Game Three: Miles

I was starting to get the hang of being in front of the class at this point.  I felt comfortable in front of the class and felt that my management style was working fairly well.  It was actually a good thing too, my first formal observation was on Friday.  My observing teacher said I did really well and so I got a lot of confidence from that.

This was also the first week that coach Morales and I started having afternoon practices with the seventh and eighth grade teams.  They looked ok in practice and so we hoped that they would do well in the games.  Their first game was scheduled for Thursday night against Miles.  Coach Martin, Coach Morales, and myself headed of with those guys because the JV game was going to be played agains a different opponent.  Well the JV game got cancelled after we left and so the rest of the coaches made it in time for the eighth grade game.  Anyway the seventh and eighth grade looked really good.  The seventh lost by a touchdown but showed a lot of potential and the eighth grade won 28-6.  They wrecked shop.  It was really good to get to feel that winning feeling again.

The next day was the varsities game.  We were at home this week and so we felt a sense of a little more urgency.  Pre grame looked much better than the week before.  We were a lot sharper and looked more focus.  This week we also got back one of our seniors who had been hurt since the second week of two a days.  He was a much needed boost to our defense.  So much so that at the start of the second quarter we were only down by a touchdown instead of by three like we had been in games before.  However, about two minutes into the second quater he lost his cool and lost his discipline.

After a score he kicked a guy in the head.  So needless to say his night was over, and since I am the greenhorn I got to take him to the locker room.  It was not a pleasant experience.  However, I think that it is something that ou have to be exposed to so that it won't surprise you when it happens.  I also thought I handled it really well, especially when his mom came by.  Anyway, once he left the game went down hill from there.  After it was over coach Haseloff kept the guys on the field for a log time.  Talking to them about expectations.  I was glad that I had to go put up equipment.  The next day we got up and watched film like we normally did and then broke down our next opponent.   The following week is the bye week and so we spent Sunday game planning on things to work on an tweak.