Words and wisdom from the illustrious coaching crew of
the Chester Romans.
Feb 21 2006
Guys,
Welcome to the latest Coaches Corner.
First off, my thanks go out to all of you that are continuing
to turn out regularly at this inhospitable time of the year.
As I said on Sunday, it makes it so much more worthwhile
when we can field full offenses and defenses against one
another: it also helps the coaching staff to do a more accurate
assessment of what (and who) is working well (or not).
Not only that, it means that scrimmage times can be extended
(and the number of figure of eights that must be completed
can be reduced).
As I’m sure you are aware, once the fundamentals
are in place, there’s no substitute for working in
game type situations as often as possible, and I promise
you that as long as we keep getting sufficient numbers down
to training over the upcoming weeks, the amount of scrimmage
time will continue to increase in preparation for the new
season.
Remember though, that without funds the club will not function
at all this season. As Ickle mentioned on Sunday, time is
now marching on and it’s time for everyone to commit
fully to the club. 7th May is the deadline for either all
subs to be paid in full (or a financial arrangement to be
in place with the Treasurer). Please, don’t get yourselves
in a position where I can’t allow you to play because
you haven’t paid!
Ok, to finish off this weeks “Play of the Week”
award goes to a guy who has made leaps and bounds since
joining the team at the end of last year: we’ve tried
him out at a variety of positions on D, his latest incarnation
being at nose tackle on Sunday.
Undaunted at being plugged into yet another new role, he
showed tremendous drive and energy throughout scrimmage,
and had a number of QB pressures/sacks, so maybe (just for
this week) we rename it this award as “Plays of the
Week”…step forward and take a bow, Mike Ireland
(or Flingstang as he is better known to regular users of
that Interweb thing).
Well done to Mike and I’ll see you all again on Sunday,
Gary
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