Montgomery Catholic’s Aubrey Blackwell on noise surrounding high school athletes

Montgomery Catholic football coach Aubrey Blackwell believes players should focus on life beyond the scoreboard. Blackwell notes that while athletes haven’t changed, the pressures of social media and recruiting have intensified. He emphasizes teaching players to separate their identity from their athletic performance and to focus on the “next play” in life. There’s a scoreboard at every football game. Montgomery Catholic football coach Aubrey Blackwell thinks his players need to learn not to live by it. That doesn’t mean Blackwell doesn’t care about winning. He does. Blackwell knows the expectations that come with coaching football in Alabama, and he knows…