And our season keeps chuggin' along...
Coach Jones and I had our third real game (4th if you include the teachers vs. student game) of the season tonight and it went quite well. With lots of guys missing recent practices, we went with a different starting five, but that didn't stop us from getting out to a quick start and building up an early lead. Using all 15 guys, we were able to really take it to Sofia Classical School. It wasn't always pretty, and I'm pretty sure 90% of our team has really no idea how to run our press, but they worked hard, played some defense, and every single player scored, with two guys lighting it up from the outside. That leaves us with an official record of 2-1, 3-1 if you want to count our mopping up the floor against the teachers. Our JV squad is undefeated at 1-0. The lone loss was to 35th school, and we played close to 25 guys, which is an anomaly if ever there was one in bball. So, I'd like to think that things are coming along quite nicely.
With each game I keep learning about our kids and about coaching and thus far it's been a great experience. Sometimes it's frustrating, as the athletic culture is much different from the one I am familiar with in the US, but the guys are coming together and hopefully we can get some good practice time in and continue to improve.
We've got a big trip to Bucharest for a few games against the American School of Bucharest and the American School of London. We are taking 10 guys, jumping on a bus, and heading north to Romania. I'm looking forward to this trip and hopefully the team will do well.
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Alas, you surely would have lost against the teachers had Il Castoro been there in the shortest of shorts launching half court shots despite it putting his professional career in jeopardy.
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