Williamsburg lost another close one last night to a team they should have beaten. Again, Williamsburg’s individual talent outweighed Monticello’s but Monticello’s ability to play as a team gave them enough of an edge to win. Selfish guard play reared its ugly head early in the game. Williamsburg had a substantial height advantage with Pettit and Teague underneath the goal but both players were denied the ball on more than one occasion when they were open for a shot and signaling for the ball. Williamsburg’s guard would try to drive to the goal between several Monticello players and turn the ball over or take a bad outside shot selection and turn the ball over. Like I said in a previous post, bad shot selection and selfish play allowed more points for the opposing team than it earned for Williamsburg. Until Coach Robinson gets control over his players it will be hard for Williamsburg to achieve any success on the court. He only went 2 deep from the bench last night and those substitutions were to rest the big men. The rest of the bench never entered the game. The guards were left in the game even though they did not run the plays that Coach Robinson called. Certain players do not understand that it is better to have 10-12 points and a win than to have 20-25 points and a loss. Until this point is made clear Coach Robinson needs to change his “Play As One” slogan to read “Play For Oneself”

Maybe the Hounds will provide a painless end to the season so things can get better next year.