Inching Closer to Gameday

We are 9 days away from playing our first game, and then we play 3 games in 5 days.  It will be interesting to see what transpires with our team during that stretch, as we play at St. Olaf, a Minnesota DIII school, then play at Auguatana, a DII scholarship school, then after 2 days, we play the Gusties from Gustavus Adolphus.  These games will all be very difficult, and quite frankly, that is the way we want our early season schedule to look like. 

I really do like our team a lot.  I know I am someone that is usually very guarded about how I feel about my teams, but this team is my kind of team.   I am not saying that we are awesome or going to be as good as some of the teams that we had in the early part of this decade, but this team fits me.  I like a big physical team, with depth, and the ability to run and pass.  This team has all those characteristics, and on top of that, we probably will play all juniors and seniors, with the possible exceptions of Steve Gute (Carroll), Nate Parker ( Carlisle), and Sam Moser (Omaha).  Our team can be physical and relentless on the glass,  we have depth at all positions, and we run well.  I like teams that can score close to 80 points.  We will be a fun team to watch.  We haven’t been as good passing the ball the last couple of years, and that is only because of our lack of experience.  We now have that experience, and we expect to be a real nice passing team. 

Like I said earlier, there are no guarantees, that we win any of our first 3 games, and I am being serious about that, but we will play hard, physical, and play together.  It will be a lot of fun to see how well we play, and see where our weaknesses are, and what our strengths are.   But I will say this, I am very blessed with the guys we have in our program right now.  They are quality young men, who know how to have fun, and know how important it is to be a good teammate.  We have fun everyday together.  We will be exciting to watch.

Next week, I will give you an update on our lineups and who will play what positions.  We are getting closer to that point, but we have one last scrimmage this week, then we will evaluate where we are. 

Go Beavers!!

Coach VH