Coach Tim Harper

Networks broadcasting on public airways apparently don’t think it’s in the public interest to hear from their president So @PressSec should stop calling on them in briefings and yank them from the press pool

Quarterback and QB coaches and OC and Head Coaches Independence Day: The idea that a high school and college coaches’ job is to prepare their QB for the NFL is incorrect at best. 99.8% of high school and middle school quarterbacks will never play in the NFL and 98% of college quarterbacks will never take a snap in the NFL. Therefore, to make your gameplans, teaching techniques, etc. based on the 1% would be incredibly selfish and self-defeating, as well as insuring that you will soon be fired. The number one goal of high school and college coaches for their QB and other players isn’t and shouldn’t be the NFL…It’s teaching life skills, making a dramatic and continuing impact in their daily journey, winning games by highlighting their best skillsets, working to correct their flaws, and making certain that every player they coach understands and has experienced “getting up” after getting their ass whipped. Learning that regardless of what happens it is their response that will determine the quality of their lives…So regardless of the result simply respond “Good/Next Play” then play the next play with the information learned from the last play. Then we will have taught the most valuable lesson in life. Play the next play

Dear @WhiteHouse, my name is Rodney Smith Jr., founder of Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Through our 50 Yard Challenge, over 6,000 kids across the country have signed up to mow free lawns for the elderly, disabled, veterans, active-duty military, first responders, and single parents. With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year and me also being born on July 4th, I wanted to humbly ask if a few kids from our program and myself could travel to Washington, D.C. to help mow the White House lawn for this historic celebration. More than anything, I want these kids to see how a simple act of service something as ordinary as mowing a lawn for someone in need can lead to extraordinary places. What better lesson in community service than showing them that helping others can take them all the way to our nation’s capital? I’d also love to bring my American flag-themed mower in hopes that the President might sign it, so I can later auction it off and donate 100% of the proceeds to a nonprofit supporting veterans. It would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to highlight the importance of service, patriotism, and the impact young people can have when they choose to make a difference. 🇺🇸