I put a lot of stock in the idea of universal tides. This is the premise that there are certain things in the universe that are going to happen for whatever reason and you really can’t stop them. The best you can hope for is to be aware of them before they come to pass, so that you are prepared and perhaps insulated. Then again, I’m a bit of a stubborn mule myself. Despite repeated evidence of the futility of the effort, I continue to swim against the tide, or as Wesley Snipes once famously put it, “Ice skate uphill.”
To stay with the Wesley quotes a moment longer, “You either smoke, or you get smoked.” We got smoked today in two age groups. The 6-7 free fall continues with a cavalcade of tears and busted attitudes. 2 straight blow out losses and I’m down to less than five players I can depend on to go out there and give their all if their not up by 3 scores. It was actually worse for the formerly undefeated 8-9 squad who was beaten thoroughly by the best team they’ll see for the rest of their lives: themselves. Errors cost us a game we should have won by at least two touchdowns. Worse still, it was a loss to a team that I don’t particularly like. Short of the head coach, the coaching staff is mean, demeaning, and should not be around kids at all.
Not even their own.
The sad fact is I saw this loss coming a week in advance and tried everything in my power to change the tide. Nothing worked. Our team was in the best position to win on practically every play and could not perform at all on offense. The drops seemed to ring up in the double digits, and the unforced errors on defense still have a sneer hanging from my lips. Yeah, its kids below the age of 10, but no matter how old you are if you care about something enough to fight that much for it, then it matters.
Some Thoughts:
- Facebook is evil. I mean, what else would you call daily updates of the life you aren’t living and the friends you never get to see?
- Still pissed off. This may last a while.
- Shiva Keshavan is my new hero. You shouldn’t–heck, you really cannot–do what he did and still finish the run. #BMF