Author Archives: foolishsuperintendent

Snow Day

Snow is a lot funner when its accumulation does not pile-on more work. (2/13/19)

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Commoners

If all Superintendents were different, they would not all be Superintendents.  (2/12/19) [An idea modified from a forgotten source.]  

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No Repeats

A golfer can play the same golf course every day of his life, and never walk the same path; a Superintendent can work the same golf course all his days, and never experience the same steps.  (2/11/19)

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Springboard

Often, the height of great arrogance provides a springboard for a plunge into deep humility, but not always.  (2/10/19)

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Turf Astronauts

A Superintendent who is in-touch with nature is inevitably in-touch with his fellow man; one who is distant from the earth is distant from others.  (2/9/19)    

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Company of the Alone

Often, a Superintendent who finds himself in the darkness does not see the man standing next to him. (2/8/19)  

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All In

A Superintendent who cares nothing about everything and one who cares everything about something have this in common:  they are willing to enter the darkness to see the light.  (2/7/19)

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Hiding

An insecure Superintendent hides from others; a desperate one hides from himself. (2/6/19)

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Keeping Company

A young Superintendent is stirred to anger in the gathering of nitwits; a wise one finds no offense in the company of fools. (2/5/19)

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Perspectives

One person looks at a golf course and sees a man fighting nature; another looks at a golf course and sees nature at work. (2/4/19)

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