My trainers keep pushing me to bring up a few deficiencies I have. At times I wish they would get off my back! I know they get paid to make me better and that the hoops they are having me jump through will eventually help me somehow, but at some point in all of this training...well I feel I may be loosing some of my edge.
Recently, the trainers have been pushing speed drills on me. Not only are these exhausting drills, it is almost impossible to see any slight improvements. It has to be working, because I have had some fans come up lately and ask me why I seem to be moving so much quicker on the court. Again, I know it will help in the long run, but I don't like it much lately.
It is the holiday season even here down under, but all my family is back in the states. I had thought that I might be able to make some close friends, but I really have not yet. Maybe my usually happy, outgoing mood has been much more subdued lately and that is pushing people around me away? That is probably part of it. Another part of it may be that I don't spend as much time checking out the local culture. It seems I am so beat after practice, games, training that I just sit in front of the tube and veg. Back in the states the days are shorter this time of year, but here in Austrialia they are having their summer. To celebrate the holidays now is like .. well ... celebrating the 4th of July in January. It seems almost fake like the little tree I have put up.
Well, our team keeps winning and at least my focus on games has not wavered much. I have not been happy with some of my recent games, but the coach just sent us all a memo for the holidays thanking us for making him look good, so I guess my game is not slipping as much as I thought it might. We have a week before we get a day off, I am looking forward to that day off almost like kids look forward to the weeks off they get back home.
At any rate, I hope all who read this have a happy holiday season!
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19 December 2007
15 December 2007
Ohgie Mcgee introduces a team mate
I have to introduce you to the most productive player in Austrialia Division 3. His name is Pistachio Arilla and he leads the league in many different categories. In the record books he is listed as playing SG, but anyone that has seen his play state that his play can be found at every position but C. He can score from anywhere on the court, he is blazing fast, and boy does he like to shoot! His confidence in shooting is remarkable in that he can throw up 3 bricks and then hit 5 shots in a row. It is almost like he has no consciousness.
It may sound like he is a ball hog, but he leads the team in Assists as well! It helps that we have many talented players on our team so anyone he passes off to has a great chance to score. Funny how that works. If you pass to good players it seems like your assists go up. What a concept.
Finally, Pistachio has had games in which he has dominated on the boards. If the SG on the other team takes many shots, Pistachio shows tremendous ability in boxing out to get rebounds, even after trying for a blocked shot! If his guy is not shooting, well you can not only guarantee that his guy is not getting the rebound, but often he is able to box out someone else or sneak in to steal a rebound from some very shocked players.
I am inspired by Pistachio's play very much like I am inspired reading the quotes and materials at http://focusdep.com Come on over and read some some great inspirational pieces.
It may sound like he is a ball hog, but he leads the team in Assists as well! It helps that we have many talented players on our team so anyone he passes off to has a great chance to score. Funny how that works. If you pass to good players it seems like your assists go up. What a concept.
Finally, Pistachio has had games in which he has dominated on the boards. If the SG on the other team takes many shots, Pistachio shows tremendous ability in boxing out to get rebounds, even after trying for a blocked shot! If his guy is not shooting, well you can not only guarantee that his guy is not getting the rebound, but often he is able to box out someone else or sneak in to steal a rebound from some very shocked players.
I am inspired by Pistachio's play very much like I am inspired reading the quotes and materials at http://focusdep.com Come on over and read some some great inspirational pieces.
09 December 2007
Ohgie Mcgee reports from down under
I knew that coming into the division 3 in Austrialia was going to be quite the easy stint and so far it has proven to be so. We just played the 5th place division one team and only lost by 30+ points so that is not too shabby at all for a division 3 team.
