{"id":106,"date":"2011-07-13T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T23:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/in-or-out\/"},"modified":"2016-11-08T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T21:13:02","slug":"in-or-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubiosblog.com\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"In or Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"
When I was just a youngin’, I used to spend a good deal of time at my grandfather’s\u00a0<\/span> home during the summer <\/span>(his antics have been mentioned at the end of <\/span>this<\/a> blog)<\/span>. While being “watched” by my grandfather and Macaw (mentioned in <\/span>this<\/a> blog), I used to spend a lot of time outside (they have a huge yard). After a bit of time, I would get hungry and thirsty (five mins after I started playing…remember I was large and embraced elastic) and want to roll back in. My grandpa, who was as deaf as you could be, would rage anytime he heard the door re-open.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSo, after one or two times, he would storm down from his upper living room and meander to the front door. He would stand at the door, looking like Big Al from the Country Bear Jamboree at Disneyland, stare down at me, and say “What the hell, Christopher!!! Either you are in or are you are out!!!” I would mumble a bit and say “Huh, what do you mean Grandpa?” His response was “Enough of all the noise (please remember, a bike could hear better than him). EITHER YOU ARE IN OR OUT!!!” And, right at that moment, I would have to make a decision that would last the rest of my life – or until lunch….Macaw was a softy:) Well, being a young boy and wanting to check out his massive yard (even had a creek!), I would say out. He would not bat an eye, shut the door, turn the knob and click….door was locked. Done. I was out and that was that. <\/span>

Great story Rubio, but what’s the point? Like my Grandpa said to me at the door, I need to say to you right now. Are you in or are you out? Not necessarily being in regards to a house, but to your Long Snapping. Sit back and really think about yourself and your glorious craft. Are you in or or out with your snapping?<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you just going through the motions and out<\/i><\/b>?\u00a0 Does this sound familiar: showing up at a camp or two, snapping some average balls, acting like you don’t care if someone beats you in a competition, never doing any drills on your own, waiting for someone to ask you to snap?
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\nOr….are you in<\/i><\/b>? Coming prepared to each camp, snapping some great balls, always doing your drills (come on man, how hard is it…I have given you tons that you can do in an air-conditioned room!), begging people to catch your snaps and really, truly wanting to be the best Long Snapper in the country?<\/span><\/p>\n

If you fit more into the first category, you might as well stop wasting my time, your time and your parent’s money. Like I always say, if you are going to do something, you might as well go full speed and do it right!<\/p>\n

So, what is it? Are you in or out?<\/p>\n

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