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R.I.P. Bum
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Wodathunkit
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R.I.P. Bum
"Character is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking" - J.C. watts Jr.
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Re: R.I.P. Bum
"The harder we played the behinder we got."
Never knew what he was going to say next but you better not need to go to the bathroom before he said it.
Never knew what he was going to say next but you better not need to go to the bathroom before he said it.
Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.
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Re: R.I.P. Bum
He always seemed like a genuinely nice man, tough, but with a sweet nature.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"
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Re: R.I.P. Bum
From Chron.com
The best of Bum
“If I could be remembered for one thing, that would be for being myself. You may not always be right, but you do what you think is right. If you’re wrong, have the ability to admit it. Both are damned important.”
“There are people, maybe two or three, that ain’t gonna like you. Not everybody likes everybody. My grandpa used to say, ‘Just nod and grin.’”
“You can lead me a lot further than you can drive me…You can’t win today by embarrassing your football players. If I played for a guy who shouted at me, I’d sock him…If you gripe at everybody you accomplish nothing. To motivate somebody, you have to explain why something needs to be done before you can ask someone to do it. Tell me why and I’ll do just about everything.”
“How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great.”
“I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.”
“Bear Bryant had by far the biggest influence on my life. He just had a way with people, a way of explaining things without having to curse, holler and scream. He’d brag about people, make you feel like you were the most important person in the world to him.”
“Two kinds of ballplayers aren’t worth a darn: One that never does what he’s told and one who does nothing except what he’s told.”
“You can’t practice being miserable.”
“Don Shula? Now there’s a good football coach. He can take his’n and beat your’n, or he can take your’n and beat his’n.”
“The Dallas Cowboys may be America’s team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas’ team.”
“I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers. Houston isn’t on our schedule.”
“I think (Oilers owner Bud Adams) likes me. But that doesn’t mean he won’t fire me. You know, I’ve got to prove something. Bud doesn’t. He owns the team…There are two types of coaches: them that’s been fired and them that are gonna be fired.”
“Friendship is nothin’ you can take from a guy. He has to give it.”
“Every team better have good morale. The team that feels like, ‘Boy, this is a great place to be,’ is the team that’s gonna win.”
“I consider kickers to be football players. In a 10-7 game, one of ‘em is going to be the difference.”
“Defense is so much easier to play than offense. It’s a matter of determination and courage and want-to. Defense is a guy going out there and reacting to something. Offense? You gotta plan something. It takes 11 people to put a running play together. One guy can make a tackle.”
“If you gouge a guy, he’ll strike back. If he don’t strike back, he ain’t worth a damn. Them good ol’ boys will get you beat 21-7.”
“You gotta have rules, but you also gotta allow for a fella to mess up every once in awhile.”
“Playing Pittsburgh is like eating an ice cream cone on a hot summer day. Sometimes before you can get it all in your mouth, it gets all over you.”
“When people say we gotta play Pittsburgh twice a year, I remind them, ‘Well, they gotta play us twice, too.’”
“I like effort and extra effort. If you don’t like my attitude, see your friendly player rep.”
“You want a guy who ain’t afraid to play with a little pain. I don’t mean an injury – there’s a difference. What if you have a headache? You play. Well, a sprained ankle is the same as a headache. You tape it up and play.”
“The officials, they got a tough job. Gawdalmighty, they got a tough job. You can’t be bitchin’ at ‘em all the time.”
“I joined the Marine Corps. I learned my lesson. I never joined anything again in my life. I went in as a private and, 31 months later, I came out a private. I thought they couldn’t win that war without me. Then I got in there and I thought they couldn’t win because of me. I was no hero. The guys who died fighting were the heroes. And the Marine Corps was real spit and polish. I wasn’t.”
