End of Fall Meeting Follow Up

Hey Guys,

First off, it was great meeting the few new guys that came to the meeting yesterday. Of course I'll be talking to Lu and others to learn exactly what happened in the fall and what needs work, but the meeting was a nice way to generally recap how the season went and teach me what we need to focus on in the Spring. For those of you that didn't make it to the meeting, I understand it's finals time and some of you may have already gone home, however something I want to emphasize now is that everyone will be held accountable for their actions this Spring. This includes attendance to meetings/practice/workouts, logging your workouts on the spread sheet, and the effort/dedication/focus you show during practices. I didn't get any emails from people telling me why they couldn't come to the meeting, which is really lame since it's so easy to shoot an email, even if the excuse is weak. We'll let it slide this time, but come spring there shouldn't be any excuses of "I have to study for my exam tomorrow" or "My girlfriend needs help on her homework" Get your work/girlfriend done early and come to practices/workouts ready to work your ass off :P

That aside, I'm PUMPED for this Spring season. You guys won a tournament and had a great performance at Brisk Winds! That's sick and it's a great place to build from. However I heard several things need a lot of work. Our Defense sucks balls, our marks are broken too easily, and therefore we rely way too much on our opponent's turnovers and our O-line to win games. That's bullshit. We're not going to make a dent at sectionals if we're not the ones creating D's. We've had some solid Fall performance yes, but there still are blemishes against two of our biggest sectional rivals: Columbia and Rutgers. My friend at Rutgers told me that he punted the disc as hard as he could after their first score against us and moments like that and those results should fire up each and everyone one of you to work harder this winter break and spring. We can be friends off the field, but teams like those look forward to beating us. They want to embarrass us. Fuck that.

I believe we can beat every team in our section and it's going to start with conditioning and dedication. In the next few days Lu and I will talk and I'll to send out workout groups, which will be headed by one group leader. Every player is responsible for logging his own workouts on the spreadsheet during and after break and the group leader will be responsible for checking up on his group. He will then send a weekly email to the entire listserve reporting on his group, highlighting who was slacking and who was doing well.

It is necessary to be running, lifting, strengthening your core, and doing stairs during break. I'm going to set a goal for everyone to meet right now. You should be running 2-3 miles at a fast pace (8+) on a treadmill every other day during this break (or full sets of stairs). If you can't run that fast, work up to it. We want fast pace running and sprinting, not long marathon runners(lookin at you, Pat). I'm bad at setting up lifting regimes, but if you have access to weights this break, use them. If you need help email Nova within the next week figuring out lifting or running regimes. Lastly, you should be doing sit ups and pushups/planks everyday to help your core. These are easy to do every morning when you wake up and before you shower at night.

So finish up your finals, log your workouts, expect some future emails about jerseys, workout groups, and I'll be sending out certain strategic stuff (basic playbook stuff) that you all should have learned before Spring starts.

~Q