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Also, check out this guest Blog from Harry on Andy Reid: Andy Reis Sons Need A Full-Time Father, Not A Full-Time Coach by Harry

Who should Andy Reid attempt to save, his 2 “ 3 Eagles or his sons Garrett and Britt? Both the Eagles and Reid’s sons are at a crossroad. And quite frankly, I could give two shits about the Eagles given the circumstances the Reid brothers are in. Garret, 24 joined his brother Britt, 22, behind bars for not appearing for a court-ordered drug test on Monday, October 15, 2007. It was a miscommunication, said Garretts attorney. Garret could not find a ride to his drug test. Yeah, right, and I cant find my way to the bathroom when I gotta piss. Pursuant to his parole conditions, hes prohibited from driving. Britt Reid has been in jail since August 24, 2007 for violating conditions of his release. Ironically, both Britt and Garrett are in the same Montgomery County jail, presumably in different cells.

Garrett pleaded guilty to drug and traffic charges when he seriously injured Louise Hartmen in a car accident on January 30, 2007. Garrett admitted using heroin early that day. Is it a coincidence on the same day of Garretts car accident, Britt was involved in a road-rage infraction in which he allegedly waved a handgun at another driver? Britt faces charges of carrying a firearm without a license, lying to authorities, simple assault, terrorist threats and possession of a controlled substance. On August 24, Britt crashed his truck into a shopping cart and failed a sobriety test administered by the police. The new charges are for driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Its my responsibility; I have to do a better job, coach Reid often states after an Eagles loss. Why shouldnt the same standard apply to Reid’s family, perhaps an even higher standard? Why is coach Reid spending countless hours around the clock trying to mend his football team while his two kids need mending, are in jail and addicted to drugs? Regardless of preparation, films watched, coaches meetings, adjustments, hours spent developing a playbook, and time spent at the office, you’re going to lose football games. No coach is perfect, no player is perfect, no parent is perfect and no child is perfect. As head coach and Vice President of Football Operations for the Eagles, the demands and stress of the job have taken its toll on both coach Reid and his family. Is there a price to pay for the fame and fortune of being a head coach in the NFL? Are NFL coaches able to commit quality time to both their family and team? The NFLs collective bargaining agreement with the players set limits on the times and hours players can practice. Therefore, why shouldnt the NFL set limits on the hours a coach can work during the week? Tony Dungys 18 year old son committed suicide and Bill Belichicks son was arrested for alleged marijuana possession. Bill Cowher from Pittsburgh resigned, in part to spend more time with his wife and three daughters. Many coaches have a history of health problems such as Joe Gibbs who retired after the 1992 season suffering through dizziness, exhaustion and sleeplessness as he slept in his office. Mike Ditka and Bill Parcells have heart problems, Ray Rhodes has had a problem with strokes, Andy Reid battles with his weight, and former St. Louis coach Mike Martz was hospitalized for endocarditis. Dick Vermeil was burned out when he retired from the Eagles. Are NFL coaches and their families in peril?

Reid is a full-time devoted coach with many accolades. He needs to be a full-time parent to his kids. On February 12, 2007 coach Reid took a five week leave of absence during the off season from the Eagles. Since then both Garrett and Britt ended up in jail. His leave of absence didnt work and like a coach when something doesnt work you try something else. The Eagles are off to one of the worst starts in the Reid era and the coach devotes his full-time energies to turning his team into a winner. Does Reid walk away from the losing record or does he work harder? His family needs him to work harder, not at the office, but in his home. Garrett and Britt, like many of the Eagles players, are young adults who are responsible for their actions but who often have troubles on and off the football field and in and out of their homes. The fact that they are young adults does not absolve coaches and parents from committing to help their offspring. Youre a parent for life and a coach for part of your life. Is Reid there for his football players when they come to him with problems? Tough love is not working for the Reid brothers and perhaps a full-time father is not the answer. But like a football coach you owe it to your team to try different techniques to maximize your success. Andy Reid has not tried to maximize his success as a father. Coaches somehow perceive mental coaching and counseling as weakness. The truth is that NFL coaches are afraid of change. As strong and as tough as they supposedly are, this is sad and ironic. Their controlling natures make them very weak and in this way they lack toughness, states sports psychologist, Dr. John F. Murray in an article referring to coaches unwilling to seek out sports psychologists for their team. Perhaps Andy Reid is unwilling to change as he rationalizes his position of continuing to coach on foxsports.com, The only thing Ive learned throughout this whole thing is that Im not alone in dealing with family issues. There are people who own businesses, run corporations, and they have problems too but dot walk away. Everyone has family or personal issues, but they dont quit their jobs.

