LOVE AND HATE

What is so important and why is it that so many people in the semi-pro football world hates me? I can give you plenty of reasons, and in the end I think most people who read this article will agree with me, that respect goes along away. I have been around semi-pro for over 15 years, as a player, a coach and a owner. I played for 6 years, made 2 all star teams as a corner back, I have been an owner of 3 different teams and I have started all 3, The Mesquite Falcons which it took 3 years before we started really winning games, I then became the Dallas Titans that team went to 3 consecutive playoffs, and now the Dfw Xpress formally the Dallas Xpress, and over the last 2 years I guided this team with the help of my staff to two 6-4 seasons. There is not a team in Dallas that does not either have a coach are a player on that team that has either coached with me, played with me are played for me. I have coached are played in over 200 games. As a player I have played on a team that has been beaten by 60 pt's, I have coached a team that has been beaten by 60pts and I have coached a team that has beaten a team by 50pts, I have seen all that you can see at this level. But what I have never seen at this level is this much hate for me. What is so funny is that I have never once disrespected any athlete on any team that I have played against played for are even coached, but yet still I have old players, and old coaches that don't like me! Why? Could it be that I am 7 feet tall and 340 lbs? no that cant be it because I am 5'9 185 lbs, maybe its because I am wealthy? No that cant be it because I am just a school teacher, maybe because I drive fancy cars? No that cant be it because I drive a 2000 Tahoe, so what is it? Maybe its because I don't put up with B.S. I will not allow a player to disrespect me are my staff, I will not let the inmates run the jail, in other words if you are going to play for me are an organization that I am associated with then you are going to have to follow rules, if you cant do that then you don't have to play for me, go and play for those other organizations that allow you to do what you want to. But as a reader of this article can you do me a favor? if you hear are see someone talking about me behind my back and its always behind my back, can you walk up and ask them why they don't like me? and listen to their answer, I guarantee its never an answer that makes sense, because people that really know me know that I don't do anything wrong to anyone, I wasn't raised like that! nor do I lie to my players about anything, those same people that are talking about me ask them have I ever lied to them? are disrepected them? the answer you will receive will be NO then ask them once again then why do you not like Coach Truman?