"EXPECTATIONS" - April 15, 2008

It is real hard to exceed high expectations, but it is real easy to exceed low expectations. I have noticed this year more then any other. As football season neared I heard the names of a couple of guys who had joined the team in the off-season. All of which had previously came from the NFL. The players came into camp a couple of weeks ago and played solid. Really didn't do anything that was bad just didn't really do anything great either. One had two sacks in the preseason game. Well, all three were cut in the last couple of days. I thought they would be a lock to make the team. I guess I was wrong. Now I wonder, if they just didn't live up to the expectations of the coaches. Maybe what they were doing was good, but not good enough for their standards. I think back to when I was coming in and nobody really knew who I was. I was just a kid flying under the radar, and maybe that helped me because people had low expectations of me. Then when I started going out making plays I easly over exceeded the expectations of people. Then I looked better becasue I came out of no where. Moral is "sometimes it may be easier when people don't know you or don't give you a lot of respect, but it also makes it better when you earned all the respect".

My Thoughts, Your Time, Thanks for Reading.

Nik L.

"SECOND OR LAST" - April 15, 2008

There has been something that I have been thinking a lot about lately. I would like to share it with you and I would like it if you could give me a little input on which one you would rather be. In life or sports would it be better to be Second place or last place. not just once but for your whole life. I was thinking about my first three years of playing football in the CFL, and I thought the first year we were last place, and the next two we were second. I remember that I didn't like last place, but second place is worst to me because when your last; you know that there is no chance, but when your second you win some and lose a little not much. So your hopes are high and it feels like climbing to the top of a mountain and then not being able to see anything when you get to the top. I hate to lose at anything that I do, but it is easier to lose when you know that you or your team is not as good as the others. When your really good and you lose
it makes it harder to deal with. Hope to get some comments on how you feel about this topic.

My Thoughts, Your Time, Thanks for Reading.

Nik L.