Our basketball season ended last night in the sectional championship game. No regrets. The coaches and players did great, just not quite great enough.
This morning I emptied out my travel bag for road games. A flashlight and a couple books for reading during long nighttime bus rides. Toe and hand warmers for long, cold bus rides. Water bottles for emergencies. Pens and pencils for drawing up rotations and plays. Breath mints. Chap stick. An odd packet of mustard from the dinners the players' parents would provide.
I am ready to be done with long bus rides.
Five years of committing 250 hours annually to being an average basketball coach is enough for a while. It has been a tremendous character-building experience with terrific role models. I've become a better person thanks to the influences of coaches Witzig, Schweinberg, Short, Foster and Harden. I hope to continue to be around NCHS in some capacity.
God has given me top-flight abilities as a math and business tutor; above-average skills as a facilitator, treasurer, actor/singer, spreadsheet guy, and writer. What else? It's time to find out.
My students will benefit from the better daytime flexibility in my hours.
And of course, the prospect of an extra date-night option per week is an exciting one!
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