FIRST THINGS FIRST!!  

CONGRATULATIONS       SENIOR GRADS!

From the daily grind that seemed like it would never end, to what will you do now?  Hopefully you’ve already decided where you’ll be next fall.  It doesn’t have to be college.  You could be like our pal Rhett Belue and start your career as a plumber.    Mike Rowe would be so proud.      But everywhere you look, changes are-a comin’ at South Forsyth.  

If you’ve lived long enough, you know that change is imminent.  Whether at school or at home, at work or at play, changes will surely come.  Make your plans, but keep your eyes up and stay nimble or you might find your own personal quicksand.

Change has come to the booth.  Our  friend and coleague Mke Newsome has made the difficult decision to leave our team of War Eagle podcasters.  Mike recently retired from Siemen’s and was ready to dedicate more time to growing our brand.   But Mike made a few connections in his time, and one of them nas tagged him to lead their promotional team trough some precarious ins-and-outs.  If successful, the product and process could change forever the manufacturing of dozens of products as we know it.  We wish Mike every good turn and the best success, and trust he’ll tell us just when they’re about to go public.  Oh, wait, what?  I can’t say that?  Something about inside trading?  OK, I take that back.  Best wishes, Mike.  Stay in touch.

I’ve often told the story of Mike Newsome cornering me when we first met four or five years ago and saying how much he had always wanted to try his hand at calling games.  I gave him a shot during the Blue White Spring Game and four seasons later we are at a loss.  Except, curiously, somebody in the booth last fall, who had similar connections with South Forsyth, told me he’d always wanted to be a sportscaster.  Actually, his wife told me that, and I brought it up in conversation later.  This gentleman knows the game inside and out and in fact is seeing some changes in his own world, sending a son off to the next level.  He is no stranger to our listeners, either.  In fact, he has been one, and we’re confident those folks will be very happy with our choice.

We’ll wait til July to make our announcement on our new boadcasting teammate, because next week we will have a new Coaches Corner where we’ll get the chance to meet the new coaches new Head Coach James Thomson has brought on board.  We want the announcement of his appointment to stand on it’s own.  But I will give you a hint.  In the photo below, you can see the three of us already at work on content.   Stay tuned.

Next Thursday, May 15, we’ll have our second Coaches Corner with new South Forsyth Head Football Coach James Thomson.  He’s  bringing wth him several of the new members of the South Forsyth staff.  It promises to be a big event, thanks to A HEADLINER who has as rich a pedigree as any NFL player anywere.  Doug Thomas, my broadcast partner, and I both have a bone to pick with Kordell Stewart.  “Slash” as he became know at the University of Colorado: QB/RB/WR (QBSLASHRBSLASHWR) beat my Michigan Wolvernes on a legendary hail mary to a diving Michael Westbrook, who took the ball in off Michingan AA DB Ty Law’s shoulder pads for the one point win.  Then after getting drafted (2nd round, #60 overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers, Slash spent years terrorizing Doug’s Cincinnati Bengals twice a season in the same AFC division.  So we’ll see if either of us can contain our emotions.  We’ve already met Coach T, Silipa Topuola, in our first round back in February, so we’ll see who else Coach Thomson can round up.   That will be next Thursday, May 15, right here.  Don’t miss it!