It all used to be so simple:
Recruit a team full of athletic rookies.
Grab a few top flight mates.
Play one offense and one defense all season.
Win the BPL.
Not anymore. Somewhere along the way it all got a lot more complicated. Still very enjoyable, the struggle that is. Different plans for each opposition, continually evolving offense, working out how to get the most out of all the players on the team. I guess I'll know in 2 weeks time how enjoyable it still is.
In season 2 of 2010 the Buggers won 4* games, lost 4 games and Drew 1 game. A very mixed season.
*1 by forfeit.
We had one player with 100 percent attendance and 3 others with better than 90 percent. Of the 11 sessions this season (9 games and 2 trainings) we only achieved above 90 percent team attendance (12 of the 13 blokes) on 3 occasions. Those 3 times were the only 3 games we played and won. I guess we are hoping for a good turn out for the semi final.
At times this season we rocked the shop and played as well as we ever have. During other large stretches we struggled to play with focus, control and desperation.
Our semi final match up this week is against UQ, the only team to beat us in both games during the season.
All this of course has little bearing on the next couple of weeks.
Its finals time and anything can happen. Who will turn up to play, which teams can handle the pressure? Can anyone stop the UQ powerhouse from going back to back in 2010?
Despite our less than convincing season the Bugs will be there to answer these questions - as we have in every season we have played - and we are bloody pumped about it.
1 comment:
Nice post Mike,
A shame you couldn't make it to the last game. Though we are all very aware you would have made an impact on the game, we were prepared to beat the Buggs with or without you.
Some more to speculate over I suppose.
Good luck the rest of the way.
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