Ever wondered how it feels to ignite passion and spirit on the football field, nurturing young talent and becoming a beacon of inspiration? Join me, Mike Bono, as I sit down with high school football coach Chris Marsco, a man who turned his love for the sport into a fulfilling journey of coaching. Hailing from Cortland (OH), Chris shares his beginnings, early experiences with football, and his journey through the coaching ranks at Youngstown State University and Niles High School, to coordinating at Mathews High School. Feel the excitement and intensity as he recounts working with phenomenal coaches and players.
The conversation takes an insightful turn as we delve into how high school athletics can shape career choices. Chris opens up about his experiences and the influences that motivated him to follow the coaching path. He candidly discusses the challenges in lower division coaching and the importance of loving what you do. We also take a stroll down memory lane to our high school football days, reflecting on the valuable life lessons it taught us and the significant role of coaches as role models.
Lastly, we bring some fun into the chat! We tackle humorous questions and share entertaining stories, from debating over pasta dishes to envisioning a face-off between flamingos and mice. We end the conversation by revisiting Chris Marsco's entrepreneurial journey and discuss the crucial role of networking in business. A hearty laugh and lots of learning await you in this episode of Ride Home Rants podcast. So buckle up, and let's get going!
Ever wondered how it feels to ignite passion and spirit on the football field, nurturing young talent and becoming a beacon of inspiration? Join me, Mike Bono, as I sit down with high school football coach Chris Marsco, a man who turned his love for the sport into a fulfilling journey of coaching. Hailing from Cortland (OH), Chris shares his beginnings, early experiences with football, and his journey through the coaching ranks at Youngstown State University and Niles High School, to coordinating at Mathews High School. Feel the excitement and intensity as he recounts working with phenomenal coaches and players.
The conversation takes an insightful turn as we delve into how high school athletics can shape career choices. Chris opens up about his experiences and the influences that motivated him to follow the coaching path. He candidly discusses the challenges in lower division coaching and the importance of loving what you do. We also take a stroll down memory lane to our high school football days, reflecting on the valuable life lessons it taught us and the significant role of coaches as role models.
Lastly, we bring some fun into the chat! We tackle humorous questions and share entertaining stories, from debating over pasta dishes to envisioning a face-off between flamingos and mice. We end the conversation by revisiting Chris Marsco's entrepreneurial journey and discuss the crucial role of networking in business. A hearty laugh and lots of learning await you in this episode of Ride Home Rants podcast. So buckle up, and let's get going!
Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home Rants podcast. This is, as always, your host, mike Bono. I got a great guest for us today, but, first and foremost, I do have to mention we did just get a new sponsor for the Ride Home Rants podcast and that is Buddy's Beard Care Beard oils, beard washes, beard bombs. It is phenomenal. I've been trying this out for the past couple of days and I got to say, with just a couple of days use of this, my beard has never felt fuller, it has never felt more healthy and has not been this smooth, according to my wife. So, that being said, go and check them out buddiesbeardcarecom. You won't regret it, and it's Buddy's Beard Care where size does matter. That being said, my guest today. He is a return guest. We had him on for the Matthews football preview this past summer, but Chris Marsko joins the show. Chris, thanks for coming back on man.
Speaker 2:
Have me on, Mike. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1:
Hey, not a problem. So since I got to talk to you one-on-one here and not having all the Matthews guys with you here, so tell everyone where you're from and kind of where you grew up, and a little bit about yourself.
Speaker 2:
So I currently live in Hallam with my wife Sarah. We have a one-year-old son, giovanni, and a dog. But I grew up in Cortland, ohio, up near Mosquito Lake. I lost my dad when I was in fifth grade. Everyone has a different trajectory in life. Mine was to kind of mature a little bit earlier than most. I had a unique perspective on things from an early age. I was kind of bullish. In high school I realized I wasn't going to be 6'1" like they told me I was when I was little. So I figured out real quick that coaching if I wanted to stay around the game was going to have to be an important avenue for me to investigate a little bit. So I graduated from Lakeview, went down to Ohio University for a year God bless that place. Harvard on the Hawking is great. I came back home, some family things going on and it was a blessing in disguise.