Andy Reid has won five division titles, four trips to the NFC Championship game, a 2004 NFC Championship, a Super Bowl appearance, two time NFL coach of the year honors, and most wins as an Eagle head coach. He’s a multi-millionaire who could afford to take a leave of absence and begin to apply his coaching methods to his family crisis. In lieu of making calls about the availability of other teams’ players, make calls about therapists, drug and alcohol rehabs, lawyers and any resources that could facilitate and help his kids. In lieu of visiting with players and coaches in your office, visit your kids in jail every day. In lieu of going on road trips with the team, take the family on trips. Apply the same obsessive traits for success youve had on the football field, to your family and their crisis. Love your family full-time, not your team. You cant have both. Im sure Andy Reid wife and Andy have been involved in this process, but like Reid has said, Its my responsibility; Ive got to do a better job. Like football, you adapt, you make adjustments. There are no guarantees in life and certainly Andy Reid cannot be blamed for both his kids being in jail and addicted to drugs. But he can be blamed for committing to coaching the Eagles full-time in lieu of attempting to resolve his family crises on a full-time basis.

Before Garrett was jailed on October 15, Reid was quoted for a story on foxsports.com: The only way I dont finish up coaching this year is if I die. I dont think coach Reid is going to die, but his two sons are certainly headed in that direction. My thoughts and prayers are with Andy Reid and his two sons Garrett and Britt. This story has hit a personal nerve as I have a son who is the same age as Britt. I know what I would do in this situation. Apparently, Andy does not agree with me.

Non-whoo-ers don’t always appreciate a whoo-er’s enthusiasm. Take the recent case of Stuart Sugarman, a whoo-ing member of a Manhattan gym. According to a story in the New York Post, Sugarman’s noisy behavior during a spin class, including shout-outs of “you go, girl!” put fellow spinner Christopher Carter into a tizzy. After heated words and threats were exchanged, Carter allegedly knocked Sugarman and his bike into the wall. Sugarman reportedly got back on the bike, but he’s since undergone back surgery and a lawsuit is brewing.

You might think this only happens among New Yorkers, but local fitness instructor Stacey Rahmberg, who’s been teaching for 22 years, says San Antonio has its share of “members gone wild” stories. One even involved a member getting knocked off a spin bike.

Rahmberg says it started when one woman did her usual pre-spin class routine: She put her things on a bike in the front row to “save her spot” and went to get a smoothie for the upcoming ride (a smoothie during spin class?). When she returned 15 minutes into class time, another woman had taken “her bike.” Rahmberg says the displaced member yelled, “get off my bike!” and started removing the other woman’s towels and water. A melee ensued, the second woman fell off the bike, and “that was the last I saw of her,” Rahmberg says.

As for whoo-ing, Rahmberg says it’ll happen on occasion, but she doesn’t care for it. “A few years ago there were a couple of men who said ‘whoo-ooo! whoo-ooo!’ so much, we called them aliens,” Rahmberg laughs. She says she mainly strives to maintain a motivating but peaceful atmosphere in her classes. Whenever she plays disco music during spin class, for instance, one woman wildly dances as she pedals. “It annoys the other members, so I don’t play disco,” she says.

