On Thursday Robbie Miller (the campus chaplain) and I made a difficult trip. We went to Page County H.S. to attend the memorial service for Casey Amos a recruited linemen who was scheduled to attend BC and play football for us in the fall. The previous Monday night he was killed in a single car accident close to his home in Page County. It is never good when a football coach gets a call at home at 11:15 pm, and that happened to me on that Monday evening. Throughout the service it was very apparent that Casey was a person of both strong faith and family and, in the times when life is not fair and just plain sucks, those are great trump cards to play.
I also think we can all use this as a great perspective keeper as we look to define the opportunities and blessings in our own lives we take for granted. Take a minute and say a prayer for his family. Although most of the huge crowd there will move on with their lives, the Amos family will have daily battles for some time to come.
Tell the people important to you that you love them and when you go to work or to work-out today remember the challenges that come are both an opportunity and gift that should not be taken for granted. In Casey Amos, we have an Eagle who now soars quite high.
Go BC,
Coach Clark
