This is the group shot from Kevin Colbert’s @steelers HOF honor this past weekend. He was a great boss and this was a great collection of people to work with for 20 years!

I’m in the book! Very Humbling!

The Front of My Note Card I Use Now!

The Power of a Note! Have you ever gotten a Note from a Person? No, not a Birthday Card, Get-well Card or some other type of card that you would find at Hallmark. I mean a Handwritten Note! Nothing special, just a note card recognizing something that you did or something that happened to you that is special! My profession is Football! I have been involved in Football for 48 years of my working life! 16 years as a coach at different levels, 28 years as an NFL Scout, 4 year scouting for the Senior Bowl and consulting coupled that with 10 years as a player from junior high to high school to college for a total of 58 years involved in Football! Football is an unstable profession. People leave to take other jobs or get fired and have to find new jobs! It is tough to sustain a career in the world of Football! This is where the Power of a Note comes in! We do not recognize a person enough when they get new job, a promotion or just a life milestone! That is why I write a HANDWRITTEN NOTE! To recognize a person’s accomplishments! I started writing notes in 1986. I was influenced by the offensive coordinator at Weber State, Dave Arslanian. He was always writing congratulation notes to professors, colleagues and friends. I thought it was a fantastic way of congratulating people! Thus, I write written notes! My notes are simple. Get a new job – a note! Get a promotion – a note! A new accomplishment – a note! Help me out – a note! I write a note to any coach I know who got a new job or achieved major accomplishment. After a college visit, I would write a note to all who have helped me! When LSU won the National Championship, I sent a note to all coaches and staff that I knew! 38 notes! When I visited schools, I would see my Note cards hanging up on Coaches’ bulletin boards! It makes me proud that I touched a person’s life! Write a Note and feel the Power To Make People Feel Special!!

And Simple Rules

7 Rules That I Live By! 1. I Don’t Work For Dickheads! 2. Make Today a Good Yesterday! 3. It is OK to Grow Old; You Don’t have to be Old! 4. It’s OK to Disagree but You don’t have to be Disagreeable! 5. You Can’t Accomplish Anything without Risk! Taking a Dare! Think it Over and Decide! 6. If It Ain’t Fun, Fuck It! 7. Keep Making Progress on Your Purpose! And What Do You Live By?

Football is not an Industry! My Dad working in the Steel Mill is. Football is about Love and Passion! High and Lows! Winning and Losing! Firing and Hiring! You gotta love that feeling. Sorry not Football is “Not An Industry’! IMO! I just get tired of Young People calling it “Industry “!!! Feel the Passion of Sports!!!

Congratulations to Former #Steelers GM Kevin Colbert on being inducted into the @Steelers 2026 Hall of Honor Class "I think it’s about the consistency of the Rooney family – the expectation levels they present. Understanding the purpose of the organization. When you’re from Pittsburgh you have a perspective others don’t have on that. You have that advantage growing up and understanding what the organization stands for. Those are proud Pittsburgh people that worked in the front office and who coached the team. Coach Cowher, Nunn, Haley, Modrak, Donohoe, me….we understood what it meant to be part of the Pittsburgh community – we watched it from the outside since we were kids." steelerstakeaways.com/exclus…

THE PARALLEL PLAN WE ALL HAVE GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS IN LIFE! WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET THERE BUT WHAT IF WE DO NOT GET THERE? WHAT IS YOUR BACKUP PLAN OR AS I CALL IT, THE PARALLEL PLAN. A PLAN THAT COINCIDES WITH THE GOAL! I WANTED TO BE A GENERAL MANAGER IN THE NFL BUT COULD NOT ATTAIN THE NECESSARY PROMOTION TO KICK START MY CAREER IN THAT DIRECTION. VARIOUS REASONS OR EXCUSES WHY I DID NOT GET THE PROMOTION. THE REASONS MAY HAVE BEEN LEGIT OR MAYBE I WAS THE PROBLEM. I CANNOT RULE OUT MYSELF. AFTER INVESTING SO MUCH OF MY CAREER AT ONE PLACE WITH THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS I NEEDED A PARALLEL PLAN. AN OFFSHOOT TO BEING A GM. I DECIDED TO BECOME ONE OF THE BEST SCOUTS IN THE NFL! I DID ACCOMPLISH IT MY OPINION AND HAVE GOTTEN MUCH NOTORIETY IN THE WORLD OF FOOTBALL. I OBTAIN PEACE WITH MY PARALLEL PLAN. HAVE A PARALLEL PLAN IN LIFE!

I can give you Knowledge and Inspiration but I cannot give you Desire! Do It!

The Most Interesting Scout in The World…(A Parody) I Scout with One Eye Closed to give the Other Scouts a Chance! I go to Games so They can Scout Me! I only Write Reports on Hall of Famers! Nick Saban used to Ask Me, Who to Recruit. I get One Game Credential and it’s Good for All Games. There are NO College Restrictions for Me. I pick the Players for the Combine, Not the NFL. Football Programs ask Me to Come to Their Games and Campuses. I don’t time the 40, I tell you what you run. ESPN asks Me what Games to Schedule. Daniel Jeremiah and Mel Kiper try to Impress Me. Marriott uses My Points. My Number of Followers on Twitter is listed as Mankind. Scout Thirsty, My Friends!