In this interview, the basketball coach becomes obsessed with recruiting good players and winning games. At first, he was content with being an average team. But as he learned quickly, the privilege of attending a Catholic school allowed him to recruit middle school and high school students from where-ever. This made me really think about the resources that different schools have and the politics that come into recruiting. Many public schools do not have the opportunity to train their students into basketball stars, let alone having the necessary programs for students to succeed. On the other hand, a private Catholic school has many resources to help their students succeed. Hence, the students' high SAT scores. Furthermore, the Catholic school is not tied down to any state regulations and hence, can go recruit students as they please. It's almost unfair.
From this interview though, I saw a completely different side to high school basketball coaches. For him, there's almost an art in being able to negotiate, persuade, and eventually recruit students. It's a dirty game, almost. Like a business. But even more interesting is the pride that this man has for this sort of work. Although he acknowledges the fact that he cannot move much further in the socioeconomic ladder, he still loves what he does. I don't know whether it's because he enjoys working with high school students or if he just loves the game of recruiting and winning. I think it might be the 2nd one. :/
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