It’s Official, Tribe Fans
Posted by TTHS on November 29th, 2006
We are in for another long season. Anyway, I’ll give a recap(more or less) of tonights game, and a few other things going on.
The Good
Trum and AP both going for 12 tonight.
Kyle Carrabine and Alex Smith contributing.
Women winning by 23 @VT tonight.
David Schneider. Tonight showed how valuable he is.
Liamis with another solid game scoring-wise.
The Bad
Our record.
The field for the W&M tip-off classic(which we should win).
Liamis Kisielius’ assist-turnover ratio.
David Schneider out 1-2 weeks, tip-off classic.
Trumbower injures ankle/leg. He is also coming off a concussion from earlier in the week. We now have no point guard.
Kisielius with the flu.
The Ugly
Getting dropped by 16 @Navy.
Women losing by a bunch to High Point.
Navy shooting 64% from the field.(ugly to us)
Corey Cofield going scoreless(by my count).
Our shot at double-digit wins.
That’s all I got tonight. I love how we play our best against really tough HC and KSU teams, yet get crushed by a beatable Navy. Still looking foward to the Tip-Off Classic.
November 29th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
You are right, it will be a long season unless the team gets some leadership from the Juniors and Seniors.
When I saw Schnieder shooting the T against Wagner, I thought, “this is trouble.” Juniors and Seniors should have too much pride to let a freshman step up and shoot the T.
Liamis is a pro player. He has played a hundred years in Europe against great comp. He can play all 5 positions in a pinch. He is an Adam Morrison figure and should be scoring 30ppg. He does shoot a great percentage, but he does not shoot enough. He is drifting around. Why isn’t he taking charge of the team?? The coaches can only do so much. After that the players must step up and make things happen. Liamis is NOT making enough happen. The same can be said for all his teamates.
In academic schools, too often, sports are just a hobby — no real committment to winning. Going to practice and putting in a little effort, then going to games and putting in a little effort is not going to get it done. The Juniors and Seniors have to start demanding accountablity from themselves and their teammates.
Yogi was right, “90% of sports is half mental” and the Tribe looks tentative, tense, tired, and turned-off. If this is such a high IQ bunch, they would be well advised to stop thinking so much, relax, have fun, work hard, work together and refuse to accept anything less than winning. WM students pride themselves on their futures solving the world’s most difficult problems. But how can you work together in the future to overcome unimaginable problems and leathal enemies when you can’t even pull together, play together, and find victory on the basketball court?