And while I will share more of this great read later, I was fascinated to read the orientation of the word "coach."
"My job as a coach is to do more than just teach the Xs and Os of the gridiron. I recently heard someone explain how the word coach game to be applied to an athletic context. The etymology of the word, at least in part, comes from the old stagecoaches that were used to transport mail, valuables, and people before the advent of motorized transportation. Whether a coach was drawn by a horse or a steam locomotive, it carried or conveyed something or someone from one place to another. If you put yourself into a coach, you you would end up at your desired destination. In the same way, athletic coaches carry players or teams from one point in their development to the place they want to be."
-Jim Tressel-
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