Tonight’s show was filled with info on anything and everything NFL despite the season being over for two weeks. We are still looking at the offseason including free agency, possible trades, and of course the draft. Carson Wentz, JJ Watt, Von Miller, and plenty more. It was a good show and you need to stick around for the “parting shots” or as we like to call it… The Last take.
Thanks,
The Sports Nerd
Happy Wednesday…
I start this post not knowing what it is I want to say… But here I am because the content is important, and in order to spread my brand I need to get out there and be visible… Football season is over, the Bucs won the Super Bowl and I find myself 10x less excited than when they won it in 2003. The Bucs BOUGHT this championship, and to me, it feels dirty because they did not grow or build through the normal means. They went out and got some hired guns… specifically… Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, and Antonio Brown, to name a few… I know I sat in this chair last Sunday night wearing a brand new Bucs championship hat, but I still can’t feel good about it because I remember 2003 and what the Bucs at that time had to endure the previous 4 or 5 seasons to get there. That was Tony dungy’s team… they lost to the Eagles the year before in the playoffs and because of that Dungy was fired. Gruden came in and they got over the top… one can say that the Bucs brought in a hired gun (Gruden) to get them to a championship, but the truth of the matter is that Gruden was known as an offensive guru, and despite all of that, it wasn’t his offense that won the championship, it was the defense. Dungy built that defense, Kiffin perfected it, and that is the reason that the Bucs won the Super Bowl in 2003… it was Dungy’s defense.
Fast forward to 2020… COVID is the story, with many teams in the league being affected to the point where games were postponed and the NFL set a milestone in which games were played every day of the week. It was an unprecedented season like we have never seen before, and despite the fact there were no fans in the stands, we watched each and every week. The Sports Nerds reveled in recapping the games each and every week, we loved that the season went off in its entirety with no games being canceled and being the only league amongst the big four that did not have a shortened season due to COVID.
WHAT DID WE LEARN
There is a lesson to be learned from all of this. Money is king… that’s it… The NFL was able to pull this off because they have an obligation to their advertisers and they weren’t going to let them down. To hell with player safety, to hell with scheduling and player recovery time. They did whatever they had to do in order for the entire season to be played and it was all about the bottom line. It had nothing to do with the fans, it had nothing to do with player health. It was all about the almighty dollar. COVID hit the Ravens hard… The Titans… The Browns… but it didn’t matter because they needed to make their money… hell they even allowed the entire receiving corps of the Cleveland Browns SIT for a game vs the Jets because the show must go on. The same can be said for the other sports as well… MLB… NBA… NHL… the players in those sports were placed in a bubble (Playoffs for MLB) because they felt that no matter what the show must go on because the advertisers were counting on it. What we learned was that money drives these sports, not the entertainment, not the fan bases, not the player’s safety, just the revenue… And for the suits in the front offices around the respective leagues that was just fine…
MY PERSPECTIVE AS A FAN AND A US CITIZEN
As a fan of all of the games, I am ok with it. I am a realist, I am aware of the financial implications if the seasons are not played, and I am at peace with it. 2020 brought a World Series and NBA Championship to LA and Stanley Cup and Super Bowl Championship to Tampa (GO BOLTS) and I was interested and followed all of it. I still couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty over being that into it. In the US alone we have now lost 500,000 lives in this pandemic, the first life lost just over a year ago… Families have lost loved ones… people are suffering… lives have been uprooted, jobs, health care, social distancing, masks, false information, panic, political upheaval all across the country… We finally have a vaccine and still… we won’t have enough of it to treat the entire population until July 2021. I have been thinking about all of it for the last couple of months… wondering if we will all revert to who we were before the pandemic, if we will feel safe going out to the grocery store without a mask or continue wearing them out of habit and because we feel safer just wearing them because being over cautious. I wonder what we will be as a country when we come out the other side… if we feel safe going to games without a mask if we feel safe going to the grocery store or the mall, or just walking down the street. I am not an educated man, nor do I pretend to be, but I do know that after al of this is over we will be a different society after it is over. We as a nation… as a people… will never be the same. We have allowed false information and fear to change us into a paranoid, critical, conspiracy theory-believing society.