Speaker 2:
My first year at YSU I kind of made some connections with the football program and then we all know Bill Polini made his way through there in 2015. So that kind of started my coaching journey, if you will. I got my first three years of coaching under his toolage and his staff. That was great, learned a lot of great stuff Made a lot of great people. Then from there. It's kind of funny how things work. I met my future brother-in-law in my last year at YSU. His uncle just got the Niles job Jim Perry so I was lucky enough to get an interview with him, spent my next five years at Niles Larry Kemp on staff, dom Cotrone, ryan Barrett A lot of great people, a lot of great football minds. So I feel privileged to have spent some time there.
Speaker 2:
A young coach trying to move up, making a name for himself. I went on, took a coordinator position at Matthews' past season, got to talk a little bit in that last podcast, but that kind of catches you up on my football timeline. This will be my tenth season coming up. I'm excited. I feel very privileged to be around the people that I've got to be, even from a young age. I was a waterboy for Dick Engel at Howlin. Got to be around a lot of winning football there at a young age, so I was impressionable Even prior to that. My uncle was a coach around the time. Mcdaniels was at Harding. I got to see Maurice Corrett and whatnot. A lot of cool, lasting memories. It's really fostered the love for what I do. I'm just grateful that this has ended up being the life I got to live.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, man.
Speaker 2:
That sounds like it.
Speaker 1:
A lot has happened in just the short amount of time for you. You mentioned it a little bit there but, reiterating it, you went to college, and why did you pick to attend that college there? Just for strictly schooling.
Speaker 2:
Where are you?
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
YOU, yeah, so it was weird how it worked out. My buddy's uncle was the SI director down there our junior year of high school. That's a big year for sorting things out, putting out applications, scholarship offers and all that. I got to go down there. I didn't know Diddley Pooh about Ohio University. I didn't know where it was, how long it was going to take to get there, and I got there I go.
Speaker 2:
You know this is pretty sweet, coming from Portland, not a big city lights kind of guy, I'm a little more country if anything. So I kind of enjoyed how life kind of moved down there in the backdrop and the setting and all that. It's funny it was a number one party school at the time and that's what it's known for. But the academics there are tremendous. There's a lot of notable alumni and I felt very lucky to go there. Everyone thinks the common thing back in YSU he partied himself out. I left there with a 3A GPA. I really had to figure out how to kind of balance things out and stuff. It was a tremendous experience. A lot of good friends from there still and whatnot.
Speaker 1:
Man, I needed you back. When I was in college I went to a little old Bethany College in the backwoods of Bethany, west Virginia. It was fun time but didn't take schooling as seriously as I should have in the first couple of years there. Had to do a victory lap of fifth year, as I like to call it.
Speaker 2:
I did a voluntary fifth year I get it.
Speaker 1:
I always make the joke and I always tell people you don't get to be a stand up comedian because you're book smart. You know what I mean. It's not something that happens. You're a high school coach now, so take us what's the journey been like to getting to? You mentioned it a little bit in the opening. There You're coaching Journey to get to Matthews. What has that been like for you?
Speaker 2:
I'll never forget how it started out my first game. I was only in upper class b Friends. We were at Heinz Field playing pit Pretty good team at the time. They had James Conner senior year Forget who had. They had a couple of defensive players too. They're just tremendous. But we made that a game. We ended up losing 45, 37. But that first series.
Speaker 2:
So I'm up in the box. I got the headset on, taking it all in pregame watching the bands. I mean I'm a big college football fan. My dad is a massive Michigan fan. They put that in me from a young age. So I've been to the big house I don't know how many times, beaver stadium, so I'm a college football enthusiast.
