Coach Flip Naumburg's Journal

Thursday, July 27, 2006

BITTERSWEET IDIOT

Yesterday was quite a day. I guess one might say that it was one filled with mixed emotions. I was sitting in my office hashing out future possibilities, and part of that process found me choking on a heapin’ helpin’ of possible frustration.

Then, right in the middle of my personal torture session, I had an unexpected large dose of celebratory news thrust upon me. It was piled right on top of my ongoing anxiety attack. There was no layer or time lapse in between. I was in the midst of contemplating what feels like endless anguished helplessness about lacrosse field usage realities that have and will continue to confront me and my team with challenges of many kinds. At that moment of heightened negative emotion, I was handed the phone and informed that today I had been ‘elected’ into the Colorado Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Wow, well I guess I should stop feeling sorry for myself, at least for a while, eh?

Does the Hall have the right guy? Did you dial my number by accident, Bryan? It’s okay if you did, and I won't tell anyone. I know Jimmy Soran and Bobby Romero (CC teammates back in the day) are already in, and that’s how it should be, but me? I’m just a Club guy, right?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH – Good night and drive safely -

I am humbled by just the Hall of Fame thought, not to mention the reality of it all, and my palms are already beginning to sweat about the whole ‘public speaking’ thing that will happen September 22 in Denver.

Please don’t let me appear stupid or ungracious in any way on that night, and may my fly be zipped up, too. I know I can’t wear ‘game shorts’ (no zipper) to that gala.

IT REALLY IS KILLING ME

I wish I could write that the Hall of Fame reality rush that came over me eased or erased my other fears du jour, but that would not be truth. No, I continue to sit here and worry about whether and or how I will be able to efficiently practice with my team when they return to school and beyond. I wish I was as wealthy as Bill Harkins, the coach at Florida State U. is, and then I would ‘buy’ us a little Nexturf Ram lacrosse field, and maybe I could also fly myself to practice every day in my own plane like he does. Actually the flying part doesn’t sound that great to me, but that sort of lifestyle would likely help to ‘de-stress’ me enough to add a few years to my span. At least it might spare me from the seemingly guaranteed early demise that is likely to come from the stress I am bringing on myself right now.

I would need to sell a lot more Rock-it Pockets to make all that field of dreams thing a real possibility, however. Maybe I should try playing the lottery. How do they do that?

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