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I'm the kind of guy that always got really, really emotional before football games when I played.......and still do when I coach. Not the teary-eyed, warm-and-fuzzy kind of emotional, but the "I will fight to the death for my brothers, I will stand up to and knock down anything that gets in the way of our goal" kind of emotional. I bring a chip on my shoulder. I get pissed. I get focused. I get nervous. Nervous then about letting down my teammates....now my fellow coaches and our players. Nervous about failing in front of so many people.
Truth be told, I threw up before every single game I ever played in high school, and still do it before big games now as a coach.
Some of you will say that's way too overboard and taking a game too seriously. But some of you will understand that to many of us who grew up with this great game in our blood, it's not at all odd or unreasonable. It's just part of who we are and how we're built.
As I sit here today, for the first time in many, many years, when it comes to thinking about the Bills, I'm starting to get a lot of those same feelings I used to get during the middle of a week when I played. Thinking about the Bills and Patriots Sunday night makes me feel exactly the same way I do a day or two before a big game now as a coach. I'm getting a chip on my shoulder. I'm getting pissed. I'm getting focused. I'm getting nervous. Nervous about being blown out in front of the nation. Nervous about them letting me down. Nervous about actually winning this damn thing.
It sounds corny to say because I'm not the one playing, or even coaching. But it doesn't matter. It's the Bills. And it's football. Two things I love and I'm passionate about. And I know no other way to handle it, and don't want to handle it any other way.
So, I'm posting this as a call to arms!!
Who's willing to start getting your game faces on? Who's willing to start putting that chip on your shoulder? Who's willing to start getting focused? And who's willing to start getting pissed? Sunday is only only three days away. It's time to start getting ready!
Just don't be near me when I throw up.
Truth be told, I threw up before every single game I ever played in high school, and still do it before big games now as a coach.
Some of you will say that's way too overboard and taking a game too seriously. But some of you will understand that to many of us who grew up with this great game in our blood, it's not at all odd or unreasonable. It's just part of who we are and how we're built.
As I sit here today, for the first time in many, many years, when it comes to thinking about the Bills, I'm starting to get a lot of those same feelings I used to get during the middle of a week when I played. Thinking about the Bills and Patriots Sunday night makes me feel exactly the same way I do a day or two before a big game now as a coach. I'm getting a chip on my shoulder. I'm getting pissed. I'm getting focused. I'm getting nervous. Nervous about being blown out in front of the nation. Nervous about them letting me down. Nervous about actually winning this damn thing.
It sounds corny to say because I'm not the one playing, or even coaching. But it doesn't matter. It's the Bills. And it's football. Two things I love and I'm passionate about. And I know no other way to handle it, and don't want to handle it any other way.
So, I'm posting this as a call to arms!!
Who's willing to start getting your game faces on? Who's willing to start putting that chip on your shoulder? Who's willing to start getting focused? And who's willing to start getting pissed? Sunday is only only three days away. It's time to start getting ready!
Just don't be near me when I throw up.
& 
too!!
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