WHAT’S NEXT?…
I look forward to getting back to some sense of normalcy like it was before the pandemic… But I realize that because of what has occurred in this country over the last few years that is not possible… because of that I will look to the thing that will make me feel normal again… SPORTS… fans in the stands, no restrictions… 60,000+ roaring for their home team, for the smell of fresh-cut grass… Arena ice freshly renewed by a Zamboni… $10 beers and $6.00 hot dogs… The roar of the patrons at Agusta National on an April weekend… I lean to sports to make me feel normal again, and until it happens, I won’t feel safe, I won’t feel normal, and I won’t feel that the worst is over. I am optimistic that it will happen… but until that comes… I only ask one thing…
Take care of yourselves… and take care of each other…
Scott “The Sports Nerd”
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Tonight’s show was a special one. we recapped Super Bowl LV and dissected what happened, our thoughts on the game, and the aftermath. Is Mahomes in regression and was the Tampa defense dominating or did KC just not adjust to what the Tampa defense was throwing at them. Trade talk, including Watson, Wentz, Zack Ertz, the impact on the release of JJ Watt by the Texans, and where his best landing spot will be. Finally, we had a special guest… Derek Lofland joined the show to talk about free agency and the draft. It was great to have him back on the show after a couple of years and to gain his insight as to where the top 8 draft picks will go. enjoy the replay and please feel free to provide your thoughts in the comments.
AHH… MEMORIES
Well here we go, at the time of this writing, it is 46 1/2 hours to kick off in one of the most anticipated Super Bowls in a long time. The “Goat” vs the “Future Goat” Tampa Bay and Kansas City for football’s ultimate prize. The Nerds and I have been talking the last two weeks leading up to this game, we all have our own opinions on how it will go down but the fact remains, this promises to be an epic game. I remember 18 years ago when the Bucs were in the Super Bowl for the first time, I was a die-hard Bucs fan (Browns too) at the time and I actually lived across the street from Raymond James Stadium in a one-bedroom apartment that was part of an old converted military barracks paying $400.00/mo in rent. The week before I was with my best friend at the time and we went to a local bar and watched the NFC championship game, and boy did we have a blast. When Rhonde Barber intercepted Donovan McNabb on the 10-yard line and proceeded to take it 90 yards to the house to seal the victory we all went nuts. Later that night he and I were standing outside the stadium as the team returned from Philadelphia… (the plane actually did a flyover over the stadium on its way to the airport) celebrating the NFC Championship, it was cold, it was loud and I couldn’t care less. Of course, the Bucs won that Super Bowl vs the Raiders, and I was high as a kite.
THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED
Fast forward 18 years and here we are again, The Bucs are once again one game from reaching NFL Immortality Sunday when they face probably the most prolific offense in the NFL in a decade, the Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes has in just three years in the league become the face of the NFL and he has shown that he is capable of pulling off magic on a football field, getting passes to receivers that any other QB in the league wouldn’t dream of attempting, along with showing Poise and composure of players 10 years older than he is. The task is daunting for the Bucs this time around, the foe is better than what they played in 2003, and they are the defending champs. With all of that being said, here is the Kicker… I am no longer a Bucs fan… the post-Super Bowl years soured me on the franchise because of the way ownership decided they no longer cared, the fact that Jon Gruden tore the roster down and tried to make it in the image he wanted it to be, while still trying to get back to the playoffs and win another ring. Gruden destroyed the roster, he is the type of coach that declares it is his way or no way, and that he was all-knowing and no-one else knew as much about football as he did. they went 7-9 the following year and missed the playoffs… they had two more playoff appearances under Gruden, losing in the wildcard round both times. They then began a stretch of 12 years and six head coaches without a playoff appearance… until this year. Over the course of that 12-year stretch, ownership proved time after time that they did not care about the Bucs, as they are also majority owners of Manchester United, the premier franchise in European Soccer. The Bucs were an afterthought and my loyalty waned and I quit rooting for them because I was disgusted that they did not honor the fans or the franchise itself by not even attempting to put a decent product on the field that could compete. The Bucs were my adopted team because I lived in Tampa and with their history as bad as it was leading up to that point, it just felt cheap that they were satisfied with just one trophy and didn’t care about going after another one.
