Chapter 17
A New Coaching Plan
When the Coach sat down at the counter, Hank was taking
an order and did not see him. The Coach pulled his
notebook out of his pocket and made some notes in it.
Shortly after, Wally entered with his usual fanfare.
When he’d sat down, Hank turned around.
“Coach, didn’t see you sitting there until the human
megaphone came in!”
The Coach just nodded and took the menu in hand as
Wally held forth. “More on these damned buyouts. I’m
thinking about starting a business, tanking it, and then
asking the feds to bail me out.”
The Coach just listened.
“Remember that old Peter Sellers movie, The Mouse
that Roared, about the country that was going bankrupt?
They declared war on the U.S., knowing that we’d bail ...