It's the Derby - it's the contest that decides damn near everything in this state. I hate it when you hear a player or the coach say 'oh, it's just another game - we prepare for it just like we would for any other team'. Yeegads, where the heck have you been living this past ___ years/months?
Ok (you might say), how would you handle it Polly?
Simple - you've got 2 magnetic boards, one with 'The Magoos' on the top, the other with 'The Derby'. You've got all your uninjured players names on little magnetic strips. You call in the players one by one, you sit them down in front of your desk and you hold up their magnetic name strip. You ask them one simple question 'Do you get queasy at the sight of blood?'
If they answer 'yes' you put their name somewhere on the magnetic board labelled 'The Magoos' and tell them to rack off. If they answer 'no' you ask another question (holding their name strip up right in front of their face):
'Are you willing to be a bloody animal this weekend?' - same thing, if they say 'no' onto the Magoos board and out the door. If they say 'yes' they go on the game day board.
One by bloody one every player goes through it and you've got your Derby team. This IS NOT 'just another game'.
