Alot could be said about Sunday's Super Bowl...I want to focus this post on what happened at the end of the game. It was a strange ending because all the coaches and players thought the game was over after Brady's last second Hail Mary was incomplete. The referees said "not so fast everyone" because their was one second on the game clock that had to be played out (lame, i know).
One sportswriter wrote, "As much as I like Belichick, his actions in the final seconds of the game were boorish at best and arrogant at worse. With two seconds left on the clock Belichick headed to the field for his handshake ... and then bolted. He didn't have the sportsmanship and decency to wait until the clock hit zero. It was yet a further display of arrogance by a franchise that has long been one of the models in sports." The Patriots of course had just gone from the greatest team of all time (or one of the greatest) to the greatest team to NOT win the Super Bowl!
When the Colt's choked again in this year's playoffs no one was more classy than coach Tony Dungy. He went to midfield and spent a lot of time congratulating coach Norv Turner. Dungy lost the game with class and humility.
How do you explain the difference between Dungy and say coach Belichick's reactions? Let's not make this more difficult than it needs to be...It's Jesus Christ!
Coach Dungy knows that LIFE is alot bigger then football. It was a really hard loss for him, just like it was for Belichick...But i have the impression that to many unbelievers the NFL is a major idol. Winning and losing becomes everything. The game meant alot more to Bill then it did to Tony; and you know that is no knock on Dungy.
Plus coach Dungy lives his life for Jesus Christ and thus deals with trials in a way i would not expect unbelivers to match. The whole world saw this when Dungy lost his son last season.
Coach Belichick is perhaps the best coach in the NFL. That doesn't mean however that he knows how to lose with class or that he will ever be the NFL sportsman of the year. If you ask Coach Dungy to explain the differences between he and Bill I wouldn't be surprised if he told you the same thing: it's Jesus Christ!
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Well written my brother...and that should be the clear difference between all of us that are followers of Jesus and those that don't know Him. This life is temporal and not our home. Even the most serious of items should be looked at in light of eternity.
Tony may not be the greatest COACH in the NFL, but he is the GREATEST coach in the NFL for how he has carried himself.
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