Well, we lost to South Florida Express, but it was a very exciting game. We went back and forth, each team matching each others scores until the last minute and we were down by 6 we had the ball on the 40 and needed to score. All game without Jordan Hogue we didn't even really miss him much because Shaq Vann, a running back in high school who plays in the slot at receiver for us, from South Bend Adams dominated the middle of the field catching big time touchdown after big time touchdown. We also had other receivers step up and play great for us. On fourth down we threw a fade and it was a bad read by our QB and it was intercepted (which gives them three more points) so we lost by 9, but it was a valiant effort on our part and all the members of the team knew we could have won this whole thing if we just took care of the little details here and there. In sports, in business, in life, it all comes down to details and a constancy of purpose (similar to W. Edwards Deming's first point in his 14 points).
As I sit here in the air port writing this all down waiting for a flight from Tampa to Charlotte, I think back at the weekends events and one of the biggest things we had to manage as a staff was the mindsets of the players. The mental approach they take day in and day out and in football each drive is a mental stressor for offense and defensive players to forget what happened and make changes for the next drive. So many players need to be coached in different ways and getting to know them over the past few months has been vital in becoming an effective coach to them. To see these kids come from all different backgrounds and work together and our coaches come from just as diverse of backgrounds and experiences and find commonalities to grasp onto and create a successful environment it is clearly a small scale example of what life is all about. Finding your niche, competing, overcoming adversity, and being emotionally invested in something even if the outcome isn't favorable is all beneficial for personal growth and development.
Flight's about to leave my lap top must be shut off. I will post tomorrow when I get home after summer school! What an experience I had a ton of fun and learned so much about these people and myself.
Flight's about to leave my lap top must be shut off. I will post tomorrow when I get home after summer school! What an experience I had a ton of fun and learned so much about these people and myself.
