Boys, I have coached most of you for years now, and I want you to know that I have never been more proud than when you lost 16-60 this past weekend. You heard that right. When the opposing coach, up by more than forty points, told his team to play “without restraint” you continued to play with it. That is more important than any win. Quick vocab lesson since I am an English teacher: Restraint is a noun. It means self-control. Staying under control is one of the most important lessons games like flag football can teach you. Not exercising control is what leads to penalties in games and all sorts of bad things in the real world. While the other team continued to launch passes to the endzone, and comments across the line of scrimmage, you maintained control. The one moment it boiled over, you immediately apologized. You showed restraint, and that is why I am proud. You are going to face stuff like that your whole lives. You are going to come across people who ...