Well, I hope you had a great Labor day weekend as I did! The weather was fantastic after Earl made his way through New England. Saturday I had the pulled pork party and it was a HUGE success I must say....stay tuned for the video! I know it's sort of a bummer that the summer is over BUT now it's time for some football!!! Big opening weekend of college football hopefully you had a chance to check out a game or two (or three, four...). With that said I wanted to give a shout out to my boys down in Chapel Hill. No one gave them a chance on Saturday night vs. LSU with so many players missing because of suspension. It came down to the last play of the game and they almost pulled it off. LSU fans were silent even though they won and the Tarheel fans were making noise, letting their team know they appreciated that effort they gave on the big stage. It's going to be a great season for the Heels! Great game last night between Boise State and V Tech.....and Thursday night the NFL kicks off @ 7:30 with the Vikings taking on the New Orleans Saints....BOY IT'S GREAT THAT FOOTBALL IS BACK!!
There's a lot of exciting stuff happening behind the scenes with Lax-School.com, so stay tuned and I'll fill you in shortly. As for the MLL, we have our 23 man protected roster due in on the 24th of this month. I'll be meeting with the ownership and my VP in the next week to discuss the roster and in what direction we go in for 2011.
Still killing it in Madden BTW and I went up a level so the game is not as easy but still a lot of fun. I'm still looking for some online challengers out there, send me a friend request...my screen name is WCD2.
Oh yeah....how about the Jets signing Revis over the weekend??? Look out AFC.....
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Checking In
Hey....What's up? I've been pretty busy (like everyone else of course!) since I shared my Madden 2011 experience with you. Speaking of Madden....I officially declared time to move up one level after a 31-14 drubbing of the Pats. Yeah.....I know BUT I enjoyed it thoroughly I must say.
This has been a good week. Got back into my full time job which entails reaching out to my college coaches to see what they need for the upcoming season. All the new gear out there is creating the buzz. Take a look at some of the pics I posted on Facebook.com/laxschool. As my stuff comes in I'll keep putting the pics up.
Yesterday I met with Blazer coaches Tom Ryan and Randy Fraser for a little lunch over at the Stadium in Southie. It was good to catch up and we chatted about personnel they're looking at for next week's NLL draft. American players who play indoor become better field players, it's the truth. They learn how to operate in small space (keep in mind at full speed) so when they get out to the field it's like night & day with their stick skills and ability to finish. Sooooo, I'm all about some of the boys playing indoor if you know what I mean? The only downside is....it's a long season so they have to be in the best shape possible.
Anyone catch Hard Knocks last night?
Labor day weekend is here, make sure you enjoy the last "official weekend of the summer". The coaching staff, Mark Kastrud (GM/VP)and Bill Millman (the man behind the videos @Lax-school) are coming over for some southern style food....Carolina that is.....pulled pork, ribs, mac n cheese and more. Yep, we're talking about calories galore but that's ok.....have to do it everyone once in awhile ya know? Just means more workouts next week @Catz! Plus I'm going to film the pulled pork preparation from start to finish so you can also hook it up!
Stay tuned.........
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This has been a good week. Got back into my full time job which entails reaching out to my college coaches to see what they need for the upcoming season. All the new gear out there is creating the buzz. Take a look at some of the pics I posted on Facebook.com/laxschool. As my stuff comes in I'll keep putting the pics up.
Yesterday I met with Blazer coaches Tom Ryan and Randy Fraser for a little lunch over at the Stadium in Southie. It was good to catch up and we chatted about personnel they're looking at for next week's NLL draft. American players who play indoor become better field players, it's the truth. They learn how to operate in small space (keep in mind at full speed) so when they get out to the field it's like night & day with their stick skills and ability to finish. Sooooo, I'm all about some of the boys playing indoor if you know what I mean? The only downside is....it's a long season so they have to be in the best shape possible.
Anyone catch Hard Knocks last night?
Labor day weekend is here, make sure you enjoy the last "official weekend of the summer". The coaching staff, Mark Kastrud (GM/VP)and Bill Millman (the man behind the videos @Lax-school) are coming over for some southern style food....Carolina that is.....pulled pork, ribs, mac n cheese and more. Yep, we're talking about calories galore but that's ok.....have to do it everyone once in awhile ya know? Just means more workouts next week @Catz! Plus I'm going to film the pulled pork preparation from start to finish so you can also hook it up!
Stay tuned.........
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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!
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!
Saturday, August 21, 2010
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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Friday, August 20, 2010
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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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Monday, August 16, 2010
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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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Sunday, August 1, 2010
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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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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