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My son reads these posts too. I'm not talking out my butt here. I just thought that I would put out there that they R a team. I know you are always gonna talk about the best on a team. I do know that is how it goes mysonis55, and redandblack. I just tire of seeing all the time that it is about the best. I know my boy is good. He wants to get better. Like I said....our boys are a great team. and I know that several stand out.....lets just try to remember that these boys are very impressionable at this age....this is a point in their lives where they can get better or lose it completely. My oldest lost it after 8 th grade due to the name game. I tried to keep him going but he thinks it who you are, not that you can block all day and keep going.I want all these boys to succeed in whatever they do....and if I have to ruffle a few feathers then so be it. I will always talk about these boys as a team, and treat them as a team, and individuals....i just wanted to state that they have come a long way....and not just on the backs of other team mates. my son got hurt the last game but wouldnt come out...he said my Team needs me....that makes a mom proud....so i can think as a mom, but i do know my football. you dont have to mention my boys name on here, that is not what im stating. I'm just stating that they ARE A TEAM.

You must be a great mom and your concern that he or other players not get the wrong impression about the Team Concept is very valid. However in sports you are never going to escape the fact that some kids are going to be singled out. When my son was 3rd grade his team was undefeated and were central ky peewee champions. At one of our last practices a man was puttinh together an all star team to compete with an allstar team from TN. He selected 3 kids off of our team. It happens in Baseball Basketball and soccer. So these kids should be very used to some kids being singled out they have been around it since 1st or 2nd grade. The fact that some teammates make allstar teams or are brought up on a message board is a source of team pride. Do you think that Anthony Davis winning every individual accolade in college basketball did not diminish the national championship that they won as a team those kids were proud of both their teammate and their championship. If your son reads these message boards i hope he does so with caution cause there are some very cruel people on here who not only have no problem bashing a team they also have no problem bashing an individual player. You are right being a team is the absolute key to success in sports and football in particular where so many moving parts have to work in unity but individual accolades are part of being on a team as well everything from game MVP to allstate teams.