A Manning Day

I just returned to my office from watching Peyton Manning having a passing route workout with two of his Colt wide receivers, Austin Collie and Anthony Gonzales.  I work at an all boys school (I retired in 2008 after 35 years as athletics director), with a great strength facility and an artificial turf field.  Manning has worked out here often.  He has a business and a home here in Chattanooga. 

They had a printed script of their workout and did not do a lot of standing around, even though the temperature was over 100 on the field.  They worked on individual and combination routes for well over an hour from the + 35 yardline.  Very impressive.   

Back when I was a boy

A bottle of Coke was 5 cents
A gallon of gas was 33 cents
Men looked and acted like men
Nice girls were shy and did not use 4-letter words
The World Series was in early September
A real man kept his word
Pray was ok anytime, anywhere
College and professional athletes were positive role models
Big business was conducted with integrity
Marriage was a lifetime commitment
Divorce was shameful
Hard work was honored
Government was not so big
"Political Correctness" was not a phrase let alone a philosophy
If you failed, you failed - no excuses and no one else to blame
America defended its people from foreign invaders
Americans believed in the Ten Commandments, as did our founding fathers
If I did wrong, I got a spanking and it did not warp my id
The 1957 Chevy hardtop was the coolest car ever
Being mediocre was not a good thing