Now where do I begin with the taste of defeat in my oral cavity? I feel as if the air has been taken from my lungs and the room is just getting smaller and smaller. We lost to Fort Meade again and I believe this was the final blow for the Warriors as we know it. Right now I beg each of you reading this blog to think back to a time in your life when you were at your best. A time where the things that you did made you feel free and kept your spirits up. Simple things like playing basketball, talking on the phone, or just hanging out with friends was all that you needed. I guess the joy that was, is no more! As for me basketball was a place where I could just be FREE, and just enjoy this unproblematic game. I don’t feel that joy anymore in basketball b/c Fort Meade has stripped that joy from this aging heart of mine.
Can you believe that the Warriors lost their concept of what it means to play basketball? Yeah we look great on paper but this entire program has the game all wrong. We are a team that only wants to play offense. Does anyone including myself know what DEFENSE means? The entire tournament we stressed all the wrong things when the answer was right there, DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE! Does scoring 25 points and allowing your man to score 25 points mean you had a good game? Does dishing out 10 assist and turning the ball over nine times mean you had a good game? Does showing up at practice everyday on time and then getting into the game and doing absolutely nothing, mean you had a good practice? Many of the Warriors including myself will be better off just sitting the games out and searching within ourselves on whether or not the love for basketball that we once had is still inside us.
Only God knows if this team will make it through a full season. It has been only four regular season games played thus far and the odds are against the Warriors. Another wasted year of a very talented team which seems to be fermenting like a nice cold HeinkenBeer! Fermentation, which involves the process of energy production in a cell under anaerobic conditions, the process that will make or break this team. Without oxygen is how I see it! There is no air in this team! But on the flip side, that malted barley ended up in your glass without oxygen and you loved every last drop of it! So with your next draft make a toast to the Warriors and hope that the brewing of this year’s team makes it to the tap!
There is a BROTHERHOOD that is being built with this team and the only question that remains is……….. WILL YOU BE A PART OF IT?For more stats, scheduling, and season updates visit www.quickscores.com/wamac
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You're right defense will be the key to the Warriors winning games. Unfortunately, no one on the team plays the ball both ways. I know this is a basketball blog, but to borrow some words from Ray Lewis (who knows a thing or to about defense)"Defense wins championships!". Until the Warriors learn that they will continue to lose to teams like Fort Meade. Hopefully, the team can get it together before it's too late!
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ReplyDeleteDefense is important but, if you really want to win, the hell with the rules. Play dirty! set illegal picks, back cuts, trip the opposition! Play dirty, and play good defense, and when they go to the hole knock the shit out of em'. They'll think twice about bringing it in the lane, and be forced to shoot jump shots. If they can't shoot, you even the game by out rebounding them. If they are good jump shooters, foul em' on the jump shots, make them earn it from the line. The Detroit Pistons won (2) championships like this. Basketball is not all X's & O's sometimes, it's a mental game too. Trust me, when you start knocking the shit out of em' going to the hole, and step your defense up, it'll take the opposition out of their game. Change what you're doing, or keep gettin what you're getting. And I guess that's getting your Ass whipped.
KDUB
This goes out to KDUB... WOOSAH! MY MAN! lol
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