I did notice something different with my player me this game. I saw that my fatigue was dropping before this game. At first I thought about dropping my intesity abit, but after looking at the fact that we were playing such a good teem I kept my intensity high. Instead I changed my play style from my normal offensive self to more of a special team player. I did take a few less shots, but everything else seemed to be the same relatively. I did have 7 asst and some rebounds but those numbers were right around normal. Maybe the assits might have been 1 or 2 above my average for this year, but that seems to be it. I did notice that I got both of teir PG to foul out, which gets me thinking that maybe we might have done better if I stuck with my normally agressive offensive style. Meanwhile my fatigue shot right back and I felt great this morning getting up.
Today we will continue to crank through division 3. It is nice to win, but without a challenge every day ... well it is just a battle of stats really. I will have to highlight one of our players next time I log an entry here. He is awesome!
Why don't you head over to http://www.cyberdunk.com
and check out who I may be reporting on later on. Hint: he dominates the division 3 world in Austrialia.
I did notice something different with my player me this game. I saw that my fatigue was dropping before this game. At first I thought about dropping my intesity abit, but after looking at the fact that we were playing such a good teem I kept my intensity high. Instead I changed my play style from my normal offensive self to more of a special team player. I did take a few less shots, but everything else seemed to be the same relatively. I did have 7 asst and some rebounds but those numbers were right around normal. Maybe the assits might have been 1 or 2 above my average for this year, but that seems to be it. I did notice that I got both of teir PG to foul out, which gets me thinking that maybe we might have done better if I stuck with my normally agressive offensive style. Meanwhile my fatigue shot right back and I felt great this morning getting up.
Today we will continue to crank through division 3. It is nice to win, but without a challenge every day ... well it is just a battle of stats really. I will have to highlight one of our players next time I log an entry here. He is awesome!
Why don't you head over to http://www.cyberdunk.com
and check out who I may be reporting on later on. Hint: he dominates the division 3 world in Austrialia.
26 November 2007
Ohgie Mcgee moves down under
This is so cool! My contract just recently expired with the Boston Blaze in the USA Golden League. As my contract was running down, my agent was calling me every day, two to three times a day, to let me know that teams from all over the world were interested in me. There were over 20 serious offers and I am humbled by that much interest. That was my initial reaction, but soon afterward I became overwhelmed with the amount of research that was needed. I have spent many hours over the last 5 days talking with managers, visiting remote team sites and generally deciding where the next part of my pro career goes.
In the end I found a team that is the process of starting off in the lower leagues building up a team effort to take over the highest leagues by doing many of the ideas I have always believed in. Time will tell if things work out as well as I hope, but right now things look very nice!
I signed on with Sale Flyers in Australia. They are only in the 3rd division (at the top), but my idea is that we can solidly get out team set up this year to be able to cruise through the 2nd division next year and hopefully jump into the 1st division soon afterwards. I still have so many players to meet, so many moving arrangements to plan, and of course I have to get over there and get back into game shape! I have been spending so much of my training time looking over contracts and other junk that really does not help my playing. Now it is time to pay the price and get back to work. Stay tuned to find out how this new move works out...
Why don't you stop over to http:/www.cyberdunk.com to join in the fun? You never know where you might end up playing!
In the end I found a team that is the process of starting off in the lower leagues building up a team effort to take over the highest leagues by doing many of the ideas I have always believed in. Time will tell if things work out as well as I hope, but right now things look very nice!
I signed on with Sale Flyers in Australia. They are only in the 3rd division (at the top), but my idea is that we can solidly get out team set up this year to be able to cruise through the 2nd division next year and hopefully jump into the 1st division soon afterwards. I still have so many players to meet, so many moving arrangements to plan, and of course I have to get over there and get back into game shape! I have been spending so much of my training time looking over contracts and other junk that really does not help my playing. Now it is time to pay the price and get back to work. Stay tuned to find out how this new move works out...
Why don't you stop over to http:/www.cyberdunk.com to join in the fun? You never know where you might end up playing!
