Just finished a great pre game meal at the Green Briar (our post game spot), thanks again Joe for comping the meal! Great steak and cheese by the way if you're ever in the area looking for a good meal. This morning we had a film session and a good walk through. Guys seem pretty loose but they understand the importance of tonight's game. Got Long Island in town tonight, with a win we take sole possession of 1st place. The opportunity is there, now we have to want it and go get it.
Huge recruiting tournament going on at Harvard right now, kids everywhere laxn it out. Teams from Mass, NH, Upstate NY, Long Island, CT......you name it. Everyone trying to impress the many college coaches that are here scouting talent. We shot some footage for our lax wall video and used some of the kids that were chilling in-between games. Props to the guys who helped us out, much appreciated fellas.
Time to go finish watching the US Soccer game, US was down 1-0 when we left the Briar.....boys need to hunker down and get it done. Next time I check in, hope to be celebrating a big win!
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Saturday, June 26, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Great Win
Wow, what a 2nd half effort.....3 goals given up in the 2nd half and 10 scored.... Got to love it when the guys step up and play like they should.
4-2 and have Long Island next weekend @ home, need a HUGE crowd so if you don't have plans next weekend guess what.......come on down to Harvard and cheer the boys on. Let's break 11,000 next weekend huh? See you there!
Until then, camp season is here. Make sure you're getting ready for it. If you're still looking for a camp, I'll be @ the Nike camp at Curry college for 2 weeks and we have 4 Cannon's camps this summer (Narragansett RI, Cape Elizabeth ME, Amesbury MA & Milton MA). Check out bostoncannons.com.
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4-2 and have Long Island next weekend @ home, need a HUGE crowd so if you don't have plans next weekend guess what.......come on down to Harvard and cheer the boys on. Let's break 11,000 next weekend huh? See you there!
Until then, camp season is here. Make sure you're getting ready for it. If you're still looking for a camp, I'll be @ the Nike camp at Curry college for 2 weeks and we have 4 Cannon's camps this summer (Narragansett RI, Cape Elizabeth ME, Amesbury MA & Milton MA). Check out bostoncannons.com.
If you want to take your game to the next level then I'll see you at one of the camps
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Happy Father's Day
Happy father's day to my dad and to my god father who we lost back in April as well as all the dads out there.
Sitting in my hotel room, just finished a good breakfast and watched a video that my wife sent to me of the girls singing Happy Father's day! That was awesome and made my day for sure. Now the only thing that can put the icing on the cake is a win on the road today vs. Chicago. It's a hot one, already up in the 80's @ 10:00 in the morning. It'll be crucial that we play smart today as I'm sure both teams will be affected by the heat. Game time temp is expected to be 96 degrees and add 10-12 degrees at field level on the turf.
I like our chances today, team is well rested (something we hadn't been on our previous 2 road games) and they're confident after last weeks victory vs Denver. Yes that game is in the past but the reason we had the success we had is not. The bottom line is if we move the rock on offense, communicate and play team defense and limit our mental mistakes we are a hard team to beat. I know a lot of coaches say this about their teams.....but I really believe this with this group. Today marks the 1/2 way point of the season. If we can get the W and go to 4-2 we'll be in a good position after 6 games. Chesapeake and Denver are both 4-2, Long Island 2-4 and Toronto is 1-5. The winner of today's game goes to 4-2, the loser goes to 3-3.
Crazy week for me, so I apologize for not blogging sooner. Last Saturday between our film session and reporting to the game my car got broken into when I stopped to get a coffee. Totally bummed me out, they stole a couple pair of sunglasses, my Cannon's bag full of clothes (and a pair of Warrior shooter shoes that Chris Davis sent me) and most importantly my computer bag which.....yes.....had my laptop in there!!! I also had my Espor key (film break down software), a watch and my external hard drive. So yes.....it was a tough day/week to say the least as I've been struggling and basically starting from scratch.
Everything is better now, as they say life goes on and at the end of the day those are material things. I have my health, my wonderful family and my love of lacrosse......time to go get a W against Chicago!!
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Game Day!
