[baseball1974]

No one has said Pittman does not play to win. If we didn't have him, we would be in a mess. I'm talking about his attitude. People talk about the attitude of the team and I don't see that from those boys, except Pittman. As far as Edwards, he plays selfish football and you are right, he has been in the wrong position for way too long.

I don't know the Pittman kid personally, so I won't comment on his attitude. However, I will say over the past several decades I've seen a plethora of kids that have gotten stuck with that type of "attitude" label when it wasn't warranted. All kids play with different emotions. These are still developing teenagers that haven't yet figured out how to use their emotions in a positive way. That doesn't mean he has an attitude. In the cases I've seen it was a rare breed of athlete that absolutely hated to lose, more so than they liked winning. These kids would get tagged with having attitudes when in reality they were outwardly showing their disgust for his team doing something unsuccessfully. They were also usually harder on themselves as well when they screwed up. It may look like a brat throwing a tantrum, but in most cases its a kid that hasn't found a way to channel his emotions when failure happens. I wouldn't be so quick to judge the young man if you don't know what's going on with him personally? Having a passion for winning and being the best is a lot different than having an attitude problem. Hopefully he will find someone in his life that can help him learn how to channel that because in all the cases I've seen its usually one of the best players on the team that it happens too.