A salute to all of you creative guys!!!

Guys,

No need to thank me. You guys deserve all of the thanks and credit for helping this hobby raise its level of creativity over the years. The line of creativity that was established by the Big-Dawgs (so to speak), has evolved significantly thanks to all of you guys who have picked up the mantle and decided to run with it.

I'll give you an example:

When I came on the scene... Will Travers and Reg Rutledge were the only guys I knew of that had blocking sleds and the strength drill pit. These items were cool if a coach wanted his or her own training camp. Because of their imagination, they inspired Coach Tony of Tidewater (here in '07) to build his own training camp. Here's some pictures of the fruits of his labor.

Tony made a 1-man sled, a 2-man sled (not pictured), a 5-man sled, a strength and conditioning pit, a ttqb passing drill w/self enclosed net, a tackling dummy drill pit, and a 3-sectioned backstop net for football retrieval.

Like you guys... Tony is another creative person who is bringing his own flava to the hobby.