Madden 2011

Ok so I finally pulled the trigger on this since I took the past 2 years off with Madden. With not really having the time to sit and play my PS3 and the fact that I focus mainly on the EA Sports NHL series, Madden had to take a back seat. Well, not this year....I heard so much about it I had to get it and give it a shot. My wife was out to dinner and the girls fell asleep early last night so I got some serious PS3 time to myself and took full advantage of it.

I usually press the "x" button and skip through all of the preliminary stuff, you know the hype they do for every video game. However I watched the Drew Brees soliloquy and it was pretty sweet....got the chills to be honest. Onto the game....had to select my favorite team (you should know this) and then get on with my franchise mode. I got right into it, didn't practice or anything, I figured it would be like riding a bike and it was. The main thing I missed was the "speed" button but honestly I got used to it and in actuality found it easier to hit the hole on a run play, make a juke and then break it open. LT is the man BTW....as is Greene. Like any video game now, the graphics were amazing, especially on the instant replays, it's soooooo real! Game play was very similar to what I recall from 2009 (think that was the last season I played) but I did find it more realistic. Also, you have an option of calling your own plays or using the "GameFlow" which basically let's the offensive and defensive coordinators call the play and then you execute them. I used this last night and really got into it, it was a cool addition to the game for the 1st time in 20 years.

Probably the funniest thing is that Old Spice is a big time sponsor this year (trying to sell OS to a younger generation???) and they had some real funny lines during the breaks in the action. The Old Spice whistle (if you've seen the commercial on TV you know what this is) and some of the lines used were, "Thank you for smelling great man!", "Old Spice body wash, greatest smell in the NFL", "Wham, bam, thank you for smelling great man!" Come on, are you serious? Had me in hysterics during the game though.....

Lastly, I heard it was easy and I started on a setting that was way too easy...blew out the Giants 34-7 and the Panthers 28-12 so I need to adjust that as I move forward in my franchise. Can't wait to carve out some time though and get after it!

What do you think about Madden 2011? Email me your thoughts....or better yet email me your online (PS3) name and maybe we can get after it one night??? bd@lax-school.com ....let's see what you got!

Game Day

Well it's here.....game day, pretty excited. When I looked in the eyes of all my players this morning @ breakfast I could see that every single one of them are ready to compete and......ready to win!

We're going to throw some different things at Chesapeake right from the get go, try to get them off balance and get them thinking.......mind games.

I've never felt the confidence like I have with this group, it's a special team and I'm excited to begin our quest in 3 hours to be MLL champs!

Tune in 12:00 on ESPN2....

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Sitting at the airport waiting to board the plane for Annapolis, so pumped for the weekend. Over the past 24 hours emails and text messages have been coming in from friends, family & fans wishing us luck for the weekend. It's definitely appreciated as the Cannons faithful love their boys and everyone realizes that this team has what it takes to get it done. It's going to take our best there's no doubt about it but I believe this is the best team in the league WHEN we play like we're capable of playing.

Heading now to board the plane, once we get down there we check in, practice and then have our team dinner tonight. Should be fun, looking forward to it!

FTM!

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Wow, what a whirlwind 4-5 weeks. I've been on the lax camp tour since the 2nd week of July. Cannons camp in Cape Elizabeth Maine to Nike camp @ Curry College to Cannons Camp in Narragansett RI then back to Curry College, Cannons camp in Milton Mass and then finally a camp up in New Hampshire. I'll be loading pictures up on the facebook page.......as soon as I charge my camera! The last camp I was at is Camp Techumseh. It's an all boys summer sports camp that over looks Lake Winnapasakee (the picture I took is what the boys look out to every morning). It's a pretty sweet view eh? This camp's alumni lacrosse list is pretty deep and impressive. Guys like Brian Dougherty, John Christmas, Matt Ogelsby, Billy Miller and a lot more top D1 lax players. It's a pretty down to earth set up. Kids stay in cabins and tents, there's no electricity except in the main buildings (cafeteria, infirmary, main office, etc.). I enjoyed my time up there, met some new people and I'm looking forward to next summer!

Speaking of next summer can you believe this summer is almost over? I was following my boy KH's tweets this weekend down in Ocean City, his team Jack Lingo won the tournament......congrats Harry! OC is a good time, haven't been in quite sometime though.....those were the days, MR Ducks used to rule the beach. What's your favorite lax tournament out there? Shoot me a note let me know.

Big week, MLL championship weekend is here. Can't wait, lots to do and so little time to do it. Hopefully you've gotten your tickets. If not go to majorleaguelacrosse.com/tickets and follow the link to purchase tickets. After you choose your seat location, enter the promo code "MLLPFF" and you'll get hooked up with the BD friends and family discount. $24 for the 3 game weekend package!

What are you going to do this offseason to take your game to the next level?


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Now that's what we're talking about....

Wait until you see the game today @ 4:00 on Comcast Sports New England. We saw what this team is capable of last night here in Denver. A truly great performance across the board; in the goal, at the face off X, offensively and defensively. As a coach this is how you envision your team playing when you begin putting all of the pieces together. We put a great effort together to clinch the #1 seed in the playoffs and it was something special to watch.

Getting ready to fly back to Boston and prepare for our last home game of the season vs. the Chesapeake Bayhawks Saturday night in front of the Cannon's faithful. It's a special night because we not only have a chance to finish 6-0 at home for the season with a win but we're also honoring the Cannon's alums from 2001-2009 and to top it off we have our team awards presentation after the game. So if you haven't gotten your tickets yet for Saturday night call 617.746.9933 and get it done!

Tomorrow I have the Nike Camp at Curry College through Wednesday and then Cannon's Camp at Milton Academy starts on Thursday. There's still room so if you want to meet and learn from some of the best players in the game go to bostoncannons.com and register.

Hope to see you on Saturday night and down in Annapolis for Championship weekend. Get your tix online....majorleaguelacrosse.com

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