Ultimately, it comes down to different strokes for different folks, and what one person finds motivating another considers annoying. “In an exercise setting, people are going to find various forms of motivation,” says sports psychologist John Murray. “Some people use grunting to keep themselves going and breathing properly; others want a library.”

Murray believes we should let people be who they are. “There are too many control freaks out there, and you can’t have control in a group-exercise setting,” he says. On the other hand, there is such a thing as gym etiquette, and Murray says it’s up to the health club to define the rules.

Last week, I decided to pop into the spin room at my health club to see if there was any whoo-ing going on. I really hoped to get a “you go, girl!” but all I heard was great music and motivating cues from the instructor. And then, 55 minutes into class, when our teacher announced we were finally “going home,” the woman next to me let all a little “whoo!”

I did too, although I think mine was more of a “whew.”

Non-whoo-ers don’t always appreciate a whoo-er’s enthusiasm. Take the recent case of Stuart Sugarman, a whoo-ing member of a Manhattan gym. According to a story in the New York Post, Sugarman’s noisy behavior during a spin class, including shout-outs of “you go, girl!” put fellow spinner Christopher Carter into a tizzy. After heated words and threats were exchanged, Carter allegedly knocked Sugarman and his bike into the wall. Sugarman reportedly got back on the bike, but he’s since undergone back surgery and a lawsuit is brewing.

You might think this only happens among New Yorkers, but local fitness instructor Stacey Rahmberg, who’s been teaching for 22 years, says San Antonio has its share of “members gone wild” stories. One even involved a member getting knocked off a spin bike.

Rahmberg says it started when one woman did her usual pre-spin class routine: She put her things on a bike in the front row to “save her spot” and went to get a smoothie for the upcoming ride (a smoothie during spin class?). When she returned 15 minutes into class time, another woman had taken “her bike.” Rahmberg says the displaced member yelled, “get off my bike!” and started removing the other woman’s towels and water. A melee ensued, the second woman fell off the bike, and “that was the last I saw of her,” Rahmberg says.

As for whoo-ing, Rahmberg says it’ll happen on occasion, but she doesn’t care for it. “A few years ago there were a couple of men who said ‘whoo-ooo! whoo-ooo!’ so much, we called them aliens,” Rahmberg laughs. She says she mainly strives to maintain a motivating but peaceful atmosphere in her classes. Whenever she plays disco music during spin class, for instance, one woman wildly dances as she pedals. “It annoys the other members, so I don’t play disco,” she says.

Ultimately, it comes down to different strokes for different folks, and what one person finds motivating another considers annoying. “In an exercise setting, people are going to find various forms of motivation,” says sports psychologist John Murray. “Some people use grunting to keep themselves going and breathing properly; others want a library.”

Murray believes we should let people be who they are. “There are too many control freaks out there, and you can’t have control in a group-exercise setting,” he says. On the other hand, there is such a thing as gym etiquette, and Murray says it’s up to the health club to define the rules.

Last week, I decided to pop into the spin room at my health club to see if there was any whoo-ing going on. I really hoped to get a “you go, girl!” but all I heard was great music and motivating cues from the instructor. And then, 55 minutes into class, when our teacher announced we were finally “going home,” the woman next to me let all a little “whoo!”

I did too, although I think mine was more of a “whew.”

While a player can’t be flagged for the rule, he can be fined for repeatedly disregarding it. The fine was reported to be $5,000. Presumably, Brady is a repeat offender, just as he repeatedly keeps guiding the Patriots to victories.

New England is off to a 6-0 start, while Brady has 21 touchdown passes, including five against Dallas on Sunday. Brady is the first quarterback to throw for at least three touchdowns in each of the first six games of a season.

“I think this is the most comfortable I’ve felt,” Brady said after the Pats’ 48-27 win over Dallas. “For eight years I’ve put a lot of time and effort into trying to get things the way I want them.”

Was he talking about TD passes or chinstraps?

EYE DROPS Joel Pineiro for $13 million over two years is almost enough to make you glad you don’t own a ballclub.