A NEW ERA… OR IS IT?
So here we are, so many years later and the Bucs have once again found themselves in the Super Bowl, but it feels different this time. Why, well I have always been a fan of building a team from the ground up, not going all out in free agency to pick up what I would call “ringers” and this is how I would describe this team. they went out and got the best QB to ever lace them up, added his favorite target from his New England days just to chance a championship. Bruce Arians was 7-9 his first season as the Head Coach, he didn’t build anything, he brought a bit of a swagger to the franchise with his fancy hats and his unorthodox way of approaching the game. They refused to sign the QB they drafted #1 overall after the 2019 season and let him go in free agency to the New Orleans Saints and instead went head hunting aggressively for Tom Brady and his 6 Super Bowl rings in the offseason. In retrospect, if they win on Sunday this will be one of the greatest free-agent signings in the history of the NFL but it feels dirty, it feels cheap and I would feel guilty as being a bandwagon fan to jump on the Pirate Ship and ride the success to the end with this team. I watched after they ran up win after win, all because of this player that I have hated for 20 years because I was tired of seeing him and hit Head Coach win 6 Super Bowls… I HATED the Patriots, and I still do, and I could not bring myself to root for these Bucs because of how they did it in the 2019 offseason. Then comes the kicker… They signed Antonio Brown, a player that had burned the Browns for years when he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2010s. Brown was a head case, he has been accused of sexual assault, he has no shame, he shows no remorse for any of his off-field shenanigans or acceptance that he is a sexual predator and a disgrace to the league. I hated that signing and that was the final straw for me. I made it my personal obligation to NOT root for this team because there was no route or move they would lower themselves to go after players that were hired guns or had no reason to be in the league in the first place. I actually rooted for them to lose every game, to show that the best way was still to build off the draft and build a culture the fans could be proud of (See the 2020 Cleveland Browns).
SO HERE WE ARE…
With all of the above being said, I find myself in a difficult situation because I hate the Chiefs now more than I hate the Patriots, and believe it or not it is because of ONE PLAY. Higgins definitely did fumble the ball through the endzone, but what burns me is that the refs missed the helmet-to-helmet hit by safety Daniel Sorensen on Higgins and erased any chance of the Browns comeback win in that game. It was a dirty hit, he lowered his helmet and the refs missed it. Because of that, I will once again be rooting for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win it all on Sunday. As much as it hurts, I am rooting for a Tom Brady-led team to win the Super Bowl (hey Tom, how much is too much?) Sunday and even though it makes me feel dirty to the point that if they win I will need a shower afterward to get the stink off me for compromising my principles, Go Bucs…
SPECIAL EDITION
The Nerds are looking forward to this game as is most of the world, so with that being the case, The Sports Nerds will be broadcasting a special LIVE Pre-Game edition of our show on Sunday Afternoon 5 pm Eastern time for about an hour to preview and provide our predictions for Super Bowl LV. I hope you will all join us for trash talk, trivia, and fun shit to get you through the start of the game at 6:30 Eastern. So fire up the Grill, fry the wings, prepare the dip, and get ready for The Sports Nerds to give you fun and information leading up to Super Bowl LV. You can watch via Facebook, Twitch, Vimm, and Twitter at 5:00 pm eastern time on Sunday. Join us for all the fun, I hope to see you…
Scott “The Sports Nerd”
tonight was a great show, I started off replying to a friend of the show, Derek Lofland, but found out 15 mins int the show I was not recording. Sad to miss that much but I did eventually record the remainder. we discussed the blockbuster Goff-Stafford trade between Detroit and the LA Rams. we went into a heavy discussion about Deshaun Watson and the show evolved into all sorts of NFL talk and what has been going on and what could happen moving forward in the NFL. Jon had a lot to say about the AFC Championship and the entire panel (and audience) had a lot to say about the NFC Championship, including the future of Aaron Rodgers. for the entire first hour it was all NFL… and it was glorious. What followed after that was a discussion about MLB, NHL (Connor McDavid via Jon) and Mets Owner Steve Cohen, and the impact of the GameStop Stock Market issue – Jon once again promotes the value of the Blockchain and its aversion of Social Medial Censorship (great stuff). We finish up with tributes to Hank Aaron, Larry King, and others that have left us, Especially Eliot’s tribute and “where are they now” segment regarding the day Hank broke the record. It was a great show and I hope you enjoy it.