Bum on his players:
* Running back Earl Campbell: “Yeah, he gets up slow, but he goes down slow, too…I’m not saying Earl is in a class by himself, but whatever class he’s in, it don’t take long to call the roll…I won’t give him the ball when it’s first-and-a-mile (when asked about Campbell’s difficulty completing a one-mile at the start of training camp)…I’d feel pressure coaching against him (when asked if he felt pressure coaching Campbell).”
* Quarterback Dan Pastorini: “He likes to be good. He really enjoys the big games and all the attention. But the big thing about Dan is he’d always play with pain, and he didn’t do it for show. A tough kid, that one.”
* Receiver/return man Billy Johnson: “He’s one helluva special team all by hisself.”
* Center Carl Mauck: “He’ll compete in a handball game like it’s life or death. I mean, life or death…But he’s the kind of singer you gotta drink along with, so you won’t mind his singing.”
* Placekicker Toni Fritch: “I’ve never seen one like Toni. He’s the only one I’ve ever seen that can kick a football so well he’ll practice missing. It don’t bother him to miss.”
A Bum’s life
* Born in Orange, Texas, on Sept. 29, 1923. Graduated from Beaumont French High School and Stephen F. Austin College.
* Spent nearly three years as a Marine Raider in the Pacific during World War II.
* Became a head coach at Jacksonville High School for the first time in 1957.
* Later coached for Bear Bryant (Texas A&M), Bill Yeoman (University of Houston), Hayden Fry (SMU) and Sid Gillman (San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers).
* Became head coach of the Houston Oilers in 1975 at the age of 52, then won at least 10 games in four of his six seasons. His last three teams advanced to the playoffs, reaching the American Conference Championship Game in 1978 and 1979 before losing to the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers each time.
* Was head coach of the New Orleans Saints from 1980 through 12 games of the 1985 season, when he resigned. The Saints’ season-ending 26-24 loss to the Rams in 1983 cost the franchise what would have been its first playoff berth.
* Son Wade, the Texans’ defensive coordinator, is currently the second-longest tenured coach in the NFL and has been a head coach with five franchises.
The best of Bum
“If I could be remembered for one thing, that would be for being myself. You may not always be right, but you do what you think is right. If you’re wrong, have the ability to admit it. Both are damned important.”
“There are people, maybe two or three, that ain’t gonna like you. Not everybody likes everybody. My grandpa used to say, ‘Just nod and grin.’”
“You can lead me a lot further than you can drive me…You can’t win today by embarrassing your football players. If I played for a guy who shouted at me, I’d sock him…If you gripe at everybody you accomplish nothing. To motivate somebody, you have to explain why something needs to be done before you can ask someone to do it. Tell me why and I’ll do just about everything.”
“How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great.”
“I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.”
“Bear Bryant had by far the biggest influence on my life. He just had a way with people, a way of explaining things without having to curse, holler and scream. He’d brag about people, make you feel like you were the most important person in the world to him.”
“Two kinds of ballplayers aren’t worth a darn: One that never does what he’s told and one who does nothing except what he’s told.”
“You can’t practice being miserable.”
“Don Shula? Now there’s a good football coach. He can take his’n and beat your’n, or he can take your’n and beat his’n.”
“The Dallas Cowboys may be America’s team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas’ team.”
“I never scrimmage Oilers against Oilers. Houston isn’t on our schedule.”
“I think (Oilers owner Bud Adams) likes me. But that doesn’t mean he won’t fire me. You know, I’ve got to prove something. Bud doesn’t. He owns the team…There are two types of coaches: them that’s been fired and them that are gonna be fired.”
“Friendship is nothin’ you can take from a guy. He has to give it.”
“Every team better have good morale. The team that feels like, ‘Boy, this is a great place to be,’ is the team that’s gonna win.”
“I consider kickers to be football players. In a 10-7 game, one of ‘em is going to be the difference.”
“Defense is so much easier to play than offense. It’s a matter of determination and courage and want-to. Defense is a guy going out there and reacting to something. Offense? You gotta plan something. It takes 11 people to put a running play together. One guy can make a tackle.”
