Part 1 - The Ugly Last Game
First let's talk about that last game of the regular season. It was AWFUL!!! There. I said it! As an avid sports fan who has watched enough college and professional football games to fill several lifetimes, it's odd to talk about Flag Football in the same way, but football is football. Let me start with an obvious fact of the game that some people tend to forget for some strange reason. In the words of Coach H. Edwards, "You play to WIN the game!" Simple. Even at this level, winning is important. I am quite aware that having fun is an extremely important part of the game. That's why I always remind my team that it's a lot more fun to walk off the field after a victory than after a loss.
Another interesting thing about playing football is that a team actually has to show up to play. I don't just mean in the literal sense. A win by forfeit is not nearly as good as a win that comes on the last play of a drive or something like that. I mean, being there in the game. Your head in the game. Your heart in the game. That's what happened to my team on the last regular season game. They weren't there. Not even a little bit. We got out run, out scored, out coached... pretty much... we got BEAT Bad! It was really our ugliest game. Luckily for us... we play in a small division where we were going to get to the playoffs no matter the outcome. The only thing that mattered was which team we would face in the playoffs. By the time the game was over. The 3 other coaches and I had already agreed that we would not let another game like the one that had just ended happen again. It was an ugly way to end the season. Want proof? Check out the picture below.
(One of THREE turnovers) * first game with that many turnovers
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