Speaker 2:
So getting to be a part of it on the other side in the box and whatnot was extremely special. But I had to chart everything. So they're motioning, shifting, play, action. So Bo is very meticulous about his game planning and his strategy. I had eight to 10 fields I had to fill out for each play and then he'd go back over it with me when the offense was on the field. I did a real hack up job of it. I was not ready for it. It was moving way too quick for me. I don't know, I wasn't Matt Canada, I forget who it was. He had just been at Tennessee, I think maybe Jim Cheney, really complicated offense. So, bo's, like, all right, run it back for me, mariska, what do you got? And I had the tremor in my voice Like I remember it vividly. I got lambasted. I've never been yelled at like that in my life, besides my mom when I was younger. That was a real good wake up call to like, hey, the same candy land. Like, if you want to do this, like buckle up. Like you got to go right now, in hindsight, looking back, it was a pretty big spot. I could see I mean I'm not mad at myself that happened. I don't really know what I would have changed, but that was the first moment where I was like OK, welcome to the show.
Speaker 2:
Then that first year, you know you had to do a lot of changing around. What not get the culture in there? But that second year you had a lot of great valuable lessons. I didn't have a college break. We went all the way through, played Cooper Cup in the semifinals at Eastern Washington. That was surreal experience. And then playing the title game lost to James Madison, but first time YSU had been there since, I believe, 2000. And no 1999. So it was cool to get to be a part of that kind of see Youngstown get galvanized. It was really cool. We played Dallas Goddard in South Dakota State at home that year, beat them like, oh, now downtown. That was a really cool experience, especially as a college kid.
Speaker 2:
You hear the stories about how it was. I mean you're little, I was a 90s kid but you're not really paying attention to things like you are now. And to kind of see that for myself first hand and be a part of it was tremendous. And then, yeah, that kind of set me up for going to high school. Bigger traditional program like Niles, a lot of history. Felt very lucky to get to spend some time there, leave my fingerprints on that tradition. But it was kind of hard going back. I can't lie that first year back in high school it was like watching paint dry. You don't appreciate.
Speaker 2:
People think that there's such a big difference. You know Ohio State, michigan, notre Dame, compared to North Dakota State, ysu it's just a number of scholarships. I mean there's a lot of high level ball there. I got to coach two draft picks in Derrick Rivers and Avery Moss. So I got to see some real high end talent myself. But no real blessing. Got to coach Antoine Gardner. If anyone's in the Mahoning Valley it's just a big 22 to winner. Trummel County Player of the Year. So I've got to be around some good players at the high school level also. But very privileged to kind of have the trajectory that I've had. You got to get some breaks sometimes, make some connections and I've done that and I'm just excited. You know I'm not even 30 yet, just turned 29. Feel like a lot of good experience to kind of hang my hat off for not having a three in the tens column yet. So I'm excited about that. Feel very blessed.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and just making me feel old on here. I, yeah, you're all right man, I don't know. Yeah, no, but yeah, it's awesome to see somebody that you know has that passion for the game, like I played all growing up. All through high school I played ball and wasn't the best athlete on the field. I was a habitual backup, kind of that red zone threat at 6 foot 5 as a receiver. You know, when we got inside the 20, they're like all right, put Bono in, we're going to throw it up and hopefully he can get up over the, hopefully he can get up over the 5, 9 corner in safety and go and get the ball. So I knew my role and I executed it flawlessly, but also wasn't the biggest guy in the world. You know I graduated high school at 155 pounds, at 6 foot 5.
Speaker 1:
You were a string bean. So I was just a string bean. I wasn't. I was more of a swimmer than I was a football player. So it is what it is. But I've always said I think I would make a better coach than I would be a player, because I studied the game and then I, obviously being the backup, I got to see the game from a different angle and see it on the sidelines and see the whole field and watch everything as it's happening and breaking down and you know, having that trajectory, like you said, and getting that opportunity, I've always said it's I don't think it's what you know, I think it's who you know in life Exactly.
Speaker 2:
Made an interesting point, though I you know each year out of high school you get a little bit better as the stories go on. So I'm a pretty good football player now, as story has it. You know, in school I was fortunate. I was at Lake View at a time when Tom Pavlansky was there. We were on a hot street going to the playoffs, had a lot of really good players his teammates, classmates, friends, still buddies with a lot of them but I didn't really get to be a starter. I played a little bit my sophomore year real spottingly and same with my junior year, but I was behind some tremendous kids who were a year older than me and I didn't get to become a full-time starter until my senior year.