” Field reporters have confirmed Jane Sehnert aced a 114-yard par-3 at the Apache Golf Course in Scottsdale, Ariz., using a 7-iron. Word is Sehnert’s application is currently under consideration by the heretofore all male Chesterfield Sportsman’s Society.

” Tiger Woods and Gatorade are coming out with a drink called Gatorade Tiger. I don’t know, I like “Archie” better.

LOVE SHACK Kevin Love, UCLA’s top basketball freshman this season, is the nephew of Beach Boys crooner Mike Love. Kev says his band favorites are “Good Vibrations” and “California Girls.”
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As Wayne Campbell might say: excellent, good call.

At the same time, Jerry Crow of the Los Angeles Times pointed out: “If he is as good as everybody says, the 6-foot-10 center from Lake Oswego, Ore., probably will generate plenty of the former and attract his share of the latter this season.”

HEART TO HEART English forward Nick Easter told BBC Sport that he is disappointed with the lack of attention paid to his team’s quarterfinal win over Australia in the Rugby World Cup: “I’d like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom.”

See what he did there?

BACK PAGES On this day in 1950, the estimable Connie Mack stepped down as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. At the time, Mack was still a spring chicken ” just 87 years old ” and had been at the helm of the club for 50 years.

Jimmie Dykes succeeded Mack. His tenure lasted three years, or some 47 years shorter. By 1954, Dykes was managing the artists formerly known as the St. Louis Browns, who had moved to Baltimore.

Mack was a catcher for 11 years in the 1800’s before being chosen to lead the Philadelphia club. He always wore a business suit in the dugout, and he always had an interesting opinion, such as this take: “An outfield composed of (Ty) Cobb, (Tris) Speaker and (Babe) Ruth, even with Ruth, lacks the combined power of (Joe) DiMaggio, (Stan) Musial and (Ted) Williams.”

POP QUIZ The Rockies have advanced to the World Series by going 7-0 in the postseason. Which is the only other major-league team to have a 7-0 postseason record?

A. The 1944 Browns

B. The 1967 Cardinals

C. The 1998 Yankees

D. The 1976 Reds.

The correct answer is “D.” The ‘76 Cincinnati team swept the Phillies 3-0 in the National League Championship Series, then pasted the Yankees 4-0 in the World Series for a 7-0 record.

ZONE COVERAGE Trying to explain Colorado’s remarkable run of 21 wins in 22 games, sports psychologist John F. Murray told the Denver Post: “I call it effortless effort. Some people call it ‘getting in the zone.’ That’s when athletes are less self-conscious of their effort. They don’t analyze things or dissect things, they just accept them and appreciate what’s going on. It’s about attention to the present.”
Brilliant!

“The Boys of Rocktober have climbed the loftiest summit in baseball,” wrote Woody Paige in the Denver Post. “Look out, Pikes Peak, and look out world. From the mountains to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam, here come the Rockies.”

From Mike Littwin in the Rocky Mountain News: “Trying to explain how it is the Rockies are going to the World Series would just risk spoiling it. . . . I don’t know what it was — except completely and entirely unexpected. Until, eventually, somehow, it became completely and entirely inevitable.”

Trivia time

The Rockies advanced to the World Series by going 7-0 in the postseason. Which is the only other major league team to have a 7-0 postseason record?

Expert opinion

Trying to explain the Rockies’ late-season success — winning 21 of their last 22 games — sports psychologist John F. Murray recently told the Denver Post, “I call it effortless effort. Some people call it ‘getting in the zone.’ That’s when athletes are less self-conscious of their effort. They don’t analyze things or dissect things, they just accept them and appreciate what’s going on. It’s about attention to the present.”

And then this

It was another poor showing for Mark Cuban on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” on Monday. Cuban’s score of 22 was lowest of the night.

Cuban’s dance partner, Kym Johnson, says he thinks way too much on the dance floor.