What a practice last night! I love when this time of the season hits, the rookies just drafted on Sunday night attend practice and we have numbers!!! We had 35 guys at practice last night, reminded me of training camp. When we have those numbers, we're able to get a great run in. The energy was buzzing last night in the blue/white West Genny Drill (3v2's, shooter out - great drill for handling in traffic and finishing in tight...."small ball"), the GB transition drill (roll GB's into 2 v 1's on both wings that turn into either a uneven or even situation @ both ends, you decide which) and the 6v6 1/2 field drills. Every single one of the rookies looked good last night, we were impressed with the way they fit right in....just another reinforcement that we made good decisions last Sunday at the draft. Make sure you check out pictures of last night's practice @ facebook.com/laxschool.
Another early morning in the Daye household.....5:05 a.m. to be exact, after going to bed @ 1:30 a.m. Whenever I get home from a Friday night practice (midnight), it takes a while to settle down the brain as all I'm thinking about is the game. Surprisingly I don't feel that bad right now...I'm sure it'll catch up with me post game though. I have to finish up the scouting report for our 10:00 a.m. film session at the hotel and put the final touches on our game plan for today. It's going to be a good game, Denver is coming off of 3 consecutive wins after losing the season opener here in our house. Now we have them back and it's a big game for us as we need to stop this 2 game losing streak we have going. It's always nice to get back home in front of the Cannon's faithful when you need a W. The energy in the stadium should be buzzing and the guys feed off of that. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet no fear, they sell tix right up to game time. Our last home game we had 10,700 a new franchise record....I would love to break that today! This game is also live on ESPN2 @ 3:00 so set your DVR (as you'll be at the game)!
We're dressing two rookies today, Max Quinzani (attack) and Nick Tsouris (D-Mid), I'm sure they're both pretty pumped. It'll be interesting to see how they both do in the 1st 5-8 minutes of the game. That's usually when the nerves are at their best and it takes a big play, hit or scrum to settle things down. As I explained in my previous blog, having Max down low at the LH attack position makes us a better offensive unit overall. Buck goes up top where he's very dangerous whether vs. a SS or LS match up. With Nick on the other hand, we're looking for some consistent play from the D-Mid role. We have a good group this year led by Matt Casey, Greg Downing and Mitch Belisle. That fourth spot we've used a few guys to see what we can get out of each. It's still early enough in the season where you can rotate a few guys to see who gives you the most at that position. All four of them need to be better and we're expecting that to happen tonight. Nick brings speed (as did Matt Smalley) and he has the ability to play shut down D on a offensive midfielder. Tonight is his night to shine....overall it's a big night for the rooks, welcome to the league boys.
The guys are feeling good, they're loose (finished up last night's practice with rookie intro's...it was pretty funny) and they're ready to play. Can't wait to face off @ 3:00.
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Another early morning in the Daye household.....5:05 a.m. to be exact, after going to bed @ 1:30 a.m. Whenever I get home from a Friday night practice (midnight), it takes a while to settle down the brain as all I'm thinking about is the game. Surprisingly I don't feel that bad right now...I'm sure it'll catch up with me post game though. I have to finish up the scouting report for our 10:00 a.m. film session at the hotel and put the final touches on our game plan for today. It's going to be a good game, Denver is coming off of 3 consecutive wins after losing the season opener here in our house. Now we have them back and it's a big game for us as we need to stop this 2 game losing streak we have going. It's always nice to get back home in front of the Cannon's faithful when you need a W. The energy in the stadium should be buzzing and the guys feed off of that. If you haven't gotten your tickets yet no fear, they sell tix right up to game time. Our last home game we had 10,700 a new franchise record....I would love to break that today! This game is also live on ESPN2 @ 3:00 so set your DVR (as you'll be at the game)!
We're dressing two rookies today, Max Quinzani (attack) and Nick Tsouris (D-Mid), I'm sure they're both pretty pumped. It'll be interesting to see how they both do in the 1st 5-8 minutes of the game. That's usually when the nerves are at their best and it takes a big play, hit or scrum to settle things down. As I explained in my previous blog, having Max down low at the LH attack position makes us a better offensive unit overall. Buck goes up top where he's very dangerous whether vs. a SS or LS match up. With Nick on the other hand, we're looking for some consistent play from the D-Mid role. We have a good group this year led by Matt Casey, Greg Downing and Mitch Belisle. That fourth spot we've used a few guys to see what we can get out of each. It's still early enough in the season where you can rotate a few guys to see who gives you the most at that position. All four of them need to be better and we're expecting that to happen tonight. Nick brings speed (as did Matt Smalley) and he has the ability to play shut down D on a offensive midfielder. Tonight is his night to shine....overall it's a big night for the rooks, welcome to the league boys.
