What is the Impossible Dream?

I saw a documentary today called the Impossible Dream based on a high school football coach who became a master of his craft.

It was a story I knew from my childhood as he coached my father, but this documentary took it to a whole other level for me. Over 50 years of guiding boys on their journey to become men.

What really hit me was seeing game footage of those students playing football in 1969 and then seeing them in person today as 70 year old men. What a wild trip this thing called life is.

Coach Signorino Sr. said something in the documentary that is going to stay with me for a long time. He said it was his job as a leader of the football team to stretch the potential of those who took the field.

He trained, inspired and led the students in ways that no one else could. Listening to these men tell stories about his leadership from a game that they played in over 50 years ago was so moving. The impact that man has had. Wow.

It felt great to celebrate him and my father who was a part of that team. I was also proud to see my friend Matt following in his grandfather’s footsteps as the third generation of head coach. Leadership, impact and legacy come in many forms, and today was a beautiful reminder of that.