Melrose travels to Burlington in a "Prove It" match.
Everyone knows the saying, "Innocent until proven guilty." Defense counsel works to present arguments from "The Hypothesis of Innocence."
Sport is the exact opposite. Athletes and teams are "guilty until proven innocent." As athletes, you inhabit "Prove It" mode every time you step on the court, the field, the ice.
That's what makes it great, like chefs preparing their signature dish. The "cooking metaphor" works for sport. All cooking is about "time and temperature." There's a 'right amount' of time and intensity that goes into training, the right amount of seasoning.
Some of you have heard of former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, a literal farm boy from Indiana. He's in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield as both a player and as a coach. His UCLA Bruins won ten NCAA basketball titles, including nine in ten years.
He didn't win a championship at UCLA until his sixteenth season. Winning is hard. As former Alabama football coach Nick Saban tells his players, "Life is hard."
Overnight success is myth. Guilty until proven.
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