Chapter 166 The Last Year of High School 1 (1/2)

”I called you here to ask your opinion on something important.”

”My opinion? For what?”

”In the games of this season of our team although we won, in the end, the team did not perform well, only you and Mark performed well in those games.”

”I was thinking for a long time what the reason was, I thought it was because the players depended too much on you, but that's not true because a lot of teams do it and they do well.”

”I also wondered if it was because they were not good players, but you know as much as I do that this is not true, so I figured out that the problem is in our style of play.”

”When that team got together at Middle School I saw a lot of talented players who were great players, but they did not have time to train together and work on tactics, and you were very talented, so I chose this style of game that depended more on PG to make the plays.”

”It worked very well and despite the team having problems in the final and in some games because their teammates were very immature.”

”At high school this year even though the team had a lot of time together you and Harrison did not play for two years and that's why I chose the same kind of game from that time.”

”But this time in addition to you, the whole team has difficulty making individual plays against stronger opponents and they fail to defend.”

”So for next year, I thought of making plays that use the whole team in the attack and thus try to avoid that all the attacks depend on individual plays, so after working well the play we can have many more points and fewer errors in the games.”

”In addition, there will be two players that I worked with them last year at Middle School who will be in that team next year, this year they were the highlights in the national championship that our school has won.”

”So next year they can be good reserves for the team and so gain experience for years to come.”

”I wanted to know what you think of it as captain and a top team player.”

Jake thought this might be a good idea, he had thought of it when he was playing in the space of his imaginary training, but he felt he needed a lot of training and networking to make that kind of play work.

Even though he was losing control of the team's plays he knew it would be best for the team, it seemed that it would be much harder for Jake to triple-double from now on, after all, he could do more than 10 assists easily because almost all the plays passed by.

But with this system of attack rotation and passing it was difficult to do more than 10 assists and each period has only 8 minutes.

As for new players if coach Mike said they would be good players should be true, as they would be the first year would not have as they hold, so it seemed a good idea to let them gain experience.

So if some of the titular team players have a poor performance it would be replaced.

Coach Mike was a bit tense as he waited for Jake's response, he saw Jake frowning several times as he thought and thought Jake did not like the idea, usually, the coach does not need the player to get involved in those decisions.

But Jake was different, he was the MVP of the national championship and the president was very fond of him, especially after he made that incredible record, this change in the way of playing will greatly affect Jake's performance in the team, after all, he will not be the focus on the attack.

Jake did not think the coach was asking for his permission, so Jake the coach was only reporting a decision that was already made, but as he saw the coach hoping he would say something he interrupted his thoughts to respond.

”I think the coach is right with these changes, it will be better for my teammates and they will be better off making the points if they do not have to make individual plays every time.”

”But I thought all the players on the team have to work harder on mid-range shooting for this style of play to work, I think all my teammates including David miss out on those moves that should be easier.”