After last Monday's win over Italy, NT Head Coach Jfarb made all the players go to bed before 10 PM here in Poland so that no player could be caught "partying" or having a "hangover" like the results of their last win weeks ago.
As I walked with Jfarb and Assistant Head Coach Namssor we checked each players room and scratched off their names as we found them asleep.
With 1 room to check (The room of Jairo Alejandro Renteria and Willis Lundy) All 3 of us were shocked as we peeked inside! Lundy was in his bed sleeping with what appeared to be a Hello Kitty, but even more shocking was that Jairo was missing!
Jfarb: I can't believe that Jairo didn't listen to the rule of bed-time before 10! Let's find him and set him straight!
SpF: Uh-Oh.. Somebody's gonna get it
Namssor: That's what she said!
Searching for over an hour we saw the lights were on in the practice gym. As we secretly took a look inside we found Jairo was playing basketball with a woman!
Namssor: Look's like Jairo is twitterpated.
Jfarb: Ok, love or not, this is basketball and you only love the ball! Looks like i'm gonna teach him the hard way, 1 on 1.
SpF: It's about to go down..
As Jfarb marched into the gym, Jairo jumped as he looked into the eyes of his coach. The woman hid her face, and tried to get away before we all recognized it was Wozz trying to help Jairo with post moves. Jfarb forgave Wozz but was still unhappy with Jairo and challenged him to the 1 on 1 but Jairo was very shocked that his coach offered him the challenge.
Jfarb: Alright you'll play basketball my way. My way is hard. Without a little work I don't think you can get past an old timer like me.
Jairo: (offended) Get past you... I will go past you, through you, over you, under you, around you. As a matter of fact I will spin you like a top, twist you in a pretzel, eat your lunch, steal your girl and kick your dog at the same time... pshh get past you.
An Epic game followed. Jairo started off with a dunk,(1-0) followed by a Jfarb jump shot (1-1) Jairo was blocked by Jfarb from behind who took it back to hit a 2-pointer! (1-3)
Jfarb: Hey, hey, Jairo, Jairo, do you want me to get you a skirt? I'll get you a skirt if you keep playing like a girl!
Jario dunk (2-3) Then with Jairo in his face a fade-away 3 by Jfarb won the game (2-5)
Jairo returned to his room in defeat but learned a valuable lesson. Don't mess with Jfarb. Oo yeah and follow orders.
This practice however was good for Jairo, and hopefully all the workouts this week with our NT players will benefit as Team USA plays Uruguay tomorrow so join in on the discussion on the off-site forum as we talk tactics and strategy and come join the chat for game time!
-SpF-