Scott “The Sports Nerd”
So… I am perusing the interwebs today… mostly on Twitter, and all I see coming from #BrownsTwitter is “The Browns should go after Deshaun Watson” “He’s better than Baker, we should give up our 26th this year and number ones in 2022 & 2023 PLUS Baker and OBJ for JUST Deshaun… I have been a fan of the NFL and the Cleveland Browns for over 45 years and in all of those years, I have never heard such bad takes, poor judgment, lack of knowledge, and utter stupidity then what I have heard out of the mouths and keyboards in that 45 years. You wanna know why these couch potato wannabe front-office gurus aren’t working for an NFL team?.. Because they are wannabe front office gurus. They would never make it with a real NFL Franchise and they would be laughed out of the building. Baker Mayfield is the reason the Browns finished the season 11-5 and won a playoff game for the first time in 26 years. He has single-handedly become the leader of this team, and to ruin the chemistry this team built the entire 2020 season would set them back years. So I say to those armchair GM’s out there, just stop it, you’re embarrassing yourselves. To be honest this is what got The Browns into the mess that was the 1999-2019 seasons, trying to go after the shiny apple on the tree that you think would look better than the shiny apple you already have in your hand.
A PARAGRAPH SIMPLY TO POINT OUT HOW STUPID IT IS.
To point out a specific reason here is one of the articles I am talking about. Please read this nitwit post and then know I told him that if he was getting paid his employer needs to reconsider his employment and if he wasn’t getting paid then this is one of the reasons he isn’t. This is stupid, nonsense, and complete naivety as to what made the Browns successful this season.
https://dawgpounddaily.com/2021/01/28/cleveland-browns-deshaun-watson-7/
It’s guys like this that give Cleveland sports a bad name and more reason to ridicule its fans and sportswriters. Can we PLEASE have some common sense in writing about The Browns, please?
ON TO OTHER THINGS…
Aaron Rodgers is not happy. After 13 spectacular years and only two NFC Championships and one SuperBowl win, last Sunday may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back. The Packers’ organization is to blame for the lack of success in Green Bay because they refuse to provide Rodgers with the necessary weapons to allow him to be successful. The receivers are good but they only have one elite WR on the roster, Devonte Adams, and the rest of the receivers on the roster are good, but not good enough. The other issue is the defense because Mike Pettine is the one to be blamed for the defensive alignment that allowed the last-second touchdown in the first half against Tampa Bay last week. I honestly do not believe that Rodgers is going to leave Green Bay, but he has all right to be pissed off. He played the entire season with a chip on his shoulder because the front office decided to draft a QB in the first round of the draft last year, a draft pick they actually traded UP to get, and that pissed Aaron off, as it should have. This offseason promises to be one of the most interesting in years because of the amount of QB’s that are available or will become available, and I am here for all of the drama.
