Control what you can

It’s something that I have heard too many times that it has started to bother me.

Maybe, it’s just me because I’ve been around so much, or the fact that people just like to talk to me because I listen.

But what has bothered me more so over the last month than anytime I can remember are things that are out of anyone’s control.

I will try to list some of those things I’ve heard and see if you agree. If you don’t, oh well.

• The referees missed this call or that call. Why did we have that referee.
The officials is something you can’t control in sports.There are good ones and bad ones. Everyone calls a different game. You have to adjust.

It bothered me more after last Thursday’s game with McCaskey. I had people complain about the officiating in the game. One of the complaints was the hand-checking, grabbing of Columbia players that wasn’t called.

Folks, it wasn’t a factor in the game! The only call I didn’t like was an illegal screen call with about a minute left. Let the kids decide it.
Columbia lost the game because they didn’t shoot well. Not because the referees blew it.

• Why aren’t the other media in the area covering the basketball team?
Again, that part is out of Columbia’s control. We shouldn’t worry about if a television is at the game or not. It’s nice, but its no big deal.

• That person is coming to a game for the first time. I watch this too, its called the jinx factor that goes back a long way.
But when you have a hot team and people want to come to the game, they can do what they want.

Again, there’s no control over that.

There are probably a thousand other thinks I could write. But, while it may bother some, you have to roll with the punches. Worry about what you can control.
The coaches and players can worry about the X’s and O’s on the court. The fans need to worry about cheering loudly for the home town and forget the factors they can’t control.