You must hold it tight GIRL

"Can't hold on to the lamp, can't hold on to the football "

Charles Billingsley said this because one of the players weren't able to hold a ball so he was trying to make a connection that holding a football is like hold a very expensive lamp in your hands.And that's suppose to mean if you aren't able to hold a lamp you wouldn't be able to hold a football in your arms.Witch brings you to the conclusion that you can't and shouldnt be a ball carryer.He was saying this to his son Don Billingsley because he wasn't able to hold a lamp and he dropped it then his dad was yelling at him because he has failed to hold and a lamp and he wants to be a running back so his dad was trying to make him better