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FWST: Mother's tough love leads to stardom for TCU freshman
By Stefan Stevenson
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Devonte Fields had pushed Arlington Martin coach Bob Wager to a breaking point.
Fields, who has started every game at defensive end for TCU during his true freshman season, is, by all accounts, the picture of a humble, devoted teammate coaches covet.
But that wasn't always the case.
It was the spring of 2010 and Wager was at the end of his rope, at a loss for a way to motivate a 15-year-old sophomore sub-varsity player, to go all in and apply himself.
"At that time he was no different than a lot of 15-year old kids," Wager said. "He was just kind of floating around. I'm looking at a kid that I have not been able to bring the best out of. I have not been able to psychologically get inside his head and get him to make a total commitment to everything he's doing -- academically, athletically -- all of it." ...
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By Stefan Stevenson
[email protected]
Devonte Fields had pushed Arlington Martin coach Bob Wager to a breaking point.
Fields, who has started every game at defensive end for TCU during his true freshman season, is, by all accounts, the picture of a humble, devoted teammate coaches covet.
But that wasn't always the case.
It was the spring of 2010 and Wager was at the end of his rope, at a loss for a way to motivate a 15-year-old sophomore sub-varsity player, to go all in and apply himself.
"At that time he was no different than a lot of 15-year old kids," Wager said. "He was just kind of floating around. I'm looking at a kid that I have not been able to bring the best out of. I have not been able to psychologically get inside his head and get him to make a total commitment to everything he's doing -- academically, athletically -- all of it." ...
Read more here: http://www.star-tele...l#storylink=cpy
