Dear Mr. SweaterVest CoachGuy,
Congratulations. With the chance to knock of the Yankees of college basketball, the Cowboys of the hardwood, Duke University, you were able to draw up some of the worst plays in the history of organized basketball.
Sure, we could criticize your team's inability to do anything akin to playing hard in the final minutes with a lead. You looked like a football team with a 2 point lead playing prevent defense with 6:00 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. What happened to the attacking, penetraing, 3 point jacking group of kids you broght into the opening round match with the Pukies? Certainly someone told those kids to hold the ball and milk the clock. And if it wasn't you, sir, then someone on your assistant coaching staff needs to be fired.
But instead, I would like to focus on the inbounds play with 4 seconds to go. Admittadly, teams in the postseason are at a disadvantage due to the excessive amount of scouting done by each teams' coaches. The picketfence you ran in the conference opener back in January will surely not work. So instead, Mr SweaterVest CoachGuy, you decide to throw the ball straight up in the air in front of the rim, with the idea being your guys could out-athlete the Duke McDonalds All-Americans at the rim. Nice move. Needless to say, watching your five goofy kids trip over the painted lines on the court and the ball fall into the hands of Duke was no surprise.
I commend your teams efforts. However, I cannot condone a man doing the sweatervest so wrong. Next year - bring some balls into the final 2 minutes. And if you choose to bring a sweatervest, at least be a man about it, and leave the undershirt at home.
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