Chris Coleman and I had a conversation in the preseason that went something like this:

Me: “I don’t know, man. This thing of working all week long, including a lot of nights, then working the game all day Saturday, then watching game film Sunday afternoon and evening … I don’t know if I can keep this up. I’m getting too old for this.”

Chris: “You don’t have to watch the game film and take all those notes. Nobody’s asking you to do analysis. Just make ‘Monday Thoughts’ literally your thoughts on the game.”

Me: “Meh. I don’t know. We’ll see.”

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