Speaker 2:
And you know to get to be around a coach like that, see how they operate day to day. Like you said, you're not, you don't have to, you should. But in high school you got various things you're concerned, worried, spending your time on, like you're not invested in the game plan, like you should be if you're not a starter, I think most people would say. And so you pay attention to the other stuff. And I learned so much, just even the trajectory I had as a player I appreciated a lot more my senior year than not.
Speaker 2:
You know, I think some of the guys that I played with they were a little more fortunate maybe played their freshman sophomore, junior year, but that had a lot to do with it too, kind of being off to the side. You kind of realized what you're like, you said, know your role and that kind of helped maybe jumpstart this too. Now I didn't go to you thinking I was going to be a coach. I was going for physical therapy at first. And then, big change of heart in October, I said what else can I do with myself? And I was like you know what? I've always wanted to coach that never. I took like a six month snooze in my head and went down there for teaching and that kind of that was like the coming to Christ I had. It was in my dorm room. I'm like I'm not passionate about this at all. I find something I'm passionate about, so that was a big part of it too.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and I've always said if you find something that you enjoy doing, you'll never work a day in your life. You know what I mean, Fully, and I say it all the time, and then you know that's why 11 year veteran at standup comedy, you know it's a lot of work, it's a lot of long days. You don't really get too many days off, but I don't feel like I'm working when I'm doing stuff for comedy and stuff like that. So I get that 100%. I want to go back a little bit, Since we had you on this past summer doing the preview of the Matthews football. How did the season turn out for y'all?
Speaker 2:
I feel across the board I could speak for everyone and saying that, you know, little disappointing in terms of where we expected to be, but still extremely proud of what the end result was. You know we went through a little of attrition. I learned a lot of things going to division seven. You know you don't have the numbers you have in division three or four where I started out with high school, so that was kind of a wake up call. And then you know the schedule being as hard as it was if you go back or heard that show, you know we were excited to kind of navigate that heart of a schedule, thinking you know we had a little bit more depth than we did and whatnot, and you know it ate us up. I give a lot of credit to those teams. There's some tremendous teams in there, a lot of playoff teams Yellowville, springfield, minnell Ridge, almost be Magador but at the same time we allowed ourselves to get consumed by it. Proud to say, we still did win two games because if you follow the team all year there were some real low points where you know you have kids out there that you know they're given 110 percent but, much like myself, you know they weren't blessed with the athletic gene in spades. So you know, you have to kind of get creative how you're playing chess as a coach Thought. We did that throughout the years of staff. So I'd say that the kids that ended it have created a tremendous foundation for next year moving forward, second year, the program under Coach Polta.
Speaker 2:
But I'd be lying if I, if you listen to the podcast, I can't look you in the eye and say that I had higher expectations than what we're achieving. But such is life. There's no, you know, it's high school kids. It's easy to get mad when it's kids on scholarship or someone getting paid millions. You know I couldn't be more proud of the kids that we had finish the year for us. We went through a lot of side circus stuff. I always laugh if I ever get to go to a program with enough of a fund or side money from the boosters that I'd get a sports psychologist. I mean, there's so many things going on with kids now that sometimes just keeping their cool and being able to have them where their feet are present in the moment goes a long way. So I learned a lot of lessons. I think we all did players, coaches alike but you know really proud of what we were able to accomplish.
Speaker 1:
When it's all said and done, yeah, you know, and at high school you know, obviously you want to win, you're looking to win, but I feel like if the kids are going out and they're giving it their all, that's going to teach them a lot more later in life than just going through and just knocking everybody down and winning and not having those trials and tribulations that you have throughout a career in high school football and stuff like that. I mean, I remember back when I was playing, we were five and five from my freshman year to my senior year and even then we went six and four and snuck into the playoffs. You know what I mean? Like it was, but just that. I remember sitting at my buddy's house for like the watch party when they were announcing the playoff field and we were like we have to make it this year. Like we were seniors, we can't not make it this year. We did everything we were supposed to do and when they said it you would have thought we already won the championship, just saying we got into the Super Bowl. So you know, having those Just watching the celebration, yeah, just having those years of just I don't want to say mediocrity, but mediocrity at five and five and then finally getting over that hump and getting into the playoffs.
