End of a Week ! TGIF

A. Basketball
1. Coaching (middle School)-Well we lost yesterday, 60-40. If there were any positives it was that the second half was more about me substituting players then about coaching. I was giving more praise for the positives then the identification of forgotten drills and skills. It should be noted that I had to reprimand 3 players because of discipline reasons during an activity last friday while I was away at a conference. They weren't allow to play(suspended 1 game). Unfortunately the grade bug has bitten 2 varsity players this season. That is something that hasn't happened in my 5 yrs or coaching here. Wow !

Well we play today against an always good Haddon Twp. team. I will take my new found skill of highlighting the positive and having fun today with me.

2. Reporting on Former Players (High School) Of the kids from my years past, only one kid's team will make the NJSIAA playoff field this year.. Of Course it's St. Pats with nice record of 17-3, ranked top 5 in state and top 20 in country. Go MIKE !!!

To my other players Jaheem, Brian, Hassan, Mar-Mar, and Nigel, continue to play hard.

3. Following Minnesota (Tubby Time !) Minnesota lost to Wisconsin, and KP played 7 min. In win against Northwestern KP played a whopping 0 minutes again ! What the heck is going on with his playing time ? I can't figure it out.

B. Bowling
1. Tuesday Nite Mixed League (Da Incredibles) We lost all four.. Look at me.. I'm not to upset. I didn't bowl particularly well. A 181, 201, 171, just wasn't enough to propel my team to a win. Before evening we were in 2 or 3rd place.

2. Wednesday Nite Mens League (X-Men, appropriately named, LOL) From the bottom to the top in just 3 weeks. When we started the second half we were a dismal 1-7. Over the last 3 weeks we have managed to win 12 out of 12 to improve our record to 13-7 and climb to 3rd place out of 12 teams. We are not hitting on all cylinders but we are doing what we have to, to win. Some would call this scrapping. Next week we have a team that we had some issues with the last time we bowled. We were in a pretty heated argument over something..LOL.. I just want to flat out beat them bad this time.

C. Golfing
1. More like my struggles with golf
2. Places I've played- We will be playing over the spring break in the Virginia Beach area. Golf trip. I am praying for good weather.. (March)

That's all for now ! That's my story, that's my sports Blog !

Ups and Downs of Coaches

A. Basketball- Roller Coaster in my world of basketball this week.

1. Coaching (middle School) - We won are second game of the week. I don't recall the final school but we were up at least 15. This was very misleading as the other team was a feeble opponent. I saw little effort on defense as a whole. I included the B Team in play as well. I played 18 kids in this game and it showed. Again we won, but I didn' t feel like we won.
2. Reporting on Former Players (High School) Spoke to one of my former players and I thought they would have a tough challenge at home on Thursday night. Turns out his High School team did much better then I expected. In fact they were up and lose in the final seconds of the game. Unfortunately they won't make the High School Playoffs this year. That was very disappointing as it's the coaches final year (resigning).

3. Following Minnesota (Tubby Time !) -Minnesota beat Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Final score was 77-65. You know I have to support family, but his play was cut for the first time since he's been able to play there. He inked 0 minutes in the win.. OK, I'll be honest I didn't see the game (Away at Conference), but I was checking the live feed to my phone to check his stats. I was extremely disappointed that Tubby (Smith) didn't play him at all. So I thought about my own coaching and said, I guess I understand if you are losing and your playing the startin 5, plus maybe 3-4 deep from bench. Minnesota was winning, by as much as 21 and your don't play everyone, thats upsetting. My philosophy (and I don't have a NCAA Championsip under my belt) is to Playing everyone if we're getting blown out. Play everyone if you're blowing someone out. Finally, go 7-8 deep if I am in a tight game. What do I know!!!

B. Bowling

1. Tuesday Nite Mixed League (Da Incredibles)

2. Wednesday Nite Mens League (X-Men, appropriately named, LOL)- We won all for to improve to a mediocre 9-7. Here is the kicker, we have won our last 6 games and 2 wins for total pins for a total of 8 wins.. We are in the middle of the standings with, OOOOOOOOOO 14 weeks to go. Again, we won the first half and are in the end of the year championship. My thinking is to continue to bowl, rather then lay off like the NFL Team that has the division won with home field advantage. Stats this week: Joe 535 series, Kurt 523 series, Eddie 614 series and a 250 game 2, Randy 612 series, and Calvin with a 484 series. This is a team game so we will all have good weeks, we just cant all have a bad week, like the first two weeks.

C. Golfing-Nothing to report.
1. More like my struggles with golf
2. Places I've played