For the longest time, two years, Bryce Alford has been criticized by people for being the coach's son. The critics are relentless, careless, and loud. But Alford works his way out of the shadow of being the son of a coach.
He was criticized to be not qualified and skilled enough to be a player in places as big as the UCLA. But now, he has somehow proven his worth. He won an NCAA tournament for Bruins and he did it almost singlehandedly. Bryce shares his experience in having to go through all the criticisms brought about by his familial relationship with the coach. He says that it is a really tough position to be in. He continued by saying that it is always difficult to give people explanations. He implies that it is hard to make people understand his situation unless they are also coaches' children. He compares his world to a microscope where everyone is always watching his every move. But he understands that all these judgment are brought about by having Alford as his last name, saying that even if he does not play for his father, he will still be labeled as the coach's son.
When he played for his dad at the UCLA, he shares that he gets a lot of heat, and he knows that it is not going to stop anytime soon. Bryce feels the criticisms every day in the campus. Sometimes it even starts from the fans. It may have also rooted from Bryce's committment to play for his father when he coached at the University of Mexico. Due to this, spectators thought that Bryce is not major basketball league material.
However, Bryce does his best to prove everyone wrong. He works his way to get people's approval. Soon he will no longer be "just" the coach's son. As a sophomore, he averaged 15.4 points. When he got 27 points (all 3's) on Thursday, he was positively compared to his father who was the game hero when he won the 1987 NCAA.
