Peeping in on the kid’s football game while I am blogging. It’s already 40-14 and they look awful… as usual. Smart coach would look to next seaosn already–deciding how he can build up his Juniors and below while giving his Seniors a last chance to enjoy their careers. From a pop perspective that means lettign my kid play both sides of the rock and develop into the weapon the QB needs next year. Maybe even pulling the Senior starter late in blowouts to give the next man up some real reps so he doesn’t show up senior year with minimal game time.
That isn’t happening. I hope the guy gets fired. Trash everyone but the very solid DC (who is a great DB coach). This is how I feel after the latest beatdown. They’re a team that doesn’t have a winning culture with a coach (a series of 5 in a row now) that has no idea how to create one. It is a tough thing to watch, but I believe that it will harden my kid. You have to learn how to lose and you have to learn how to win. That second part is easier if you have a history of losing. Losing is adversity. Being able to deal with that holding your head up high is what I want to see the kid learn.
The upside is that the last three games are truly winnable games. The next one ought to be the hardest of the three, and if they can pull that off, they may get to a 5 win season for the first time in a long time. The bad news about that is that it will engrain the coach aa a winner, but the proof of what I am seeing game after game is that he isn’t that.
Some Thoughts:
- Not much to be said more on the subject. Moreover, too much is constantly said on the subject already. Balance in all things. Balance for the sake of my mind!