The guys are feeling good, they're loose (finished up last night's practice with rookie intro's...it was pretty funny) and they're ready to play. Can't wait to face off @ 3:00.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Welcome Aboard!
Did you catch any of the draft on Sunday night? In case you weren't aware, we took Max Quinzani at #3 after much speculation that we would. Honestly it was a no brainer for us. Even though our attack has been clicking and has put up 27 goals and 19 assists for us in 4 games, picking up Max now allows Buck (Kevin Buchanan) to play midfield. Max will fit in just fine back there, RB & Poskay will bring him along and he'll do exactly what he's done at Duke....ride hard, pick up GB's and put the ball in the back of the net. Buck on the other hand will now join Rabes, Heimer and Smitty to form a pretty lethal 1st midfield line. Having Kevin potentially dodge vs. a short stick will draw a lot of attention and should create opportunities for his line mates. I'm expecting a pole to bump up to Buck in certain situations but as we've seen in the 1st four games Buck has no problem dodging and beating a pole. I know #99 is pretty pumped to have KB up top, looking forward to this weekend and seeing what this line can do vs. Denver.
We were originally looking midfielder at the #12 spot but the two guys we had our eyes on got nabbed up with prior picks (Delaney #8 and Cahill @ #9) so we moved up our plan to get Boyle @ #14 and took him @ the #12 spot. Steven is everything you want in an attackman and more. He's got the size, the speed and can create off the dodge, be a feeder and a scorer. Expect to see S. Boyle in a Cannon's uniform soon. At #14 we took Jimmy Connolly.....although many people see him as an attackman what caught our eye for a player who hasn't played competitively for a year was his ability to dodge no matter where he is on the field. We compare him to a Kevin Buchanan, a type of player that can fill multiple roles and help at attack or midfield if need be. With our depth at both positions, we definitely have time to develop Jimmy but look for him to play some midfield for the Cannons.
The next four spots we went defense, long stick defenseman Chris Nixon, short stick d-midi Nick Tsouris (pronounced Souris), close defenseman Ryan Nizolek and midfielder Jason Duboe. All four players are phenomenal athletes and played multiple sports in high school (Nixon, Nizolek and Duboe excelling in football, Tsouris in football, basketball & track). These moves were made to add depth and as I mentioned above athleticism on the defensive side of the ball. There's a chance you may see Tsouris soon, the other three possibly later in the season. Duboe known mainly as an offensive player at Harvard, we see developing into a good transition midi for us (T-Mids play both defense & offense). We completed the draft by selecting Kevin Gould an attackman and Grant Krebs a midfielder. Gould will add some more depth at attack and honestly we didn't expect Krebs to be available that late but were happy to get the leading scorer for Notre Dame this past season added into our already deep draft.
As you can see the goal for us was getting athletic players who can help at multiple positions. When you can only dress 19 players on game day and carry 23 players on an active roster, maximizing these positions is essential and can make a difference. What type of player are you? Can you play midi and attack?? Can you play offense and defense?? Long stick and short stick defense?? The more you can do on the field, the better chance you'll have of taking your game to the next level.
Big one Saturday vs. Denver, time for us to get back on track and get a W. I'll check in on game day so stay tuned for more on that. Just make sure you're either at Harvard to cheer us on or on the couch at 3:00 to watch it live on ESPN2...should be a great game.
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We were originally looking midfielder at the #12 spot but the two guys we had our eyes on got nabbed up with prior picks (Delaney #8 and Cahill @ #9) so we moved up our plan to get Boyle @ #14 and took him @ the #12 spot. Steven is everything you want in an attackman and more. He's got the size, the speed and can create off the dodge, be a feeder and a scorer. Expect to see S. Boyle in a Cannon's uniform soon. At #14 we took Jimmy Connolly.....although many people see him as an attackman what caught our eye for a player who hasn't played competitively for a year was his ability to dodge no matter where he is on the field. We compare him to a Kevin Buchanan, a type of player that can fill multiple roles and help at attack or midfield if need be. With our depth at both positions, we definitely have time to develop Jimmy but look for him to play some midfield for the Cannons.
