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size=4>The
Simple
Life</font
size><p>
Read
1
John
1:5-10.</b><p>
<i>“If
we
confess
our
sins,
he
is
faithful
and
just
and
will
forgive
us
our
sins
and
purify
us
from
all
unrighteousness”
(v.
9).</i><p>
When
Tom
O’Brien
took
over
as
State’s
head
football
coach
in
2007,
things
got
a
lot
simpler
around
the
place.
For
one
thing,
O’Brien
doesn’t
like
his
quarterbacks
to
wear
arm
bands
with
the
plays
on
them.
Even
the
Wolfpack
playbook
is
simpler.
Once
asked
if
his
offense
had
more
than
100
plays,
O’Brien
replied,
I
can’t
remember
that
many.
How
can
they?”
O’Brien’s
approach
was
no
accident.
He
understood
that
the
college
game
is
not
the
NFL.
Life
for
collegiate
players
is
not
just
about
football
or
hour
after
hour
of
practice
and
film
watching.
Our
coaches
know
about
our
schedules
and
the
time
conflicts
and
what
we
have
to
do
outside
football,”
said
center
Luke
Lathan,
who
would
go
on
to
earn
a
postgraduate
scholarship.
O’Brien
kept
it
simple
for
himself
also
right
from
the
first,
not
ending
practices
with
a
speech
and
not
riding
into
the
sunset
in
a
golf
cart
but
walking
with
his
players
to
the
Murphy
Center.
All
this
was
a
change
from
the
regime
of
Chuck
Amato,
whose
approach
to
football
was
based
on
complexity.
There
were
a
lot
of
plays,”
said
tight
end
Marcus
Stone.
Maybe
it
was
a
bit
too
complex
for
some
to
pick
up.
I
thought
personally
we
should
have
simplified
it.
The
crazy
thing
was
we’d
only
run
25
percent
of
it.”
O’Brien’s
offensive
coordinator,
Dana
Bible,
who
spent
some
time
coaching
in
the
NFL,
said
with
a
smile
that
he
had
never
measured
the
Wolfpack
playbook.
It’s
not
about
how
many
plays
we
have.
It’s
about
being
able
to
execute
the
offense,”
he
said.
It’s
about
keeping
it
simple.
And
winning
along
the
way.
Perhaps
the
simple
life
in
America
was
doomed
by
the
arrival
of
the
programmable
VCR.
Since
then,
we’ve
been
on
an
inevitably
downward
spiral
into
ever
more
complicated
lives.
Even
wind-
shield
wipers
have
multiple
settings
now,
and
it
takes
a
graduate
degree
to
figure
out
clothes
dryers.
But
we
might
do
well
in
our
own
lives
to
mimic
the
simple
formula
Tom
O’Brien
uses.
That
is,
we
approach
our
lives
with
the
awareness
that
success
requires
simplicity,
a
sticking
to
the
basics:
Revere
God,
love
our
families,
honor
our
country,
do
our
best.
Theologians
may
make
what
God
did
in
Jesus
as
complicated
as
quantum
mechanics
and
the
infield
fly
rule,
but
God
kept
it
simple
for
us:
believe,
trust,
and
obey.
Believe
in
Jesus
as
the
Son
of
God,
trust
that
through
him
God
makes
possible
our
deliverance
from
our
sins
into
Heaven,
and
obey
God
in
the
way
he
wants
us
to
live.
It’s
simple,
but
it’s
the
true
winning
formula,
the
way
to
win
for
all
eternity.<p>
<i>
It’s
just
simple.
You
get
the
simple
plays
right.
You
pound
them
until
they
don’t
want
to
fight
anymore.
--
Luke
Lathan
on
the
O’Brien
approach
to
offense
</i><p>
<b>
Life
continues
to
get
ever
more
complicated,
but
God
made
it
simple
for
us
when
he
showed
up
as
Jesus.</b>
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