Comments on: Tribe, CAA sweep Richmond http://thetribehasspoken.net/2006/12/31/tribe-caa-sweep-richmond/ Your top source for Tribe sports Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:26:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: William Yram http://thetribehasspoken.net/2006/12/31/tribe-caa-sweep-richmond/#comment-262 Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:57:04 +0000 http://thetribehasspoken.net/2006/12/31/tribe-caa-sweep-richmond/#comment-262 Many thanks for the great CAA preview and for the mid season awards. Super job. The awards for Liamis and AP are right on target. Those two playing well together are the engine that makes the team go. To win, Liamis and AP MUST play well. Normally that means Liamis scoring about 20 points and AP scoring about 10 -- plus all the other things they both do. Then with their performance as the foundation, other members of the team must step up and contribute. How good can the team be? As Casey Stengel said, "90% of sports is half mental." The team can be as good as they collectively decide to be. Mason is a good challenge. Mason is a team that decided to be good last year and became what they decided. Every Tribe member must resolve to contribute more starting now. Every player given even one minute of playing time must produce a concrete contribution for the minute of playing time. In any game, there are only 200 minutes of playing time. Nathan's performance last game is a good example of contributing. His shot was not falling, but he found other ways to contribute -- particularly by rebounding. Kyle has stepped up his contribution. Alex has stepped up his contribution. Each player needs to resolve to contribute more each and every minute. And that includes Liamis and AP. Yes, they are both contributing a good deal already, but to move the team to a higher level, they both must do more. Instead of playing superb defense in spurts, AP must play superbly each minute. Liamis should not fall in love with his shooting percentage. He would do his team much more good if he shot twice or three times as much even if his percentage declines. Liamis must also increase the number of times he leads the fast break. Keep pushing the ball Liamis. Don't wait for the D to get set. So Mason is a good challenge. It will be a battle more of mind than of bodies. Will the Tribe decide as they did against Cornell to ignore the obstacles and win? It is up to them. Will Liamis and AP increase their contribution and thus inspire their teammates to do the same? It all depends on how much Liamis and AP want to enlarge their view of the future. Years ago before there was basketball, the Virginians who led the American revolution faced an impossible battle against the world's most powerful military force. Against all odds and all common sense, they decided to win. In any age, deciding to win is a good habit to acquire. Go Tribe!! Many thanks for the great CAA preview and for the mid season awards. Super job.

The awards for Liamis and AP are right on target. Those two playing well together are the engine that makes the team go. To win, Liamis and AP MUST play well. Normally that means Liamis scoring about 20 points and AP scoring about 10 — plus all the other things they both do. Then with their performance as the foundation, other members of the team must step up and contribute.

How good can the team be? As Casey Stengel said, “90% of sports is half mental.” The team can be as good as they collectively decide to be.

Mason is a good challenge. Mason is a team that decided to be good last year and became what they decided.

Every Tribe member must resolve to contribute more starting now. Every player given even one minute of playing time must produce a concrete contribution for the minute of playing time. In any game, there are only 200 minutes of playing time. Nathan’s performance last game is a good example of contributing. His shot was not falling, but he found other ways to contribute — particularly by rebounding.

Kyle has stepped up his contribution. Alex has stepped up his contribution. Each player needs to resolve to contribute more each and every minute.

And that includes Liamis and AP. Yes, they are both contributing a good deal already, but to move the team to a higher level, they both must do more. Instead of playing superb defense in spurts, AP must play superbly each minute. Liamis should not fall in love with his shooting percentage. He would do his team much more good if he shot twice or three times as much even if his percentage declines. Liamis must also increase the number of times he leads the fast break. Keep pushing the ball Liamis. Don’t wait for the D to get set.

So Mason is a good challenge. It will be a battle more of mind than of bodies. Will the Tribe decide as they did against Cornell to ignore the obstacles and win? It is up to them. Will Liamis and AP increase their contribution and thus inspire their teammates to do the same? It all depends on how much Liamis and AP want to enlarge their view of the future.

Years ago before there was basketball, the Virginians who led the American revolution faced an impossible battle against the world’s most powerful military force. Against all odds and all common sense, they decided to win. In any age, deciding to win is a good habit to acquire.

Go Tribe!!

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