The next four spots we went defense, long stick defenseman Chris Nixon, short stick d-midi Nick Tsouris (pronounced Souris), close defenseman Ryan Nizolek and midfielder Jason Duboe. All four players are phenomenal athletes and played multiple sports in high school (Nixon, Nizolek and Duboe excelling in football, Tsouris in football, basketball & track). These moves were made to add depth and as I mentioned above athleticism on the defensive side of the ball. There's a chance you may see Tsouris soon, the other three possibly later in the season. Duboe known mainly as an offensive player at Harvard, we see developing into a good transition midi for us (T-Mids play both defense & offense). We completed the draft by selecting Kevin Gould an attackman and Grant Krebs a midfielder. Gould will add some more depth at attack and honestly we didn't expect Krebs to be available that late but were happy to get the leading scorer for Notre Dame this past season added into our already deep draft.
As you can see the goal for us was getting athletic players who can help at multiple positions. When you can only dress 19 players on game day and carry 23 players on an active roster, maximizing these positions is essential and can make a difference. What type of player are you? Can you play midi and attack?? Can you play offense and defense?? Long stick and short stick defense?? The more you can do on the field, the better chance you'll have of taking your game to the next level.
Big one Saturday vs. Denver, time for us to get back on track and get a W. I'll check in on game day so stay tuned for more on that. Just make sure you're either at Harvard to cheer us on or on the couch at 3:00 to watch it live on ESPN2...should be a great game.
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Draft Day
Well, it's almost that time. Just finished watching the college all-stars vs Team USA game. The game was suspended due to weather but the college all-stars were up 12-11with 9 minutes and change left in the 4th. Very impressive showing for the college grads who strapped them up together for the 1st time vs Team USA.
A lot if chatter going around whose taking who. A couple of trade rumors are also being floated around by some of the GM's. We've pretty much solidified who were taking at #3, we just need him to be there. The word on the street is he will be.
About to grab a quick bite before we head over to the Lanman house where the draft is being held to shower up and get all dolled up for the cameras. The draft is at 7:00 on Universal sports, if you have direct TV you won't get it but you can log on to ESPN3 to see it.
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A lot if chatter going around whose taking who. A couple of trade rumors are also being floated around by some of the GM's. We've pretty much solidified who were taking at #3, we just need him to be there. The word on the street is he will be.
About to grab a quick bite before we head over to the Lanman house where the draft is being held to shower up and get all dolled up for the cameras. The draft is at 7:00 on Universal sports, if you have direct TV you won't get it but you can log on to ESPN3 to see it.
Make sure you tune in to see who the Cannon's take at #3.
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Friday, June 4, 2010
Game Day
Boy it's a hot one out down here in Annapolis Maryland. We had an early flight out of Boston and got down to our waterfront hotel around 10:00 this morning. The walk through although light with #'s went very well, guys are focused and ready to go to work tonight. We just had a great pregame meal at the Turner's house, Mrs. T prepared an unbelievable spread......can you say stuffed? Shrimp, grilled chicken, steak kabobs, salad, asparagus and these phenomenal ginger bread/raisin muffins!
Now we're back in the hotel, time to catch a quick snooze before my 4:30 coaches meeting (been up for 11 hours already) so I'm ready to roll......definitely going to need a 5 hour energy before tonight's game! Big one tonight, winner goes to 3-1 and guarantees a tie for 1st place after the weekend. There's so much parity in the league this year that games literally go down to the last few minutes. Chesapeake is good, extremely good offensively and in the goal. We have a battle tonight there's no doubt but I'm confident the boys are ready to go. We were embarrassed with our play last week....no disrespect to Long Island but we did not play the way we were capable of playing and tonight is redemption time.
Time to roll....make sure you check out the game on Comcast Sports New England or ESPN3.com tonight @ 7:30.
Busy weekend, fly back tomorrow then head down to Yale for the College draft. Who do you think we should take? Email me @ bd@lax-school.com with your choice!
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Now we're back in the hotel, time to catch a quick snooze before my 4:30 coaches meeting (been up for 11 hours already) so I'm ready to roll......definitely going to need a 5 hour energy before tonight's game! Big one tonight, winner goes to 3-1 and guarantees a tie for 1st place after the weekend. There's so much parity in the league this year that games literally go down to the last few minutes. Chesapeake is good, extremely good offensively and in the goal. We have a battle tonight there's no doubt but I'm confident the boys are ready to go. We were embarrassed with our play last week....no disrespect to Long Island but we did not play the way we were capable of playing and tonight is redemption time.
