Light day, sort of...
Just weights and film for the players today, but the coaches will be pulling an all-nighter to watch tape on Taft and get a game plan together for Wednesday's quarterfinal game against Taft before Saturday morning's practice.
This week of playoffs is always the one you have to watch out for. The short week leaves less than normal time to heal up from the previous game and less than normal time to prepare for the next week.
Birmingham coach Ed Croson told me earlier that this is the week he fears the most. In Croson's world, that means, he's going to spend every waking hour -- and even some sleeping hours -- preparing for the game. It's the way he copes. You can't be as nervous if you know you've prepared as much as you can in the time given.
It helps that they played Taft just a week and a half ago. There are fewer surprises. But, and this is a big but, it's very hard to beat a good team twice in the same year and Taft is definitely a good team. Former Taft coach Troy Starr used to tell me this all the time, in regards to Birmingham, but it works both ways.
Anyway, off to bed... Not that any of the coaches will be seeing theirs tonight.
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