The speaker of john updike’s poem suggests that flick is not more successful in life is because he?

In the poem, Ex-Baskteball Player by John Updike, the speaker talks about Flick a once successful player. However, he writes that Flick hasn't continued to be more in successful in life because "He never learned a trade, he just sells gas,/Checks oil, and changes flats...'.

now im going to write the whole thing of ru bc i feel like u should lern it on ur own but i would choose allan poe bc allan poe was the main character and the author gives more supporting details on the character.