Too Much to Overcome

These two poor kids.  All season this is where they have been.  Sitting and watching.  They get to go in for a few mins then he takes them right back out.  Finally today, the final day of the season, they are getting to play.  We lost two players from the team so now he has to let them play and you know what?  They are doing a good job.   Imagine what they could have done had they been given a chance all season???

Jump ahead two weeks...

Below is how we kill time during a five hour break in Marion for a tournament...

This tournament was even more heart breaking then the rest of the season.  Jayke ended up taking himself out and off the team for good.  When he sat all but 2 mins of a game he finally said he was done that if the coach didn't think he was good enough he wasn't going to sit and watch.  I don't blame him.  Normally I would tell him he has to finish what he starts and not give up but his coach gave up on him a long time ago.  He did more harm to him in this season than you can imagine.  I watched his heart break more and more on the bench every game.  We should all just be happy I kept my composure and just walked out before giving that ass a piece of my mind. We can thank Jeff for that since he jumped in his car and drove an hour up there once he heard what was going on.   At eleven years old there are way more important things than just winning.  The damage that was done to Jayke's self confidence will still remain to be seen but I can tell you he was broken on the way home.

He blamed his dad for not being there to work with him and teach him the game.  A lot of anger came out of him and a lot of things directed at the lack of a father he has been.  He won't speak to his dad now.  He said he can't make up for not being there for the past 9 years.  He is right.  He is starting to see the things he is missing by not having a dad around.  And there will only be more to come.