Winnable games. When I think about the crazy loss Colorado suffered last week the first thing that springs to mind is winnable games. See, some players are just about the showboating and acting like they are better than they are without putting in the level of work needed to be great. You can see it in practice habits and you can see it in performance/will. I’m watching it unfold at the high school level. My freshman son had a winnable game a few weeks ago. They faced a Valley Vista team that is terrible. Yet they went into the game feeling like they didn’t need to work to win. It got worse when they took the lead–the first of the season for them. My son’s team lost that game. It wasn’t in the dramatic fashion that Colorado got got, but it was disappointing to behold. Tonight they face an Ironwood team that is flat out awful. However, that team does have talent and an ability to make big plays. I worry about the response to adversity for my boy’s team. I worry that they won’t be able to take the next step and respond to the punch. I hope they learned from the last loss not to take anyone for granted, because doing so is at their own peril.
Some Thoughts:
- Struggling right now in fantasy. Hoping to move to 2-4 in the family league, but even that doesn’t promise a shot at the playoffs. I need to go on a serious run.
- In the money league I just went down hard to the #1 team. This was my playoff opponent last year and our first matchup of the season went to him. The loss sent me way down the chart to middle of the pack vs. second place. I need to get back up in order to make a solid playoff run. That may mean making some trades to develop a roster that will perform well into the late season.