first game

So this is going to be very short, but I've been asked by a lot of people how the season is going. Our second game is tomorrow.

Our first game started very well. At half we were up by 12 in what wound up being a 33 point game. The kids were playing 'd' and responding to all of my instructions. Then came the fourth quarter and the game had tightened, as had my players sphinctors. We wound up committing 8 turnovers in the 4th quarter as giving up 12 points to their "best player" and losing by one. 34 - 33. I was less than thrilled with our utter meltdown in the 4th quarter. I also was less than thrilled by the sideline coaching that some of the parents were doing. We gave up 24 of the other teams 33 points to one player. When he shot, even from behind the 3-point arc, which he hit 5 of, his shot did not go any higher than 10'8" off of the ground. It was like a laser beam.

Our offense was stagnant at best and there was a lot of moaning and groaning. But we are developing a good sense of family and I think they will rally and continue to figure it out. I had to bench one of our best players for showboating in the game, which really hurt, and the island is not used to our style of defense so, by the end of the game, we had 4 of our 10 players with 4 fouls... That hurt. But we all mad emistakes, including me, but I did draw up a play with 2 seconds left in the 1st half that go us a layup and I felt like a real coach after that. I fully expect to win a lot this year, even though I feel like our talent is subpar on the island. But that is all for now and I'll try to write more later. Feel free to write a comment if you enjoyed or didn't. Just let me know that someone is reading this other than the fam! Toodles.