Today when reading my book "Bleachers" by John Grisham. The men are sitting in the bleachers reminiscing about their football playing days. So they began to talk about the 1987 championship game. Well at half time they were getting killed and something happened in the locker room because the quarterback had a broken hand and the coaches never returned to the field after half time. These men kept that little story a secret for almost fifteen years! It was never told to parents friends or wives after all this time.
To me that is honorable of those men to preserve their coach's reputation. I wish that I could be that quiet about something like that. I mean coach hits a player then player returns the punch and knocks the coach out. In small town that's front page news! I don't know which would have been bigger the fact the coach struck a player? Or the player taking the glory shot and knocking his head coach out for the count.
Why can't people like that today? Every day I hear something new about someone else and it's the same old gossip,"he said this or she did this." I mean come on somethings are meant to be a secret and dropped after it happens.
This is the exact reason why I keep all my personal self to myself that I don't want anyone to now about. I don't even tell my closet friends these things. I firmly believe that this is and issue because you trust people anymore.
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I haven't read that book, but I like John Grisham. It would be easy for me to say that people change as they get older and become better friends, but they don't. People are what they are, and let's face it, gossip sells both in the media and in our personal lives. It would be nice if everyone felt better about themselves to not have to talk about other people. Reality is that everyone craves attention and gossip not only gives them that, it makes them feel better about themselves, or at least more superior. However misplaced that is.
ReplyDeleteI think new celebrities get caught up in all of the fame and glory at first. Then after several years of no personal life they realize that the lifestyle that they have choosen is no longer as glamerous as they thought. By this time it is to late and the thing that they strived so hard for ends up being the destruction of them.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post, Antoine. I'm glad you're enjoying Bleachers. I can imagine that you can relate. How small in the town in the book?
ReplyDeleteDude that coach is BALLIN'! I would be so hype if my coach hit someone. I like how team sports allow for that camaraderie where no one needs to know what happens in the locker room. I agree that people don't need to know things, that's why I have one or two confidants that I know won't say anything. It is nice to have someone you can say anything to and not have to worry about other people knowing.
ReplyDeleteHaha thats crazy they kept that a secret that long. I cant say any of my coaches have ever hit someone, but that would be pretty funny to see. That is true that there are certain things people do not need to know. Sounds like an interesting book.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree you can't tell someone your down and dirties. But there is a time in your life when you need to talk to someone. When I worked 3rd shift I was always on line in chat rooms, and people would always let out about personal issues. They knew that no one knew anything about them!
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