There is an issue in Pittsburgh with Ben Roethlisberger’s contract. he is slated to earn $41.2 million next year and the veteran has stated that he “doesn’t care” what he makes next year, he is leaning to returning for one more season. Per Dan Orlovsky fro ESPN he will need to have his salary at least cut in half next season to allow him to come back and allow the Steelers to still sign free agent’s JuJu Smith-Schuster and Bud Dupree, so the Steelers have some hard choices to make leading up to next season, to include contracts with Head Coach Mike Tomlin and GM Kevin Colbert.
It was announced today that Washington Football Team’s head coach Ron Rivera is finally cancer-free… Thank God… Such a great coach and an even better person. Congrats to “Riverboat Ron” on his diagnosis.
David Culley, an assistant with the Baltimore Ravens has been hired as the new Head Coach of the Houston Texans… This guy was hired out of left field and was on no one’s radar in the head coaching search throughout the NFL. To say this guy was hired over more qualified candidates such as Chiefs OC Eric Bieniemy and Bills DC Lezlie Frazier is beyond my thought process as to what actually qualifies as a head coach in the NFL these days. I could throw the race card out there, but of course, the pundits and experts would dismiss this thinking, but hear me out… to think a 65-year old assistant who has never held a coordinator position his entire career in the NFL would get a job as a head coach over such other qualified candidates blows my mind. The other option or reason that I have in my head that could be the reason this hire has happened is due to the fact the Houston Texans are such a shit-show of a franchise, honest qualified candidates wanted nothing to do with this position, basically because their current position outweighs the issues and headaches that would come as the head coach of this horror of a franchise. When the franchise QB of the team demands a trade, and your star DE has done more for the community of Houston than any other individual or team rep, then you know there is an issue. Bieniemy and Frazier will be head coaches in the future, but maybe behind the scenes, they wanted nothing to do with this situation.
Thanks for reading
Scott “The Sports Nerd”
EIGHT DAYS…
So I haven’t posted in eight days and I have no excuse. I have been reflecting over this time about how well the Browns did in their run, how the fact they held the Chiefs to 22 points while the Bills allowed 38 points in the NFC Championship. The Browns were one good drive from beating the Chiefs in the divisional round and based on the way the Bills played last Sunday, the Browns would have beaten the Bills and would now be in the Super Bowl. but that is all hyperbole and hypothetical because in reality the Browns fell short and they are now in their offseason, beginning to prep for the draft, and trying to make sure they continue the success from this season into next season. Eight days is a lot of time to reflect on what could have been, and eight days is a lot between posts, but it has been a remarkable season for the team I have rooted for since I was a little kid in the ’70s and to have experienced so much failure since then only to see it happen again is a lot to ponder over.
REFLECTIONS ON A SEASON I NEVER EXPECTED
The Browns exceeded everything I was expecting this year and to honestly believe that they would go from 6-10 with a front office and a coaching staff that was inept, had no idea what they were doing, a head coach that was in over his head, and a team that underperformed based on the talent on the roster to what we saw this season with 12 wins, beating Pittsburgh in a playoff game on their own home field for the first time in over a decade, along with coming within one drive of beating the world champs, is more than I could ever imagine. I am proud of this team from the front office all the way down to the equipment managers for achieving all that they have accomplished in the 2020 season. No traditional offseason, no mini camps, no training camps, virtual meetings, virtual implementations of a new offense, new defense, and overall implementation of a new culture by a first-year head coach and staff. The players all bought in, they never questioned the goals laid out by Kevin Stefanski and his coaching staff. Despite all of the challenges, despite all of the hurdles placed before them, let alone the consistent cloud of COVID hanging over their heads, they never wavered, never lost sight of the goals placed before them, this team that was in disarray last year at 6-10, they exceeded expectations and made it t the divisional round of the playoffs. I am proud to be a Browns fan and the future is bright and full of possibilities.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Green Bay and Tampa Bay was set up as the battle of the over the hill QB’s, specifically Brady vs Rodgers… Turns out it was the Bucs defense that stole the show and not the QB’s so much. The Bucs defense smothered Rodgers and basically dominated the game. I had flashbacks to 2002-2003 when the Tampa defense was the most dominating force in the NFL. They sacked Rodgers five times, intercepted him once, and overcame Tom Brady and his 3 interceptions, and prevented the Packers from capitalizing on those picks and only allowed 6 points off those turnovers en route to a dominating performance and handing Aaron Rodgers his 4th straight defeat in the NFC Championship. As for the AFC Championship, it wasn’t even close. The Chiefs dominated the Bills from the opening gun. After spotting Buffalo 9 points, the Chiefs ran off 3 straight touchdowns and by the end of the half, it was pretty much over. The Chiefs defense pressured Josh Allen for the majority of the game and confused, pressured, and harassed him causing a lot of mistakes and missed opportunities for the majority of the game. Add to that a lot of questionable calls going for three instead of six for the better part of the second half, and it was no question that the Chiefs were the better team and deserved their spot in SB LV.