Speaker 1:
I mean it was, it was amazing and it taught us a lot of like. This is how we have to work to get into achieve what we want to. And a lot of my buddies from the, from the team, are, you know. They've moved on to do bigger and better things. I know a couple of lawyers one's an economist, you know one's. One went to the quarterback, went to the military, played at West Point. You know that's beautiful. Yeah, you know it's. It's. It taught us a lot those those tough years that you have there. And, of course, every high school kid wants to, wants to win. But you know it's it's, it's, it's more important. They'll think about this later on in life, like I am in my mid 30s sitting here thinking like back to my high school.
Speaker 2:
Now in much to your point. I mean that was one of the things I wasn't wild about with college. You know there's a lot of money involved in that. There's scholarships, there's contracts, there's a lot of things that you know the day to day person doesn't think of that when you sit there. I wanted more of a pure experience and getting to help leave your fingerprints in a positive way on someone's life.
Speaker 2:
I think back to my life. I wasn't void of male role models but my coaches all played a very pivotal role in kind of creating who I was, teaching me some of those harder lessons. I mean my mom taught me all the real hard lessons. But being on time, going all the way, doing extra reps, you learn good things that even to this day it's like you know what Coach was crazy, but everything he said spot on. I'm even in teaching Some of those core principles and stuff that you carry with you for your life. That's why I, like I said by the record, it's disappointing, but I couldn't be more proud because I really feel like the kids that stuck it out, they really got their bargain. This year we became a more mature team. As we went through the year we learned some lessons we learned how you had to take care of your body, how you have to lock in mentally, walk through days of work. Day two it's a lot of good stuff.
Speaker 1:
So core stuff. You mentioned one thing that I know I'll touch on this real quick, then we'll kind of move on a little bit. But you know, I'd learned something very quickly and it was ingrained in my head is A from my dad all the way up to my high school coaches. They had a role. It was the Lombardi role 15 minutes early is on time. On time is late. If you're late you shouldn't even bother showing up. I'm 34 years old and I still live like that today.
Speaker 1:
Even showing up to work, I'm always like a half hour early for when my shift starts. My boss called me one day and I go in at nine and he called me at 8.30. He was like I know you're not at the office. I was like I'm sitting at the office, like what do we need to talk about? He was like wow, you're early. I was like early is on time, man. Even today he called me and I was still early. But I was only like five, 10 minutes early for my shift and he called me. I was like hey man, sorry I'm running late, he goes. You know you don't open for like another 10 minutes. I'm late for my time.
Speaker 2:
I'm late for my time.
Speaker 1:
Your standard.
Speaker 2:
The standard is the standard.
Speaker 1:
They appreciate it. You know what I mean. But yeah, that reminds me, made me think like that's been ingrained in me since I was in junior high. Here, Early is on time, On time is late. If you're late, don't even bother showing up. Yeah, the score values that stick with you a lot later. But I need to know this and I feel like there's going to be a lot of good stories with this kind of wrap up topic here a little bit. But you've gotten to coach with former guest of the show, Drew McLaughlin. What has that been like?
Speaker 2:
It's been a fun experience Really. Get along with Coach McLaughlin well. I've learned a lot more about Lowville getting a coach with him. You know everyone from down there. They're very proud to be from down there, so you get a lot of good stories, learn a lot about the culture down there. Went to my first Lowville festival this summer so I feel like I've got to partake a little bit in what's going on down there on the other river. But no, it's been great. He's a great guy. I've got to pick up some things from him coaching. I hope he's got to for me.
Speaker 2:
I'm excited, just kind of where we both are. We have similar you know, as that we blazed for ourselves. I feel like just kind of the natural turnover that's going on in the area with some of the coaches whenever it is probably each get our chance to be in the limelight, like that or the sunshine, I don't know. I'm excited to see where we go. That's the fun thing about being this young. We look at people like Bill Bourne and they've done it for how many years and to think that it's my 10th season already, but I'm only 29. That's kind of exciting. What you could do with the experience and age combo is. I'm sure he's thinking too. So fun time getting to coach with him. Yeah absolutely.
