| BREAKING NEWS |
BREAKING NEWS!!!BREAKING NEWS FROM THE IFL... According to sources, league founder and CEO Chris Chudada has announced that he will be stepping aside from the league for personal reasons. It is known that Mr. Chudada is keen on coaching and has been offered the chance to coach youth at the high school level. Furthermore, he reportedly feels that he has shepherded the league to a place where it can survive without his involvement. At this point, no official announcement has been made, but sources continue to report that Mr Chudada has decided to step away. Rumored to be in the mix to step in and assist IFL Commissioner Pete Narrai and co-owner Jordan Kopac is former IFL President of Football Ops Dan Greene. Greene is currently the coach of the West Bend Junkyard Dogs and heads up the IFL Hall-of-Fame Committee. Check back for more details or corrections as they become available... ***UPDATE*** It has been confirmed that Mr Narrai and Mr Kopac will be running the league in the interim as more help is sought... |
| Yeah, I Lost a Finger (sorta) |
| Friday, 02 July 2010 08:49 |
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Week five. Panthers. Supposed to be a cake walk. Unfortunately, the minute any single person believes what it's supposed to be, it never is. Call it the Quantum Theory of Football: By knowing something that is supposed to be known, you alter it so that it is impossible to occur. Yeah, I like that. I think I'll go with it. Anyhow, this was my first game back following the trip to Honduras. We came off a bye week, which may have attributed to the problem. The Wednesday before we seemed a little to loose at practice, and by the Wednesday immediately before the game, things just seemed to be a little rusty. It doesn't help that we're battling a spate of injuries and had several starters out, or playing in limited capacities, going against a team with nothing to lose. Defense, as usual, played lights out. They battled a few times in the first half and never really were threatened. In the second half, with several starters out, the Panthers O was able to move a little, but I don't think anyone on our sideline was ever concerned- at least not about the D. Offensively we had our own issues. Yes, we were missing some linemen. Yes, we were probably a little conservative in our playcalling. Yes, we shot ourselves in the foot a few times. But nonetheless, when you boil it down, we didn't perform to the high standards we hold ourselves to, and so the disappointment is our own doing. Most teams would be thrilled with a 30-2 win. But as we talked about at practice this week, we're not most teams. We take pride in executing on every play, and I think everyone would agree that from man #1 to man #100, we all had an off week. That, however, is what we build on. You can't build on perfection, you can only build on imperfection. And judging from the attitudes two nights ago, I think a lot of people are taking that to heart. Also, I lost a fingernail at practice. Two weeks ago I had my right index finger (throwing finger) crushed between two 200lb rocks while building a boulder wall. I'm lucky I had on the special reinforced boulder gloves, or it could have been season ending. Anyhow, after lancing the nail several times to relieve pressure, the bed finally began to heal enough that I was able to rip it off at practice. I have feeling back in the pad of the finger now, for the first time in two weeks, so I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing some more PT next week against the Storm. That's all from Mustang camp this week. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend everyone! |