SUPER BOWL LV
Chiefs vs Buccaneers – For the first time in NFL history, a team gets to play for the championship in their own home stadium. The Super Bowl is being played at Raymond James Stadium, the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Tampa is provided the opportunity of being the first team in NFL history to host the game in their home stadium. This year the NFC is actually the “home team” and the Buccaneers will be in their own locker room and have a “home field advantage” despite only 22,000 fans allowed in the stadium due to COVID. Since I live here in Lakeland, 30 miles from the stadium, I find myself rooting for the Bucs, but not just because of the hometown connection. I watched the Chiefs last week be poor winners and they decided to be over the top winners. they brutalized Buffalo, didn’t give them an ounce of respect, and pounced on them during and after the game, pouring salt on the wounds of the Buffalo Bills. They have become arrogant, cocky and feel that no team is in their league. I have a question for the Chiefs… have you MET Tom Brady? We’ll see what happens but despite the fact, the Bucs put together their team this year with paid ringers in the form of Brady, Gronk, and Bryant in order to get where they are, I am rooting for the Bucs… Something I haven’t done since 2003 when they won Super Bowl XXXVII.
A SEASON LEFT UNFULFILLED
Let me just say, I am hurting, I am disappointed. The Cleveland Browns, the team I have invested 45 years of my 54 years on this planet were defeated by the defending world champs yesterday 22-17. The end to the best season in franchise history in over two decades was bittersweet but yes, expected, despite what they had accomplished the entire season. I truly expected the Browns to lose to KC, knew it was an inevitable result, but what I did not expect was that the worst back seven in the NFL held the Chiefs to 22 points. Not only that they were in it up til about 4:00 to play in the game, and that shows the determination and never quit attitude this team has shown the entire season. The number of hurdles this team had to overcome the entire year is unprecedented with COVID, injuries, and everything in between is nothing short of astonishing.
PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE
For the last 21 years, the Browns have not had much to look forward to after dismal seasons, including 33 starting quarterbacks, 12 head coaches, and a litany of below .500 seasons, they seem to have finally found the right guys in both roles that can lead them into the future. Kevin Stefanski and Baker Mayfield have shown this season to be the right guys at the right time to bring the Browns back to glory. It seems that the front office and the coaching staff are all on the same page and that they have a consistent goal for this team that will allow the Browns to be a perennial force in the AFC and the NFL as a whole. I have not felt this good about this team since the 80’s when guys like Bernie Kosar, Kevin Mack, and Earnest Byner lead this team to 3 AFC Championships in that decade.
THANKFUL FOR A SUCCESSFUL SEASON
Despite the loss yesterday, I am hopeful for the future. The core is in place, and with a front office that is smart and looks to the future, I foresee them being active in the offseason and plug the needed personnel into the defense we can expect the Browns to be a force in the NFL for years to come. I am disappointed that they lost yesterday, I had high hopes for a Lake Erie AFC Championship since both Buffalo and Cleveland Fans have suffered most of their existence dating back to the 70’s, it would have been fitting and a great storyline for both franchises to meet in the game that would send one of them to the Super Bowl, but it was not to be. So I go into the offseason with a grateful heart for an amazing 2020 season and excited for what 2021 and beyond will bring to this franchise
Scott “The Sports Nerd”
Tonight was a good show. Review of the divisional games this weekend. I was in mourning and presented a “eulogy” as Eliot would call it, and Jon preened and strutted his bills pride and predictions of the pending showdown with the Chiefs. Ken was the highlight of the show as I honored him and his brother Keven for their efforts in maintaining the collection of stats for the Arlington Independent School District football history dating back to 1986. Overall a great show, and I hope you enjoy the replay here.