Speaker 1:
We love Drew here on the show. He's been on a plethora of times and you know I always I'm always looking for good stories when it comes to, you know, former guests.
Speaker 2:
I don't want to get into anything. You know too deep. What they say is true. He could get after it. Oh yeah, absolutely. He's still got that college Gene. He ain't that old yet.
Speaker 1:
No, yeah, I mean, he made me feel real old when we were at Johnny's wedding this past couple of months ago. Oh, yeah, yeah, we were there and you know I was watching him and I was just like man, like I'm hurting Just thinking about doing it.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I don't know if it's because I'm so much fatter than he or what, but I don't, I don't have the bounce back. He does. I don't know, but my, my, my gray hair must be a couple of shades darker than his because I'm. I can't do it like he can anymore.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, it was even the the morning after you know getting up and everyone's leaving the hotel. And I looked at him and he's kind of like just still bouncing around and I was just like man, this is a two day recovery for me. It was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1:
Get your sea legs back on together. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, excuse me, but yeah, it was. It's great to know him and, you know, glad you had a good experience with him, absolutely and that for sure, and was glad to hear you know that you had some positive takes over the, the Matthew season and everything like that. Um, because I do follow everybody that's been on the show, uh, sports wise and everything like that. Uh, my phone never stops going off with uh, updates and stuff like that and I was, I was glad to follow you guys and see you know kind of in here the. The positive news is that happened after that.
Speaker 1:
But, um, I do got to get this segment in here, chris, before we end the show, cause we are wrapping up here near the end of the episode and that is the fast fitty five. Five random questions from the wonderful manager of the podcast, johnny Fitty Falcone. He sent these today. Um, you've been on before. I don't think we had a fast five with the Matthews preview, but kind of rapid fire. But you can elaborate if you need to for the new listeners out there. Uh, so if you are Freddie, we can get going.
Speaker 2:
I'm ready, I can't wait. If Fitty came up with them, I'm I'm ready. I had to sit up in my chair.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, I'm ready to go, absolutely Cause. The first question is the doozy. Okay, uh, question one. What would be more terrifying to see a myrtle, half man, half turtle, or a real life T Rex?
Speaker 2:
I'll leave it, merle. I feel like T-Rex has existed, so I'm.
Speaker 1:
Merle, Merle. Yeah, that's it, Merle. That's off the rip. He's starting with that. Question number two if someone got married at 1 pm and then had their reception from 3 to 7 pm in the afternoon, what would your thoughts be on this?
Speaker 2:
I hope they don't expect me there at 1. I'd probably show up around 3.34. I'm cool with it, you do you, but I hope they don't expect me there at the beginning.
Speaker 1:
I don't understand that question. Uh-oh, uh-oh, is that Fiddy's time? No, no, no, no, he was. I was gonna say, remember to be careful what I said. No, he was a little letter. You're good, You're good. Question number three is Cavatelli or Gnocchi better?
Speaker 2:
Ooh, ooh, that's a good Italian question. See, those are probably two of my top three. I'd have to say Cavatelli. Because of its availability, it's more available. I am a hidden Gnocchi fan, though I eat it quite a bit.
Speaker 1:
Love the singers. They hit heavy. Oh, absolutely. My mom makes a homemade Gnocchi for the holidays. I cannot wait for Christmas. I cannot wait. Question number four if all the flamingos in the world waged a war against all the mice in the world, who would win?
Speaker 2:
They say the mice low man always wins. They'd be able to, you know, take advantage of leverage. I think the flamingos would have a really hard time. That webbed foot's not really you know, a lot of weight I'm taking. The mice Low man wins always.
Speaker 1:
I love the sports reference to that too as well. That's phenomenal. All right, last question here what is more impressive? Speaking five languages that are not your native language or learning to become a professional piano player by just listening and never reading music?
Speaker 2:
Now, no, not bad. I was in foreign language. I'd say that the languages were harder, and I'm an auditory learner too, so I feel like I maybe have some success with the playing the piano, but I don't know, that's hard. You get to that real high-level stuff. I'm probably. I'm a go speaking the five languages, though I just because of my experience I that was a poor Antonio was not good in Spanish. I was in trouble a lot.
