Fortunately, the boys had another game after yesterday's debacle. The gist I gather is that this was one of the better teams in the league last year. The boys cruised to a 47-22 victory. This is pretty much what I was expecting.
A few of the other team's parents grumbled, but I don't blame them. I would, too, probably. Thing is, if they don't like that our team is stacked, that would mean we should have taken more players from the other Highland team... the team that beat us yesterday.
That really changes up the equation quite a bit. Losing to that other team was actually a good thing to quell any allegations of gross unfairness. Our team is unfair? Should we have taken more players from the team that beat us, then?
Although the blowout was probably not that fun for the other team, about halfway through the first half, our boys really loosened up. They look like they've made the adjustment to rec basketball. I imagine they'll be able to cruise through the rest of the season. The new kid is picking up the offense. Once he starts understanding how to play in a motion offense, these scores might get even more lopsided.
I did notice that about halfway through the second half, with a 20+ point lead, the boys stopped running their offense, entirely. The coach probably told them to take their foot off the gas at that point. They still got to play hard, but the other team was just completely ill-equipped to deal with a motion offense. Thing was, they still scored just as many points without it because they took open outside shots instead of hitting whoever was cutting to the basket.
It was just fun to watch the boys having fun. I'm hoping this will help them learn how to play loose.
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