So I am sitting here on Netflix watching the history of swear words, getting freaked out by Nick Cage’s beard and all of a sudden in the CTP Discord a post pops up from my good friend @pixiepost, a woman I admire, have a mad crush on, and someone I highly respect for her unconditional love for all breeds of humanity and animals. Tonight the Pixie was a bit upset… so much so that she actually used a curse word in her daily video, which is highly unusual for her, as she is normally much more pleasant than that. She had issues with the ugliness in the current environment, how people are being highly negative, complaining about this or that, as well as pointing fingers at other people and not taking responsibility for their own actions, or inactions. The link to the video is here:
https://ctptalk.com/hive-148441/@pixiepost/laswjmlx
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WE DO…
We are all responsible for our own actions. This is a phrase that is timeless, has been said by many a philosopher, educator, politician, father, mother, etc.. the list goes on and on… after watching Jenn’s video tonight, this is the phrase that has come to mind the most. Jenn is also right about making excuses for inaction or action. Instead of pointing fingers at outside forces and people you have issues with, worry about your own inner self and circle and worry about what YOU can do to make yourself better. These outside forces ultimately have no control over what you do, say or act. You are ultimately responsible for what you do, not your coworker, family member, or friend… just you… and if you decide to sit on the sidelines and do nothing, or point fingers, or blame someone other than yourself, then you are missing the point.
LOOK IN THE MIRROR…
Ultimately you are responsible for your actions, inactions, motivation, and inspiration… What excuse are you making today for not making that post, video, or whatever content is needed to get you moving, to make yourself successful, to inspire others, to get involved… whatever is in your head, whatever it is that you are passionate about, get it out there, no matter the subject, no matter how hard you may think it is, … DO IT. Stop making excuses, stop pointing fingers, get it out there, let the world know how you feel and if no one responds. do it again… keep going until you are noticed because eventually, people will notice, and then when they do, it will have more of an impact than you can imagine… just do the work
IT’S THE HARD THAT MAKES IT GREAT
Content creation is hard… trust me, I know, I have been on this journey for 8 years, and it doesn’t get any easier despite how long you have been trying. the point is to keep trying because eventually, it will pay off. For a long time, I have been lazy and did not create any consistent content, taking weeks, sometimes months off, because I chose the easier route and decided that streaming movies or TV shows were a better option to occupy my time. This is mindless time-consuming content, but I wasn’t accomplishing anything, but my brain didn’t care, because to be honest, I was afraid of doing what was the right thing to do… I made excuses to myself, not realizing that I was doing just what most content creators are doing… nothing… It’s a hard business, and the HARD is what makes it great… It’s a quote from “A League of Their Own”, but it fits. The HARD is what makes it great, because if it was easy… then EVERYONE would be doing it.
WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
That’s the million-dollar question, isn’t it? The answer is to get out there, make yourself visible… create content… stop making excuses, and do the work. there is a lot of ugliness going on in the world, but the truth is, only you can make the decision to begin to move forward and make the world a better place, because your co-worker, your neighbor, your friends, or your family aren’t going to do it for you. Stop blaming the world and take responsibility for your own actions. be creative, be visible, and above all else… be honest… it’s cliche, but to quote a famous company slogan… Just Do It… You’ll find that the more you create and get involved, stop pointing fingers, stop playing victim, the happier you will be… I guarantee it…
thank you… and please… be good to each other…
Scott “The Sports Nerd”
