As the great coach Vince Lombardi once said, “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”
Habits seem to be changing for the varsity football team. After six straight losses and thoughts of a defeated season, all was changed when the Maples won two in a row, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Winning over said to be powerhouse West Bloomfield, and holding them just to seven points, confidence literally blasted into the team. Although not being at the game myself, Facebook updates of “We did it and bring it Groves” gave me the sense of more of a winning team than a Lion-like football team.
Ending the year against Groves couldn’t be a bigger event. Between the final seasons for seniors, or the end of the season and winning the season out, a 3-6 season can be looked at positively. Students are abuzz at school, which is a big improvement from fans being more interested in the balloons at the game than the team.
The expected talent is showing and glaring but not to be overlooked. Groves is strong itself, with nearly an identical record; they come off of a massive victory over Royal Oak. Players have been expecting a dirty game from Groves and Seaholm, so an Avalanche versus Red Wings rivalry game is in store.
Next year the team moves down a division to play teams which are more at our level of play, not talent but play. The young team is just waiting for its chance. I see a 7-2 year season next year but I hope this doesn’t come across as a Fahr fetched idea.
Now that the team is thinking more along the thoughts of winning and not how much we are going to lose by, all are expecting a win from the team. They are too, better yet a Bobby Boucher attitude seems to be held by the team, “Well, I like school, and I like football! And I’m gonna keep doin’ them both because they make me feel good!”
