I keep having this moment where I think that the people and programs I love are on the edge of a breakthrough and then… collapse. I just finished watching the Giants do it. I watched my youngest do it earlier today. I realized in him that he doesn’t want to play football, he wants to be the star without grinding. It is a difficult thing to recognize in a kid. He begged forever for a chance to play seven on seven and I found him a spot and the first ting he said was, “Is there a better team I can play for?” He isn’t willing to be on a bad team anymore. he just wants to be on a spotlight squad winning championships. That makes me feel like he isn’t going to make it through high school and certainly not college ball. He isn’t the guy who is going to grind from the ground up to earn that smoke.
On the other hand, the Giants just aren’t there yet. They don’t have the talent and may not for another year or two. Yet they have the foundations and they have the people who want to work their asses off to be good. That matters the most in my book.
Some Thoughts:
- On a major losing streak in Madden. Cannot win against the boys anymore. I’m struggling to even make the games competitive. I’m finally resorting to deep research to figure out the best plays to run and pass the ball and I’m trying to put those together into a cohesive system, but these sure fire plays just don’t work for me. I have to face the fact that I am predictable as a play caller and not very good at the game.