Basketball Final Tourney

While at the final tournament of Jacob's basketball season, Grant noticed a 4 or 5 year old who kept coming out with bigger boys during timeouts and halftime. They would all shoot around while time was called. Grant turns to me and says, "That midget sure can shoot." That midget? Is that what you think? I had to remind Grant that this young boy was right about his age. That, he too, would then be considered a midget.

Also during this final tournament, we had, yet another, run in (if you will) with Jacob's coach. He was doing the typical garbage that he always does, and kept Jacob out an entire game (except the 2 minutes he played). When we asked to talk to him, he blew up and tried to hide behind the "24 hour rule", knowing full well that in 24 hours this would all be over. He owed Jacob an explanation, but was not going to be man enough to give it. So sad. Nevertheless, after blowing up in front of the team, he agreed to talk to Jacob. Which then (miraculously) led to a "conversation" with us. The conversation was one of him posturing, yelling and even bumping his chest into Greg. Basically a bully. Definitely not a coach. His "talking" was so loud that it funneled up the tunnel we were in and up to all who wanted to hear upstairs. My hope is that people will now admit to what they already know. This is not a role model for our children. This fact was solidified when we learned that he told a player "to fake it" in a later game, where the he was already given a technical. This "faking it" led to the coach be ejected from the next 2 games - which I might add were coached very well and won! Jacob even had 12 of 28 points in the first game. It was fun to watch. All this to say, it was a very difficult year for all of us. But we definitely learned what we DO NOT want to be.