A whirlwind going here. Third time writing this blog – lost it twice as the internet was sketchy on campus Monday. But that is the way things are at Moravian at different times.
I think we have kryptonite in many of our buildings (lead and asbestos as well???) Yikes Batman I hope not – we were established in 1742, so maybe.
Let me tell you this……..I love our team at Moravian.
But have to skip across Pennsylvania….up thru Ohio….then 80 miles more to my house in Michigan.
Our guys (your friends….sons…teammates) they are awesome young men!
Win, lose or draw….give them to me! Can’t wait to see the men they will become.
OK….now here in Michigan. Hop on jet to JFK – then zooming across the pond to Switzerland.
You should have seen the edition I wrote before this one – it was really great. Well maybe not.
OK – the sad reality of the season to this point is that we are 0-6. I guess many people would say pack it in and let’s just give up. Not so fast….you talk to our guys after the game and you do not see an ounce of quit in……any of them.
I look out on the field and see Vinny Caporrino – La Ron Smith playing as hard as they can….being everything we want student athletes to be. Just two tremendous kids (men) we have. Connor Rooney and Aaron Hudson or Aaron Brown stepping up to lead our team.
Honestly there are many others…but just want to point out some things I see and hear while working with these guys.
These guys aren’t stepping back – why would they? Really….come on – really….these guys have labored for four years making Moravian football and Moravian College better……they are fully vested in Moravian football.
That is the just the tip of the iceberg…these guys are just a few of the 80 or so guys we have. The “troops” as I call them. Guys who don’t know how to take a back seat. Young men who will be leaders in whatever field they enter after graduation. I truly can’t wait to see who these young guys become.
Speaking of icebergs……well maybe mountains with ice and snow on them.
But…back to the guys…the troops. These guys really get it. They realize who we are as a team. Yes, we have some shortcomings right now. But, these seniors are the guys who we will build the future of MC football on.
There is a tremendous group of underclassmen lined up behind our seniors. They are learning from th
eir older teammates. They are seeing how to stand up and fight thru tough times. It’s not easy. But, a few years from now when we see the fruits of our labor pay off they will have this group of special seniors to thank. They are an awesome group. (I will say occasionally a few of them have given me a headache and a reason to build a beeramyd like you saw earlier…but how could you not love this group??)
To our team – and the seniors in particular. We have a few weeks to go in the 2017 season. How will we write our story? What will be our final score be….. how will this team be remembered?
Judging by the guys we have I believe this. We will get right back to work….right back to studying the video of our opponents….right back to practicing.
We need you all……everyone who makes every class…..every meeting…every weight lifting session. The troops who do it without a second thought.
Thank you guys for who you are…..thanks to all of our guys….the players….the troops. You are an amazing group who will be astronauts, teachers, presidents etc. Where will you end up – does it matter? You will be awesome!
I see the players I was privileged enough to coach over the years and see what they have become – trust me they have effected our world. The group who sits in our locker room right now will be the same!
Where will our guys be a year from now? Who knows….but they will be fantastic people. No doubt about that.
We have a lot of football in front of us. There are many days – from the game we will have at Juniata two weeks away til the season ending day at Muhlenberg. After that last game we will be different – all of us.
How we handle the next several weeks will shape who we are as people – where we go and who we become.
Wow – that is some pretty heavy stuff there! Well I had to read poetry you know….after all I was an English major.
Football is one of the best things we will ever find. The best friends in your life are sitting across from you in that locker room. Trust me when I tell you the biggest lasting impressions will be of the guys who line up with you for the next several weeks.
OK – gotta let this go right now. Have to pack for a two day trip with my pals in Switzerland. Prepare for a meeting in Detroit tomorrow. Find my passport…Delta awards card etc….well OK have a beer!
This is going to be a really wild next few days. Switzerland and back at MoCo Monday morning. Well there is a reason they call me the assistant Ambassador to football behind may pal Giorgio Volpe in Lugano Switzerland!