Speaker 1:
You're good man, I, yeah, I, I'd have to go with the languages on that one too. I got. I have to answer that one because you know, I, I taught myself how to play the guitar at a young age. You know just from listening, and I don't know how to read music to this day, you know, and it's still like you know, it was hard. But yeah, five languages, I, I, I failed at Spanish in high school, in Italian in college and I'm Italian and I didn't do well in it.
Speaker 2:
You know, I wonder, I do an Italian class too. I know all the Italian slang for my uncles and all the family parties. I don't know, if anything they would show up on my quiz.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, absolutely Quick story, and then we'll wrap up here because you know we brought it up. I still remember my first couple days of Italian classes in college. Is the professor asked you like now I know everyone knows the, the bad words that everybody says, the curse words. We're not gonna say those in here. He goes. But does anybody have any other questions? And I come from a very big Italian family. Like my great-grandparents Were straight off the boat like so like they spoke very broken English, so I learned a little bit and I was like I got to know, because my grandmother says this all the time. I know what the words mean separately, I don't know what it means together. And she would always say start the G to fa J. And I said that to him and he, yeah, you're laughing, I know what it means now, but and I was like I don't know what that means. And he goes In layman's term your grandmother is telling you to shut your face, like that.
Speaker 2:
For how we're gonna talk in this classroom. That's an obvious.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, he's like, he told you to shut your face. And I was like, yeah, that makes sense, because we always knew when grandmother lost English, it went to Italian. It's time that she's telling you she's no longer responsible for her actions.
Speaker 2:
That's what you're in trouble. Yeah, that was like sign in the waiver. She's clear, she's absolved.
Speaker 1:
Absolutely, but that. That just reminded me that always. That always makes me laugh when I think of that. But Of course, we are running down to the end of the episode here. I do give every guest this opportunity at the end of the show here, so I'm gonna give you about a minute. If there's anything you want to get out there, anything that you have going on, or even if it's just a good message message I'm gonna give you about a minute and the floor is yours, man.
Speaker 2:
Cool, yeah, I, you know my. I teach in the resource room out at Lordstown High School and my kids always asked me what I'm doing. So I brought up the podcast. I told him I'd give him a shout out if I had a second. So shout out to everyone of mr Morris goes class Lordstown High School, you know, is a holidays approach. You know, be be generous to one another, don't be hateful. I always said I went through a lot of dark times when I was younger. You know, trying to navigate things without your dad being around, and you know there's nothing worse than the feeling of being low. So, uh, you know, reach out to someone you haven't talked in a while, check on them, see how they're doing mental house a big deal around this time of the year and Just spread love. Your life's too short to hate. My wife's grandfather told us in the wedding video and I still say life's only a minute long, so treat it as such. You know it's too short to hold branches, so be it up, not a hot.
Speaker 1:
Man, I love it when people and on a good message you know I'm all for helping people promote and get anything out there that they have to get out there, but when it's a good message I I almost hate to have to do a sponsorship read honestly, but I do. That being said, I Not the ruined Chris's message there, but everybody. If you enjoyed this show. We do have a support page and a patreon page where you can see the video of every episode here. I'm also giving away, at certain levels of the patreon page, free merchandise that you can get every three months for the first year that you are a Member. It starts low with just like a postcard and it goes all the way up to a full-size poster that you can get For free just for being a member of the patreon community helps us support the show, helps us keep this podcast going and helps us keep rolling. So I'd appreciate it if everyone could go and subscribe.
Speaker 1:
I will also give you a full week free Before you pay anything to make sure you're going to like the content. You get a lot more exclusive episodes behind the scenes, unedited versions of the podcast here, so you get to see all of my mess ups how many times I say um throughout the Show and some good laughs that we have Behind the scenes too as well. So be there and check that out, for sure you will not be disappointed. That being said, that is going to do it for this week's episode of the ride home rands podcast. I want to thank Chris Marscoe for joining the show today. This was a lot of fun to reconnect and touch base with you and see how everything was going and to hear your story and everything like that. As Always, if you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If you didn't tell them anyways, they might like it just because you didn't. That's gonna do it for me and I will see y'all next week.
