During the week of March 17th Coach Baker was just informed that two of his starting players from last year have been recruited away to play for another team in Brooklyn.  I have heard of teams recruiting other people's players but have never seen it first hand.  I have spent the past few years flying under the radar and trying to play it close to the vest about who we were and who was on my team in order to avoid "getting got".  But "snitches" are everywhere . . . always talking about what "had happened" and what they've "seen or heard", and they're ruining our communities.  The only people who need to know who is part of our program are our parents, players, and ultimately, our sponsors.  It's a backhanded compliment in a way in that other teams admire our players and our program to the point where they feel compelled enough to try to steal our players away. 

Ironically it all happened during the most important juncture of our program, the week of Shock Exchange Comes to Harlem where the Shock Exchange has been asked by city officials to defend Harlem against the interlopers.  But anyway you slice it . . .  in the name of Omar Little . . . "We Just Got Got!"