MANAGING BASKETBALL

I HAVE MANAGED THE BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. IT ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT WHERE MR. SANDERS WANTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH SOME SORT OF STAT PROGRAM, AND HAVE ME KEEP THE GAME STATS ON THAT. WHEN WE REALIZED THAT THE COMPUTER WAS TOO SLOW AND THE PROGRAM WOULDN'T WORK, WE KIND OF TRASHED THAT IDEA.

AFTER THAT I JUST BECAME THE BOOK KEEPER FOR THE JV AND VARSITY TEAMS. MY JUNIOR YEAR I WAS UPGRADED TO HEAD MANAGER, AND I PRETTY MUCH DID NOTHING AT ALL. I KEPT A FEW STATS HERE AND THERE BUT PRETTY MUCH JUST SAT AROUND ON THE BENCH AND TALKED TO THE PLAYERS.

THIS YEAR I ACTUALLY DID SOME WORK. WATCHING OVER MIC WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK ON THE BENCH. THAT BOY DRANK MORE WATER THEN YOU COULD IMAGINE. I ALSO DID THE USUAL OF TALK TO THE PLAYERS AND KEEP THEM COMPANY. I TRIED TO JOKE AROUND WITH THEM IF THEY WERE HAVING A BAD GAME TO KEEP THEIR HEAD UP AND NOT WORRY ABOUT PLAYING BAD, AND BLOW THINGS WAY OUT OF PROPORTION.

WE HAD A FEW NEW MANAGERS THIS YEAR THAT WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE PLACE OF MATT, JANNEY, AND MYSELF, WHO WILL NO LONGER BE THERE NEXT YEAR. WE TRIED TO TEACH THEM EVERYTHING THAT WE KNEW BUT I GUESS WE WON'T KNOW IF OUR TEACHINGS WERE SUCCESSFUL UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

I THOUGHT THAT THE TEAM THIS YEAR WOULD GO MUCH FARTHER THEN WE DID, BUT WE DIDN'T DO BAD CONSIDERING WE LOST 4 OF LAST YEARS 5 STARTERS. I WOULD HAVE LIKED THE SEASON TO GO ON LONGER, BUT I GUESS I WAS GLAD THAT IT WAS OVER BECAUSE IT FREED UP A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, WHICH A SENIOR SEEMS TO HAVE VERY LITTLE OF.