“He’s a super intelligent man and he writes everything down,” Johnson said. “That’s the way his mind works. . . . With dancing, you need to feel everything and he has to let himself go.”

Maybe Cuban, who generally doesn’t seem to be so careful in planning out his actions, should make an appointment with sports psychologist Murray.

Another kind of doctor

Regarding the lead item in Monday’s Morning Briefing about Andy Roddick’s playing tennis with a frying pan, reader Craig Woo remembers reading in Lee Trevino’s biography that when Trevino was a caddie he would bet unsuspecting golfers that he could beat them playing with a coke bottle wrapped in tape and attached to a broomstick.

A check on the Internet found several versions of this story. One was that he would tee off with the Coke bottle, hitting the ball about 100 yards down the middle, then reach the green with a three-wood.

In another version, Trevino is quoted saying he preferred using a Dr Pepper bottle. That must have earned him an endorsement check or two.

Another Tiger deal

Speaking of endorsements, it was announced Tuesday that Tiger Woods and Gatorade are coming out with a drink called Gatorade Tiger.

Look for a commercial in which Tiger, using a Gatorade bottle, tries to outhit Trevino and his Dr Pepper bottle.

Trivia answer

The 1976 Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0, in the National League Championship Series and the New York Yankees, 4-0, in the World Series for a 7-0 record.

And finally

Outside New England, the Patriots are fast becoming the most hated team in the NFL, and not only because they’re undefeated or their coaches steal signals.

Bill Simmons, in his Page 2 column for ESPN.com, pointed out another problem: Even when a game is in hand, they stick it to their opponent.

In Sunday’s 48-27 victory at Dallas, fourth-string running back Kyle Eckel rammed home a touchdown on fourth and one with 19 seconds remaining.

“Normally, you take a knee there,” Simmons wrote.

A knee is what a lot of people around the NFL would like to give Bill Belichick.

See South Florida Business Journal Article on Dr. John’s Strategy of Helping the Media to Tell This Story

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Dr. Murray has stopped lisiting all the places that Pre-Super Bowl Radio and TV Interviews have appeared because there are just too many. Dr. Murray discusses the Mental Performance Index (MPI) ratings prior to the game. The MPI has been more accurate than the official spread in four of the first five Super Bowl games in which it has used it and demonstrated by Dr. Murray in a public national forum (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007). The purpose of the MPI is to help football teams and coaches more accurately assess team performance, and this demonstrates the vast influence of mental performance in overall football and sports performance.

Here is just a very small sample of where this has apeared, and there are many more impossible to count or possibly remember:

ESPN Canada, ABC TV West Palm Beach, ESPN Radio, WAXY, WBBR, WDJA, WGLR, WGNX, WXLP, KBLL, KDBR, KFIS, KGMY, KKAR, KNFX, KOB, KWEB, CJME, Y100, Oldies 103, WTKW, Syracuse, NY, RED FM Radio, Cork, Ireland, KFOX Vancouver, WKQZ Saginaw, Michigan, WYVN Holland Michigan, Rock 102, Springfield, MA, WBBR New York City, WDJA West Palm Beach, WAXY Miami, Y100 Miami, WGNX Vero Beach, WGLR Indianapolis, Oldies 103 Boston, WXLP Davenport, Iowa, KNFX Rochester, Minnesota, KWEB Rochester, Minnesota, KKAR Omaha, Nebraska, KBLL Helena, Montana, KDBR Flathead Valley, Montana
KGMY Springfield, Missouri, CJME Saskatchewan, Canada, KFIS Portand, Oregon, KOB Albeq. New Mexico … and so many hundreds more.

The Sporting News columnist Fritz Quindt discussed the MPI in his Super Bowl week radio circuit. ESPN The Magazine featured a story called “Shrink Rap” on the MPI in the December 23, 2002 issue.
The Lake City Reporter’s Matthew Osborne published a story on the MPI called Shrinking the Super Bowl” on January 23, 2003. Others include the Tampa Tribune, Sun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, Modesto Bee
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