"It's the Coach's Fault" .. a look at the phrase, not just
sports-related, but also in the social environment. It's about a boy who
finds his place in the world through basketball and a man who learns
that there is much more to basketball than "just" basketball and more to
basketball than "just" basketball. A boy grows up in a broken family in
Philadelphia. He gets in trouble and is sent to a reform school. There
he finds the game of basketball. He pursues the dream of becoming a
player and learns that the coaches behind us in every facet of our lives
help us to become whoever and whatever we are. He decides to try and
become one of those coaches. There are triumphs, failures and even
disasters along his journey. He learns the lesson that sometimes all we
can do is... all we can do. Why you should read this book! Maybe one
item, one sentence might strike a chord and influence you to think a
little bit differently about something. That one item may cause you to
make a change in an offense or do something different with your kids, or
do something different as a ref. If one sentence causes you to see your
calls differently, coach your team a little differently, give one player
a little more playing time or another player a little less playing
time... If something in this book results in your being less
argumentative or better capable of holding your ground and doing what's
best for you...if one small suggestion makes a change in anything you
do, then everything that I have written here will have served its
purpose. Ray "Ritz" Ingram
