What a great day I had yesterday. The clinic Casey Powell and I put on at Waltham HS(with the help of Brett Queener and a few volunteer youth coaches) was awesome! We had over 90 kids who were all enthusiastic, very attentive and worked hard!! When you have a group who wants to learn and works their tails off during all of the drills, it makes the clinic that more enjoyable. Prior to the clinic we were able to catch up with CP and get his thoughts on what it takes to get your game to the next level, we'll have that up on the site soon so stay tuned. I also want to say thanks to all the coaches who helped out, thanks to my assistant coach Duff and the coach at Waltham, Mike Luccetti for providing us with a great facility to use.
Last night my staff and I went and scouted the Duke-Harvard game over at Harvard. Before that though we joined the tailgate the Cannon's front office put on and had a couple of adult beverages. There's nothing better than nice weather, lacrosse and tailgating.... the three just seem to go together so well. That's why Cannon's games are so much fun.....which I'm told by our fans. Back to the game, Duke looked pretty impressive last night, they were a lot faster than Harvard, unfortunately it looked like men against boys. I believe Duke has hit their midseason stride with their 3rd win in a row.
Two huge games today in Division one; my beloved Tarheels are at Johns Hopkins to take on the Blue Jays. With the Heels playing so well, there's a chance there could be easily 10-12,000 at Homewood field today. Despite Hopkins record, this will still be a great game. These two teams always seem to have battles and I'm sure today won't be different. It'll be interesting to see if both Billy Bitter and Sean Dulaney play or if they're both still nursing their injuries. Obvioulsy with them in the line up, the Heels are a stronger team but with the way the other players have been stepping up this year it's hard to tell on the scoreboard. It's funny, the Tarheels were definitely a big topic of conversation last night while coaches stopped by the Cannon's tent. When asked, I explained how this year's team reminds me so much of the 1991 team that I was on as a sophomore and went undefeated (16-0). The reason I say this is when you're able to play three midfields, five attackman and five longpoles you have depth. At the end of the year that is important and when it comes to crunch time in the playoffs all of these players have had the experience and are ready to step up. Hopefully this is the case with this year's team....we shall see.
The other big game is the Cavaliers vs. the Twerps from Maryland (Yes LB that's right!). Maryland is coming off of a heat breaking lost last week at the hands of North Carolina and Virginia is another team on a serious roll. Virginia is another team right now that has a lot of depth and is filtering through a lot of players. Although I do believe Maryland is very talented, I don't think they're as deep and cannot afford to get into an up an down game with UVA....if they do they will lose for sure. If both Carolina and Virginia win today it will set the tone for next weekend's match up with #1 & #2 at the Konica Minolta Big City Classic in the Meadowlands.....THAT would be sweet. Tickets are still available at www.bigcityclassic.com
Time to get the day going, lots to do before I head into the city and watch another great lacrosse game at the Boston Garden as the Blazers take on the Titans for 1st place in the Eastern Conference. Should be a battle, Casey and Brett Queener were talking smack at yesterday's clinic so it's on! Hope to see you there.
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