in Uncategorized by coach mike on 12 Dec 2009
Maybe I have hit on this subject before-but I’m getting old and my memory is not the same as it use to be. Anyway here goes-wait what was I going to hit on???? Just kidding! I went to the basketball game last night to see Salem and Robinson at Robinson. Since TC has been out of HS, I have not been to many out of town games, but I was excited by this one. I had never been in Robinson’s new gym for one thng-plus I knew this was going to be a good game. I got there for the last couple of minutes of the JV game and was it a barn burner! Went down to the last seconds of the game-with the Wildcats pulling it out! I think Caleb Lush made the game winning shot. On the varsity team Robinson has a 7′ kid that has committed to University of Illinois for next season and wanted to watch him play and see how we try to handle him. The game was a hard played, tough game, with a lot of double fouls called- of coarse being on the side of the visitors the officiating didn’t always look that good but-you’re on the road-you shouldn’t except any breaks. Robinson won the game and I was impressed with the big kid-he dribbled the floor a couple of times-had several blocks and threw some down. With all that said I’m finally getting to the point that I want to make. I just don’t understand and I’m just not talking about the Salem fans, I see this at all the games-what right does the fans have to yell and scream, call names at, just be plain rude to the players on the court? The kids are playing a game and playing hard. Yelling at the officials is one thing, maybe even screaming at the coach, but the players? I’m not talking about-”he’s fouling, or he’s walking” I’m talking about rude remarks directed at the player on a personal bases. Watch the game, root for your team and your players, boo the officials, telling the opposing coach to sit and down and quit crying, but leave the players on the court of play alone! Just kids playing a game and doing their best, no reason to rip into them just because they’re wearing a different color uniform.
Just saying!