Offseason

Offseason usually consist of people working on their game. Working on their game means working on things that they aren't good at and things that they are good it. What many people seem not to realize is that the offseason is a time where you need to get stronger. A strong body can carry you along through the whole season than a weak body. If only everybody believed in this work ethic we could get so much better. Unfortunatelly there is only a couple people that believe in this work ethic and we all know a couple people won't win you games the whole team will win you games. If you want to win you have to sacrifice at times to get better and the offseason is the best way to get better.

My view on basketball

After, this season i honestly don't care as much as i did about it. I would rather coach it than play it especially after this season. This season made me realize some things. Things such as what to do and what not to do during the season. Basketball is a hard sport to coach especially at a college level. To be successful at a college level to me is to win unfortunately we weren't successful to me! As a basketball team we meaning coaches and players need to be on the same agenda and i believe this year we weren't. A team is suppose to be a family a family is suppose to lead towards a companionship and we did not meet this requirement. At a college level i feel like we play it to win it not to have fun.

Last Days

Well its exam week so we all know what that means school is soon to be over with. What a long year. A year that went through many trials and errors. A year that i learned from and regret and at times i cherish though. The funny part is i'm going back to the school that i came from. Will i ever come back and support mount st joesph lions basketball team honestly there isn't no way in the world that i would come back and support them. What i found interesting is when someone asked me what will i miss the most about the school. I told them i would miss the weight room because this is the place where i spent majority of time in. The last days oh what a year, oh what a school oh what a student!

Meeting with my advisor

I think this was the best meeting i ever had at the Mount St Joseph. I feel like my advisor really understood and cared about my situation. I think she actually realizes that our head coach can't really keep African American male students on the team. She gave me a helping hand by not only by listening but she also gave me her own personal cell phone number and said if i ever need her i can always call her for help. That made me feel so much better. Being a former coach i feel like she knew where i was coming from. Especially me being at a Division 3 school which isn't on athletic scholarship and my love for the game is going away she knew i needed to just focus on academics and do whatever i need to do to excel in my academics. For we all know academics is one of the most important things in college.

meeting about vacation

Not more than two weeks after the season we had a meeting dealing with the team vacation over the summer, job opportunities over the summer and rewards. I seriously don't know why i attented this meeting knowing that i wasn't coming back. All i could do is sit back and laugh at all the things that was going on. First thing first is we had to pick people for awards. One award that caught my eye and couple other people's eye was the best defensive on the team. The people who i thought had the best defensive didn't get enough playing time on varsity to receive this award. So i filled in no one because no one on the varsity level play defensive. The second agenda in this meeting was about summer vacation/tournament. He started giving outrageous prices on the trip which i found to be to much money for a trip. Then he started giving out ideas for fundraisers which i thought would never work.

Banquet

I guess after a year no matter how bad or how good we do the Mount st Joseph Lions have a basketball banquet. A banquet where you can enjoy your self, eat, give out rewards and reflect on the previous season and look forward towards the next. Common sense would tell you since i haven't got in contact with the coaches, or any of the other captains and since i been telling people i wasn't coming back i would not even want to attend this banquet. The banquet was held at the head Coach's house so that's a definite no to come. I just hate when people try to act all concern with you when you are face to face with you but when you aren't they are totally fake to you. In this situation one can email you so much but when they see you in the halls of the school they won't say one word to you or just act like they don't know you. I thought we all were suppose to be a team actually a team/ family. Exactly fakeness is what some, many people on my team consist of.

The first talk

While waiting for class to start i find one of my closest friends at Mount St Joseph and speak to him about our previous basketball season. We talk about all the the fun we had which wasn't alot, all the hard times we had and just in general all the things we didn't understand about coaching, coaches,players and plays. While talking we saw one of our assistant coaches. We found this funny because both us were trying to avoid all coaches because we both were not returning the next year. As the coach saw us i knew he found it necessary to conversate with us. So, he grabbed a chair and sat down right next to us and began a conversation. Before he could say anything i asked him "You know i'm not coming back next year!" his response was i know. I guess he could sense this during the middle of season towards the end when i started to get fed up with things. Then he started giving me all types of ideas why i shouldn't come back even though the ideas he mention were to pursue me to come back but, unfortunately they didn't.