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Originally Posted by alfiegreen
what made him seem arrogent? i would disagree?
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With some young would-be stars I get this sense of parents and adults around them going beyond encouraging to treating the boy as a 'golden child' and even convincing them that their star-status is in the bank for them to go collect.
He had a little of that. Now confidence is good but there is just a little line where you gets sense of 'entitlement' from over-confidence.
I dunno.. I thought Simon did the right thing with a little 'reality check' and that will surely be helpful.
It might be time the adults around him (and his school mates) to rightfully praise him for the hard work and preparation but also let him know he can keep improving and let him know that opportunities like this are not 'rights' but blessings to be thankful for.
I think he is going to improve next time out and might win over more people.