In my 49 years, the harsh reality is that the most bitter and racist attacks often come from black people projecting their self-hatred. They hate they were born black and wished they were born white. We lead a staff and team that is 80% Black. We do the work, and sometimes, we win. Still, the arrows almost always come from critics who look just like us. It’s a recurring sickness, but we stay focused on winning while they stay focused on throwing stones. Again, projecting your failures into racist attacks on our program, cosplaying as some “High Football Guru” is utterly ridiculous. You’d love to have our talent, culture, and resources. During @CoachZSims tenure as varsity head coach at Freedom High School (Oakley, California) across the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, the Falcons compiled an overall record of 5–14: 2021–22 Season: 2–8 overall (1–4 in Bay Valley Athletic League play) 2022–23 Season: 3–6 overall (1–4 in Bay Valley Athletic League play) September 9, 2022, Freedom was unable to play the contest, resulting in a forfeit win recorded for the Pacers. Freedom forfeited due to roster attrition and player safety. After physical losses to Marin Catholic and El Cerrito to open the 2022 season, Freedom suffered multiple injuries that left their already-thin varsity squad severely depleted. Facing a physical Grant team with too few healthy upperclassmen created a significant safety risk, leading Freedom’s staff and administration to forfeit the September 9 matchup. The game went down as an official 2–0 forfeit win for Grant. The mentality of a loser is not defined by suffering a defeat; everyone loses at some point. True defeatism is a psychological posture—a habitual, deeply ingrained way of interpreting the world that guarantees failure long before the contest even begins. Coach Sims is a prime example of this.