Fun with USA coaching selections

You know that game people play where they add the words "in bed" to the end of any fortune from a fortune cookie? "You will reap many financial rewards"...in bed.

Well, I have the same compulsion whenever I read a release about a college coach being named to a USA coaching position. Let me demonstrate.

Wisconsin's Rod Wilde was just named head coach of the USA High Performance Select team.

"We have assembled a great staff," Wilde said, "and I'm looking forward to working with these young players to help them realize their dreams of one day becoming an Olympic athlete"...or a Wisconsin Badger, whichever comes first.

See how that works?

Try this quote from Anne Kordes on being selected as an assistant coach for the Youth National Team: "It is an honor to be selected as a coach for the Girls Youth National Team. It is an incredible coaching and learning opportunity for me"...to lure unsuspecting newbies into the clutches of her Billiken program.

Good stuff.