This weekend
Hey guys, sorry I couldn't be there with y'all for today's games, congrats on the win over Michigan State!
I wasn't there today, so I can't comment on the guys who were only there today, but I can make observations about yesterday:
-We played really well.
Considering that for many of you, this is your first college tourney (and first competitive experience) you handled it well. Mistakes will happen, as Weasel can attest, even at Machine's practices today there were drops and throw-aways...it happens. The part that fills my chest with pride is the manner the mistakes were handled, basically whoever screwed up kept their head up and worked to "get their hat back" so to speak. There was no quitting...down significantly to White water, we were still playing well, and not just handing it to them...we still forced them to work for every score, and work to keep us from scoring, that is impressive.
-You handled yourselves well.
Whether it was the constant talk on sidelines of drinking, and the party, the UWW girls trying to "stretch" wheaton boys and make out with them, or just the nature of competitive players swearing and being jerks...wheaton maintained it's classiness and composure. Granted I was not helping the case any, but y'all more than made up for me.
-You brought intensity.
Whether it was the copious amounts of layouts throughout the day, or the hard running, even at the end of game 4, you came to play, and you did. Tournaments are a brutal endeavor, and the only real way to prepare for them is to...play tournaments...unless you guys want to do 8 hour practices on both days of a weekend. Basically, it is one of the most physically demanding sports competition and you learned why. Just wait until the end of spring season, what amazing shape you'll be in, and how much fun you'll have torching people towards the end of the day when all of your opponents have the additional burden of years of heavy drinking also trashing their system.
-You enjoyed yourselves.
Or so I hope, it seemed to me like y'all had fun. I can only imagine what you were like when you played michigan state today...love the game guys, love the game.
I wasn't there today, so I can't comment on the guys who were only there today, but I can make observations about yesterday:
-We played really well.
Considering that for many of you, this is your first college tourney (and first competitive experience) you handled it well. Mistakes will happen, as Weasel can attest, even at Machine's practices today there were drops and throw-aways...it happens. The part that fills my chest with pride is the manner the mistakes were handled, basically whoever screwed up kept their head up and worked to "get their hat back" so to speak. There was no quitting...down significantly to White water, we were still playing well, and not just handing it to them...we still forced them to work for every score, and work to keep us from scoring, that is impressive.
-You handled yourselves well.
Whether it was the constant talk on sidelines of drinking, and the party, the UWW girls trying to "stretch" wheaton boys and make out with them, or just the nature of competitive players swearing and being jerks...wheaton maintained it's classiness and composure. Granted I was not helping the case any, but y'all more than made up for me.
-You brought intensity.
Whether it was the copious amounts of layouts throughout the day, or the hard running, even at the end of game 4, you came to play, and you did. Tournaments are a brutal endeavor, and the only real way to prepare for them is to...play tournaments...unless you guys want to do 8 hour practices on both days of a weekend. Basically, it is one of the most physically demanding sports competition and you learned why. Just wait until the end of spring season, what amazing shape you'll be in, and how much fun you'll have torching people towards the end of the day when all of your opponents have the additional burden of years of heavy drinking also trashing their system.
-You enjoyed yourselves.
Or so I hope, it seemed to me like y'all had fun. I can only imagine what you were like when you played michigan state today...love the game guys, love the game.
posted by Kebo at 12:43 AM
1 Comments:
fellas
my heart and soul crie out to be there with you. Excellent work, especially freshman. Sounds like you guys conducted yourselves with class and earned some respect for the Wheaton name. We'll have something for whitewater come springtime too.
-Matt "The Skies are Closed" Jantzen
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