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[Kevin T.]

Well, as the topic name implies, i ain't too happy at the moment. WARNING: I'm not asking you to read this, i just want to get it off my chest (and as this is the off-topic section, i figured it'd be ok to do it. if you guys don't think it's ok, lemme know. thanks)

Well, at my hs's (DePaul) basketball tryouts, the head coach, who's one of the best in the area, told us that we were the most talented freshman class he's ever seen. Well, i made the freshman team (thanks to 7 freshman moving up) and we were all psyched, thinking that we were gonna go 20-0 and kick ass every game. 2 days before our first game, against Caldwell, our "star" PG, from caldwell, tells us that Caldwell sucks. So, at least half the team gets this feeling that we'll just go out there and kick their asses. well, some of us set ourselves up.

home opener against Caldwell: 47-26 Caldwell-we got our asses kicked. We just forgot everything-we didn't box out, we didn't play defense (we couldn't even play man to man for 5 minutes), our guards couldn't run the offense and we bunched up, we turned the ball over, and when the guards penetrated and attracted a double or triple team, they couldn't find the open man or finish. our coach told us that the only good thing he saw that he liked was that our fastbreak offense had potential.

i know it's just a freshman team, but i feel responsible and i feel like i let my team down. I stepped up to be the leader of this team, and we've lost our 2 games by a combined score of 102-48 (in our game last night, our opponents scored more points (55) than we have all season (48)) i just feel like it's my fault for not stepping up enough and doing more on the court. My numbers aren't huge or whatever, noone on the team has great #s. I've only scored 2 points, grabbed like 5 boards, and had maybe 4 assists in the 2 games. I just feel like i stepped up to be the leader and now i can't fulfill that leadership role.

Anyway, if you did choose to read this, thanks. I just wanted to get this off my chest so i can move on. We got 18 games to go, so what's done is done. i just gotta try harder and move on. Hopefully, the rest of the team will do the same.

[jc228]

You know, last I checked, basketball is a team sport. So unless you're Michael Jordan Jr., I wouldn't get all bent out of shape about your lack of success on the court, however temporary it might be.

That said, 80% of being a leader of a team happens off the court. You need to make the guys around you believe in themselves and in the team. If they're discouraged before the game even starts, you aren't going to win many games.

Just my two cents. [img]smile.gif[/img]

~jc228