In her excitement at how decisively and well Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis answered her call on Tuesday during a 45-minute visit at the end of the day at Withrow High School, Katie Frankey thought of the ultimate in athletics.
“A hole in one,” but the 10th grade English teacher immediately caught the mixed metaphor.
“Wrong sport,” she acknowledged.
But her instincts cut right through a fairway that has not always been so easy to negotiate these days.
Even at storied Withrow on the eastern fringe of the Cincinnati Public Schools, where down through the years it has stood as an architectural gift as well as a local powerhouse yielding a diverse roster of alumni.