Mrs.Roskamp

8B

Blake Gebben

October 20

I learned in De la salle that you need good leadership. Also Football you need your” brother” back..

De la salle the coach created a family with the team mates. They won 151 games in a row which is a record in any sports. But the head coach’s goal was not winning games. But it was a little part of his goal. When they lost in 1991 in the state championship game and they lost. A group of friends/teammates/brothers said we need to start working harder and passing on the leadership so the younger guys.

I learned in this scene you can talk to others. So a high school football player for there team got murdered and he was picking up his cousin. The guy best friend lost his mom, dad, and know his friend. He was asking his coach for some advice. His coach said family isn’t just blood related, you got 60 teammates. The coach spoke at his funeral he got 4 standing ovations.   

I’ve learned in this scene to not take stuff for granted. The coach for De La salle had a heart attack. He said it was one of the best thing that ever happened to him. He said it made him think about life and live life like it’s your last day. When he got the test if he could coach next season or not. And they said it was like miracle he could coach next season. Yes he did smoke.

This next scene I learned to beat the odds. De La salle was playing Poly. Poly had 18 D1 college commits on there team. There offense/defense line weight average was 285 vs de la salle 250. It was 90 degrees there. 105 on the turf. Everybody thought Poly would win. At the half was 17-14 poly. There is A.C. in the home locker rooms not the visitors. And somehow De La salle won.

I really liked that book I would recommend to anybody.

In this book there’s a lot of life lessons.