[COOLAJ]

Yesterday was better than any Christmas as a kid that I can recall. Not only for my 4 year old son Aric, but for me as well. As most of you already know a lot of coaches made an impact on my son when he attended his first Miggle Convention in Columbus this year. He broke out of his shell and challenged quite a few coaches to some scrimmages. He had the time of life. He had so much fun that while we were on the 6th floor visiting Dewayne Jennings, he snuck away from me, caught the elevator by himself and joined the rest of the coaches in the convention room!! It was a scary moment for me but that’s how bad he wanted to play.
Columbus(out of town league members too) has some of the greatest coaches in not only competition but friendship and fellowship. Just before I left Columbus to move to Illinois a few coaches got together and gave me a gift that I thought there was no way it could be topped. Well I was wrong. When Frank Jacobs heard about my sons enthusiasm he immediately called me and let me know he had a few things to send to my son that he just doesn’t use anymore and he thought this was the perfect situation to get it in the right hands. I was excited about the package coming and let my son know he was about to get some more teams to add to his collection.
When I got home last night there was a HUGE box sitting on my porch. Thank God we live in a nice neighborhood…LOL. My sons eyes got big and so did mine…We both were like wow and couldn’t get out of the car fast enough. We get in the house and the boy is practically attacking me because I am moving too slow. I finally get the box open and it was like opening the Holy Grail of Electric Football. This bright light shot out and we were nearly blinded by all of the items that were in the box. Frank let me know what was coming but it had such a bigger impact when we opened the box. It was his childhood collection of teams that he had painted up or bought to play in leagues or solitaire. He then threw in about 80 or so bases tweaked by some of the best coaches in the league. Jim Davis, K-Lo, Norbert, Pratt and others. There was even a timer(that my son ran over and over and over..LOL) and some cases with foam to place players.
It was just amazing. In total 31 teams!!! We broke out my Steelers board, courtesy of Frank and based up Dallas and the Packers. The bases are sweet!!!! We played the first pre-season game of our Father-Son league. We Just play a kickoff and one drive for each team. The team with the most points or yards wins. Aric “Lil AJ” scored and stopped me after only gaining 51 yards. So yes he won!! He had all Jim Davis and Norbert bases!!!!
Frank, I cant thank you enough man. What you just did speaks volumes for your character and will mean a lot to my son down the line as he learns the true meaning of the gift of giving.
Already got my vote for Coach of the Year.
AJ