<embed width="576" height="324" src="http://media.nbcmiami.com/assets/pdk449/pdk/swf/flvPlayer.swf?pid=fzKrk_mPOL8L" flashvars="v=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcmiami.com%2Fi%2Fembed_new%2F%3Fcid%3D157757305%26path=%2F%2Fnews%2Flocal" allowFullScreen="true" AllowScriptAccess="always" /> "Good Job, Good Effort!" Heat Fan Tells Team Not To Give Up Dejected and down after a devastating loss Tuesday night, the Miami Heat players slowly trudged down the tunnel toward their locker room. But one young fan heard on the game broadcast was sincerely trying to pep up LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and the rest of the team. “Good effort, good job! Good job, good effort!” The face behind that voice is 9-year-old Jack Meyer. “I said ‘Good job, good effort’ and Terrel (Harris) noticed me and gave me a thumbs up,” he said. The video has gone viral, and Jack’s enthusiasm has inspired a twitter account, @goodjobkid, with more than 3,500 followers. Jack has been a Heat fan since he was 3 or 4. He loves to play ball with his dad, and enjoys collecting the team’s memorabilia in his room. His Heat-themed bed is “super cozy,” he says. So when people have the audacity to question whether the young Coral Gables hoops fan was mocking the Heat, the passion in his voice makes it obvious where he stands. “LeBron James was fighting so hard, Shane Battier, Udonis Haslem. Chris Bosh only played 14 minutes, yet one of his best games,” he said. Jack, who was at the game with his father James, hopes his cheers will encourage the team for Game 6. “You can’t give up this easily,” he said. “You know there’s always got to be a second chance for you. You always have the power to win.”
Stopped reading at "Dwayne Wade and the rest of the team" How can people who work for NBCmiami not learn to spell his name?
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I just got through watching Stephen A. Smith talk about the Miami Heat with the same urgency and import I would discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis. We forget that sports is supposed to be entertainment and fun and not always taken so seriously. I'm guilty of that too. Helps to see the game and the players through the eyes of a 9 year old sometimes.
I heard that kid yelling on TV. ugh, how irritating and annoying. he just repeated the same thing a million times. I'd have told the kid to piss off
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/other/fl-heat-good-job-good-effort-fan-20120606,0,4148272.story You can so tell he is only 9 years old. The innocence.
That last sentence is exactly how I feel about the Rockets. We need more people like this kid in the world. We're all too much of a cynical bunch- not that tough love and cynicism don't have their place, but I'm afraid we go overboard on it.
