I, Kia: Week 7
Micah Kia is out for the season with a torn right ACL.
But his mind still works and his mouth is still firing.
Hopefully, we can run this I, Kia feature every week, if things work out.
Here's what he has to say before Week 7:
"I'd like to say there's nothing eating at the team, but three losses, there's definitely some thoughts going on in the back of some minds. It's important to keep that off the surface. We're in a tight spot, but we have the potential to climb out. There's only one way to get out of this.
It's very important to just forget about what happened in the past years. We had a great offseason, and I think it's really important remind these guys about the work they put in. Yeah they're young, but they're being forced into action fast. This isn't something they need to go through, but they HAVE to. It's up to the older guys on the team to remind them that you've got to grow up fast regardless of what's going on. They're no longer rookies. They've got six games under their belts. It's time to grow up. Even if you have to lose, lose like a man. Take it on the chin, hold your head up high. You can win as a man and you can lose as a man - that's going to prove your worth.
The good things are that we're still working hard. Yeah, we've got three losses, but the general consensus on the team is that we take it a game a t a time. Something bad happens you flush it away. Every game is a single-game season.
It's the same thing I've talked about before, but I thought the offense did a good job growing in the loss. As a team we made some progress. We didn't make a whole lot of huge mistakes but a lot of little ones that cost us big.
Part of the growing process is to forget that mentality of a losing team that was last year, but also remember what we went though. We can't just forget the hardships we went through. Remembering mistakes made in the past is what helps you grow in the future. It's very important for the guys who went through that, myself included, the only thing I hold onto is I remember the pain. I don't want to go through it again."
you seem to post stuff at a snails pace. i'm not sure why, but dohn was much quicker.
love KIA!!!!
Thanks for these great updates Micah. Keep em coming!!!
this guy knows whats up and is a true leader. the best part is... usc has nobody that matches up to the man that kia is.
Kia is a good kid, and well spoken. But face the facts, He is one of many players we have seen over the past few years that has not come close to the expectation the staff had for him. This kid is a physical giant, he towers over most of the guys he faces yet he has never become the reliable lineman we have needed. In and out last year as a junior on the worst o-line in the pac-10 and not a starter when he was hurt this summer, passed over by two true freshman. Only at UCLA in our current state does a second tier, out for the season due to injury lineman get interviewed on the state of the Bruin football team. LEADER???????????Come on man, we need leaders on the field, not on blog post!