'You know what your dad would want you to do.'
A lifetime educator who worked as a band director and principal at Gilmer High, Billy’s love was always with music rather than sports. But as Jeff and Kurt followed a path rooted in athletics, they pulled many lessons from how Billy impacted lives.
“Just how to get up and work every day, and provide for your family, and also doing things that you love to do,” Kurt said. “We know nothing else but to do that, to provide for the family, and don’t let anything be handed to you, and make sure everything you do is through hard work. That's the way we were raised.”
“I can promise you he’s singing ‘The King is Coming’ right now, eating banana pudding and telling jokes,” Jeff said. “He’s doing fine.” Linebacker Dadrian Taylor said the meeting reinforced the importance of “just loving your people while they’re here.” Stepping on the practice field, the focus on tasks like picking up blitzes “kind of distracts you,” Jeff said. Kurt said his “mind goes clear of everything” when he runs through drills with his offensive line unit.
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