“If you gouge a guy, he’ll strike back. If he don’t strike back, he ain’t worth a damn. Them good ol’ boys will get you beat 21-7.”
“You gotta have rules, but you also gotta allow for a fella to mess up every once in awhile.”
“Playing Pittsburgh is like eating an ice cream cone on a hot summer day. Sometimes before you can get it all in your mouth, it gets all over you.”
“When people say we gotta play Pittsburgh twice a year, I remind them, ‘Well, they gotta play us twice, too.’”
“I like effort and extra effort. If you don’t like my attitude, see your friendly player rep.”
“You want a guy who ain’t afraid to play with a little pain. I don’t mean an injury – there’s a difference. What if you have a headache? You play. Well, a sprained ankle is the same as a headache. You tape it up and play.”
“The officials, they got a tough job. Gawdalmighty, they got a tough job. You can’t be bitchin’ at ‘em all the time.”
“I joined the Marine Corps. I learned my lesson. I never joined anything again in my life. I went in as a private and, 31 months later, I came out a private. I thought they couldn’t win that war without me. Then I got in there and I thought they couldn’t win because of me. I was no hero. The guys who died fighting were the heroes. And the Marine Corps was real spit and polish. I wasn’t.”
Bum on his players:
* Running back Earl Campbell: “Yeah, he gets up slow, but he goes down slow, too…I’m not saying Earl is in a class by himself, but whatever class he’s in, it don’t take long to call the roll…I won’t give him the ball when it’s first-and-a-mile (when asked about Campbell’s difficulty completing a one-mile at the start of training camp)…I’d feel pressure coaching against him (when asked if he felt pressure coaching Campbell).”
* Quarterback Dan Pastorini: “He likes to be good. He really enjoys the big games and all the attention. But the big thing about Dan is he’d always play with pain, and he didn’t do it for show. A tough kid, that one.”
* Receiver/return man Billy Johnson: “He’s one helluva special team all by hisself.”
* Center Carl Mauck: “He’ll compete in a handball game like it’s life or death. I mean, life or death…But he’s the kind of singer you gotta drink along with, so you won’t mind his singing.”
* Placekicker Toni Fritch: “I’ve never seen one like Toni. He’s the only one I’ve ever seen that can kick a football so well he’ll practice missing. It don’t bother him to miss.”
A Bum’s life
* Born in Orange, Texas, on Sept. 29, 1923. Graduated from Beaumont French High School and Stephen F. Austin College.
* Spent nearly three years as a Marine Raider in the Pacific during World War II.
* Became a head coach at Jacksonville High School for the first time in 1957.
* Later coached for Bear Bryant (Texas A&M), Bill Yeoman (University of Houston), Hayden Fry (SMU) and Sid Gillman (San Diego Chargers, Houston Oilers).
* Became head coach of the Houston Oilers in 1975 at the age of 52, then won at least 10 games in four of his six seasons. His last three teams advanced to the playoffs, reaching the American Conference Championship Game in 1978 and 1979 before losing to the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers each time.
* Was head coach of the New Orleans Saints from 1980 through 12 games of the 1985 season, when he resigned. The Saints’ season-ending 26-24 loss to the Rams in 1983 cost the franchise what would have been its first playoff berth.
* Son Wade, the Texans’ defensive coordinator, is currently the second-longest tenured coach in the NFL and has been a head coach with five franchises.
"Character is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking" - J.C. watts Jr.
CHL since Jan. 2013
53 days mailbox to mailbox.
CHL since Jan. 2013
53 days mailbox to mailbox.
Re: R.I.P. Bum
RIP Bum, I'm sure ST. Peter will let you in... so no need to kick the gate in. We will miss you. 
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Re: R.I.P. Bum
This is a pretty awesome essay by O.A. "Bum" Phillips on what it means to be a Texan. Great read.
http://www.texfiles.com/lonestarquarter ... gtexan.htm
http://www.texfiles.com/lonestarquarter ... gtexan.htm