.
We just got home from a walk to Jim & Roberta's. We were there celebrating Talon's first b'day. He's walking all over the place and Maddex is right behind him.
I went for a massage today and I'm totally wiped - it's only 9:50 and I'm ready to hit the sack.
BIG HUGS TO ALL!
Nice going Sterling, you'll be the star. I would love to have seen your mom's face over the weight issue. Would have bought a ticket to see that. I, on the other hand, may just try that running in a plastic bag....couldn't hurt. We're so glad you enjoyed yourself.
You boys are getting more handsome with every photo you pose for.
The week is flying by and I just loooove this new job. The people are awesome and the work is not overwhelming. Walked here Monday and Tuesday, 5.3 km. each way. That's about all the exercise I'm getting. I get a ride tonight as Emma has soccer at 5:30 and I'm looking forward to seeing her reaction to anyone who tries to kick the ball she's after. Hopefully the weather, which has really sucked lately, will hold up.
River is still high but we haven't floated away yet. They went from flood alert to flood watch to high water watch but Dad says the water is a foot higher than yesterday. It's almost to the top of the bank. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Love to all
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