08 November 2007
Ohgie Mcgee shares an upset special
Day 59 Season 3
Boston Eagles (100) vs Boston Blaze (122)
It was a battle of Boston with the number 8 Eagles taking on the number 11 Blaze. The Eagles came into the game as heavy favorites, but the mismatches in the game spelled their defeat.
The number one mismatch? Well it was at PG of course.
They only had a rookie, Chris Krochak, to throw into the position and he went 1/8 in 3 quarters. It is interesting to note that I actually kicked in 11 Asst tonight. I have been dishing the ball like crazy to people all Actually, GHS Pepsiman at C really dominated over their center, Miki Mouse. Miki shot a whopping 1/7 while GHS shot 17/20. The big guy really kicked some butt tonight.
There was much celebration in our locker room, but something very interesting happened on my way out of the locker room. As I was leaving there were two large, body guard types asking me to follow them. No one was around and I was very nervous. They brought me to this black limo and "asked" me to get in. Inside I was introduced to a really slick looking gentleman. This guy started grilling me about how things were with the blaze and how I felt and all that stuff. I was getting frustrated with this. Who was this guy and why was he doing this to me. Turns out that he represents another Boston team that is interested in my services and he was hired to see what my interest level was at. I politely let him know that I entertain all offers, but that my manager is currently not available to deal with contract issues. I invited him to try to contact him to talk, but I am very pesimestic that he will get through. I figure if the manager can't get to his team, what are the odds of getting to some solicitor. I am the only PG on the Blaze so that would be difficult for my manager to let me go right now. Strange happenings. It does bring me around to thinking about the end of the season. My contract is up in game 7 of the next season and it seems far away but before you know it I will have to be facing yet another free agency season. I suppose that could be a good thing depending on who I end up with.
Anyway a good win tonight that was really worth talking about. Head over to http://www.talkdep.com to see what other games people are talking about.
Boston Eagles (100) vs Boston Blaze (122)
It was a battle of Boston with the number 8 Eagles taking on the number 11 Blaze. The Eagles came into the game as heavy favorites, but the mismatches in the game spelled their defeat.
The number one mismatch? Well it was at PG of course.
They only had a rookie, Chris Krochak, to throw into the position and he went 1/8 in 3 quarters. It is interesting to note that I actually kicked in 11 Asst tonight. I have been dishing the ball like crazy to people all Actually, GHS Pepsiman at C really dominated over their center, Miki Mouse. Miki shot a whopping 1/7 while GHS shot 17/20. The big guy really kicked some butt tonight.
There was much celebration in our locker room, but something very interesting happened on my way out of the locker room. As I was leaving there were two large, body guard types asking me to follow them. No one was around and I was very nervous. They brought me to this black limo and "asked" me to get in. Inside I was introduced to a really slick looking gentleman. This guy started grilling me about how things were with the blaze and how I felt and all that stuff. I was getting frustrated with this. Who was this guy and why was he doing this to me. Turns out that he represents another Boston team that is interested in my services and he was hired to see what my interest level was at. I politely let him know that I entertain all offers, but that my manager is currently not available to deal with contract issues. I invited him to try to contact him to talk, but I am very pesimestic that he will get through. I figure if the manager can't get to his team, what are the odds of getting to some solicitor. I am the only PG on the Blaze so that would be difficult for my manager to let me go right now. Strange happenings. It does bring me around to thinking about the end of the season. My contract is up in game 7 of the next season and it seems far away but before you know it I will have to be facing yet another free agency season. I suppose that could be a good thing depending on who I end up with.
Anyway a good win tonight that was really worth talking about. Head over to http://www.talkdep.com to see what other games people are talking about.
06 November 2007
Ohgie Mcgee shares his views in a crushing defeat
I knew that Milpitas Ducks was a good team but I also thought that we were a decent team. Looking at the stat sheet tonight, well ... at least I can say that the Ducks kicked out butts big time!
