Wofford's Coach Mike Ayers - inspirational!

[Panthers_Lover]

THIS is the kind of coach we need to be reading about in the national headlines ... not Sandusky et al!!

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20111212/ARTICLES/111219919/1088?Title=Ayers-shares-his-personal-story-to-inspire-at-risk-kids&tc=ar

Ayers went to work at 14 as a garbage collector, and returned to that job after a stint in the Marines:

One day while making the rounds, Ayers said, he was shot in the shoulder by a teenage boy who was even more at-risk.

“I was picking up his garbage,” Ayers said. “He had 10 cans that were turned over and I was cleaning up his mess. And that kid shot me. I told the police I didn't want to press charges. I just wanted the kid to tell me why he shot me. You know what he said? He said, ‘Because you're just a garbage man.'

“He didn't know my heart. He didn't know my dreams. He judged me from what he saw on the outside.”

[Panthercougar68]

I have a buddy that played at Wofford and he loves this guy. He always had good things to say about the coach.

[Mr. Scot]

As inspiring as his story is, I also have to wonder what happened to that kid.

Someone who'd shoot a guy because he's "just a garbage man" sounds like a sociopath.

[SmootsDaddy89]

hello forumposter Fiz.