Time to roll....make sure you check out the game on Comcast Sports New England or ESPN3.com tonight @ 7:30.
Busy weekend, fly back tomorrow then head down to Yale for the College draft. Who do you think we should take? Email me @ bd@lax-school.com with your choice!
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Congrats!
I need to congratulate a few people although it may kill me.....Lol! First and foremost is my man John Danowski. I've known Coach Dino since my junior year in HS when he was recruiting me to come play at Hofstra. We stayed tight throughout the years. Love that man, seriously...you don't find too many men like him in this world today. I shot him a note on Sunday telling him to bring it home on Monday.... and followed up by saying, "I'm not necessarily rooting for Duke per say but I'm rooting for John Danowski to win the National Championship." He got a kick out out of it for sure. Nice work Coach, couldn't have happened to a better man.
Secondly is the man behind Lax-school.com, the main reason my site is kick ass....Kurt Griffin. KG and I have had our battles throughout the year with hoops. He got his kicks out of NC being down this year in b-ball and Duke mopping up on them on a consistent basis. BUT this is your moment, Duke's 1st National Championship in lacrosse. It's all good, seriously....it's good for the game. Now they only have three more to go to catch up to the Heels. In this world today it's what have you done for me lately though that people remember so both the hoops and lax teams need to step it up next year! Enjoy it why you can KG.....Cheers!
Lastly is to all of those Dookie's out there I played against or played with post collegiality as well as Brad Ross who I presently coach. Gentlemen, congrats.......every squirrel finds a nut once in a while!
Can't wait for 2011 lax season!!
Great games though this past weekend don't you think? Tufts (closest thing to Carolina w/their colors.....NOT THE BROWN!) pulled off a huge upset over Salisbury. Congrats to Coach Daly and his staff for making the magic happen this season. Also a shout out to Coach Jez from CW Post getting his 2nd Championship of his career in only 4 seasons as head coach.....that's amazing!!! Lastly, we can't forget Cathy Reese of Maryland (Outlaws Coach Brian Reese's wife) for knocking off the mighty Northwestern Wildcats and ending their streak of consecutive championships at 5. What a weekend of lax!!! Can't wait till next year as it's back in Foxboro!!
Chesapeake this Friday night, big one. 4 teams currently @ 2-1 and tied for 1st place; this is our chance to separate from the pack a little. I'm excited for this one and can't wait to see how the guys respond to last week's loss.....I'm feeling pretty good about it. More on that later in the week.....
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Secondly is the man behind Lax-school.com, the main reason my site is kick ass....Kurt Griffin. KG and I have had our battles throughout the year with hoops. He got his kicks out of NC being down this year in b-ball and Duke mopping up on them on a consistent basis. BUT this is your moment, Duke's 1st National Championship in lacrosse. It's all good, seriously....it's good for the game. Now they only have three more to go to catch up to the Heels. In this world today it's what have you done for me lately though that people remember so both the hoops and lax teams need to step it up next year! Enjoy it why you can KG.....Cheers!
Lastly is to all of those Dookie's out there I played against or played with post collegiality as well as Brad Ross who I presently coach. Gentlemen, congrats.......every squirrel finds a nut once in a while!
Can't wait for 2011 lax season!!
Great games though this past weekend don't you think? Tufts (closest thing to Carolina w/their colors.....NOT THE BROWN!) pulled off a huge upset over Salisbury. Congrats to Coach Daly and his staff for making the magic happen this season. Also a shout out to Coach Jez from CW Post getting his 2nd Championship of his career in only 4 seasons as head coach.....that's amazing!!! Lastly, we can't forget Cathy Reese of Maryland (Outlaws Coach Brian Reese's wife) for knocking off the mighty Northwestern Wildcats and ending their streak of consecutive championships at 5. What a weekend of lax!!! Can't wait till next year as it's back in Foxboro!!
Chesapeake this Friday night, big one. 4 teams currently @ 2-1 and tied for 1st place; this is our chance to separate from the pack a little. I'm excited for this one and can't wait to see how the guys respond to last week's loss.....I'm feeling pretty good about it. More on that later in the week.....
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