"Well Josh our boys played well and gave everything they had.But one thing we need to work on is our sliding, some of the guys are not dirty enough for my likening." He said with a jolly laugh at the end.
After this game some the team started to strut around like peacocks with their colorful tail feathers spread out.We came crashing down two games later when we lost our first game in the season.Coach Leake let us have it at practice when we had to do conditioning with the distance runners on the track team.We did it as a team with no complaints because it is the way that teams work even though the players that were strutting around did not play as often as others.After we finished the running coach called the end of practice and gave us a ultimatum.
"So guys we have two weeks until the district tournament and I am going to give you two options on how we are going to prepare."He said with me being weary of his next statement.
"Option one we end practice conditioning with the track team everyday or option two you guys have to come to school early twice a week to do conditioning with me."This was a hard choice with players throwing out what they wanted which was dividing the team.I ended up telling everyone to be