The final score looked crazy (140 vs 48) but even crazier is the number of shots we actually took. We took a total of 80 shots and made only 18 of them (if you count 3pointers we were 0/5) That comes out to a 22.5% shooting average. Come on! I can blindfold the average pro player and they can shoot at that rate. I am not sure if it was the competition or if maybe our players had the flue or what but we were horrible tonight. Can you believe the other team took only 69 shots from the field (82 if you count 3s). If we were even close to out normal 50% we would have crushed them.
I shot a respectable 9/14 (64.3%) but the next closest % was Nestor at 25%. Do the math... that is a difference of almost 40% difference. I just can't believe it. I know I have tanked some games but to see so much of the team tank all in the same game is ... well... depressing.
Our coach is still struggling with "real life" issues so we are basically running under the guidance of the assistant coaches. I feel like I am on a ship without a rudder. Hopefully, the players we have can rally around each other somehow to pull outselves up a bit. We are currently in the middle of our league which is not too bad considering how bad we have been blown out at times. It can only get better.
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The final score looked crazy (140 vs 48) but even crazier is the number of shots we actually took. We took a total of 80 shots and made only 18 of them (if you count 3pointers we were 0/5) That comes out to a 22.5% shooting average. Come on! I can blindfold the average pro player and they can shoot at that rate. I am not sure if it was the competition or if maybe our players had the flue or what but we were horrible tonight. Can you believe the other team took only 69 shots from the field (82 if you count 3s). If we were even close to out normal 50% we would have crushed them.
I shot a respectable 9/14 (64.3%) but the next closest % was Nestor at 25%. Do the math... that is a difference of almost 40% difference. I just can't believe it. I know I have tanked some games but to see so much of the team tank all in the same game is ... well... depressing.
Our coach is still struggling with "real life" issues so we are basically running under the guidance of the assistant coaches. I feel like I am on a ship without a rudder. Hopefully, the players we have can rally around each other somehow to pull outselves up a bit. We are currently in the middle of our league which is not too bad considering how bad we have been blown out at times. It can only get better.
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03 November 2007
Ohgie Mcgee gets tired on the court
I just don't know what is going on with me lately. Maybe it is a flue or something, but I just can't seem to get rested. I feel like I am dragging all the time lately. It is showing up most in my shooting percentage. Our last game vs the Memphis Indians was a great game and was relatively a close contest (9pt game). Unfortunately I shot under 50% which I normally don't do. I think I have to back off a bit and let my body heal. There is rumor that we may have a possible match today, I am hoping we don't as I will get a chance to sit and veg for a day. Actually, I can't do that because my trainer keeps busting my butt every day. Come to think of it, maybe my lack of power and energy is related to the incredibly hard work he has been pushing me in. He claims that he is helping my stamina, I think he is trying to kill me : )
Our team manager still has not really been around much. He stops by to give the assisstant coaches some info and then takes off. Hard for the troups to get inspired if the leader can't be around to mingle and talk with the players. You can tell in the locker room. Usually there is some joking around and stuff especially between Nestor and I but now .. everyone keeps their heads down and it is all ... well ... like work. I miss the playful team interaction I have seen on some of the other teams. Funny how you don't value something until you loose it.
I am off for some much needed rest before I have to go work with that slave monger claiming to help my body become inspired. I find it easier to head over to http://www.focusdep.com myself to read about inspired quotes from others rather than busting my ass in sprints ... how about you?
Our team manager still has not really been around much. He stops by to give the assisstant coaches some info and then takes off. Hard for the troups to get inspired if the leader can't be around to mingle and talk with the players. You can tell in the locker room. Usually there is some joking around and stuff especially between Nestor and I but now .. everyone keeps their heads down and it is all ... well ... like work. I miss the playful team interaction I have seen on some of the other teams. Funny how you don't value something until you loose it.
I am off for some much needed rest before I have to go work with that slave monger claiming to help my body become inspired. I find it easier to head over to http://www.focusdep.com myself to read about inspired quotes from others rather than busting my ass in sprints ... how about you?
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