Spring has sprung?

As I write this, it is absolutely beautiful outside. It is the type of spring day that makes getting through the winter worthwhile. I can only hope and pray that this is not an aberation, but the beginning of some great weather. Technically, it is our day off with a home game on Friday, but I am here at the office making some last minute preparations.

Let me go on record right now. I long for the day when no one asks me to do video exchange or seeks my advice for computer or video related matters. My knowledge is very basic and standard for someone my age, but being that I have always been the only coach to have grown up with computers I have a better understanding and knowledge base. That doesn't mean I always know what is going, it is just that I am the most familiar. Quite frankly, it is one of the reasons I am slightly apprehensive to be a GA once I get back to the states. I can certainly do the job, but it is a thankless job being a video guy. Everyone understands the importance, but no one really wants to put the time and energy into learning all of it. I can't wait until all I am asked to do is to coach and recruit. The reasons we become coaches is to coach, not to spend hours on computers or video rooms downloading, uploading, making cutups, or entering data.

As I have mentioned before, there hasn't been a whole lot of activity outside of football. That being said, I have spent a good amount of my free time reading and watching movies. On our trip to Vienna I finally cracked open the book "The Dirt" which is the story of Motley Crue with help by Neil Strauss. Each member kind of tells his story and they are intertwined in a fantastic way. Let me say that I have about zero interest in Motley Crue. I don't have a single song of theirs on my Ipod nor could I name one of the top of my head. That being said, I found it to be a great book and I could not put it down. They tell their story in a very real, honest, raw, and flawed way. Those guys all know that they are messed up and far from perfect. They have issues and are very upfront and forward about it. Part of that is what is probably what I find fascinating. I always love hearing and reading stories about people who are deeply flawed and yet they still rise to the top on the back of their tremendous talent and passion.

Our first home game is this Sunday against the St Polten Invaders. Preparations are nearly complete to get everything in order. I am kind of curious to see how everything unfolds. Not just with the game, but everything that goes into it. As anyone who is involved in athletics knows, sometimes home games are worse than road games. For a road game, you just show up and play. For a home game, there are a million and one things that need to be in order and taken care of just to be able to play the game. We don't know a whole lot about the St Polten team other than that they have 2 Americans and the rest of the team is Austria. Other than that everything will be a mystery.

That is all for now. Hope all is well back home. Take care

--Josh