Too many Cooks do indeed spoil the broth
Dejected and disillusioned would be a gross understatement to describe my general state of emotion after yesterday’s titanic clash with lest year’s runner up in the competition. We had the players to finish them off, but unfortunately, we lost to them by 5 points. What irks me most is not the performance on the court, but rather off it.
Full credits to the guys who stayed on the court, they indeed gave the opponents a scare and a run for their money. Kuncheng, though not as brilliant as he was in the 1st match, was simply efficient and professional as a point guard. Not to mention Darryl who manages to lift us separately on 3 occasions with his magical 3 pointers. Off the court, though, it was simply a case of “Too many cooks do spoil the broth” in action.
Alan (Hey, people, it’s not me), who was the manager of the team was simply no coach. He wasn’t firm and being accorded the respect that should be due to him. After all, this is only a guy who is only 19 years of age. By his side, are two experienced heads, or so they believed (I shall not name them) that are not in the team, yet with different philosophies, trying to meddle with the mentality of Alan, influencing his decisions. Not firm as he is, he simply let the voices got to him, and ended up making decisions that was simply bewildering to me. (Not believing in Darryl, allowing Xiao Y to play the whole of the game, not using Shengwei effectively, and playing Man on Man in the critical juncture of the game were all grave mistakes).
Of course as I had pointed out, full credits to the players on the court, they manage to survive with such tactical nonsense and indecisiveness from the bench. (If at this point, you, readers are wondering why I didn’t speak up to correct such things, there are only 2 reasons. 1stly, I do not wish to be another cook, I would rather let Alan analyse on his own. 2ndly, I do not command the respect of the whole team to start talking to them in this manner.).
Had dinner with the guys ( Me, Kelvin, Ah Lim, Yang and YYL) after the match and we ended up debating the existence of God till 3am in the morning. It was a case of Ah Lim (The Sole Believer) against the rest of us (Non Believers). However as all how classic arguments ended, this too ended with no conclusion and with each sides more convinced of their own convictions as before.
Full credits to the guys who stayed on the court, they indeed gave the opponents a scare and a run for their money. Kuncheng, though not as brilliant as he was in the 1st match, was simply efficient and professional as a point guard. Not to mention Darryl who manages to lift us separately on 3 occasions with his magical 3 pointers. Off the court, though, it was simply a case of “Too many cooks do spoil the broth” in action.
Alan (Hey, people, it’s not me), who was the manager of the team was simply no coach. He wasn’t firm and being accorded the respect that should be due to him. After all, this is only a guy who is only 19 years of age. By his side, are two experienced heads, or so they believed (I shall not name them) that are not in the team, yet with different philosophies, trying to meddle with the mentality of Alan, influencing his decisions. Not firm as he is, he simply let the voices got to him, and ended up making decisions that was simply bewildering to me. (Not believing in Darryl, allowing Xiao Y to play the whole of the game, not using Shengwei effectively, and playing Man on Man in the critical juncture of the game were all grave mistakes).
Of course as I had pointed out, full credits to the players on the court, they manage to survive with such tactical nonsense and indecisiveness from the bench. (If at this point, you, readers are wondering why I didn’t speak up to correct such things, there are only 2 reasons. 1stly, I do not wish to be another cook, I would rather let Alan analyse on his own. 2ndly, I do not command the respect of the whole team to start talking to them in this manner.).
Had dinner with the guys ( Me, Kelvin, Ah Lim, Yang and YYL) after the match and we ended up debating the existence of God till 3am in the morning. It was a case of Ah Lim (The Sole Believer) against the rest of us (Non Believers). However as all how classic arguments ended, this too ended with no conclusion and with each sides more convinced of their own convictions as before.
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