Coach Flip Naumburg's Journal

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

STRIKE A POSE

Even if it is October (almost) I think this CSU lax team (almost to a man) sees this test against BYU on Saturday as a very important first step on our mission down the road to some kind of redemption. The chance to wrestle back the holy grail that was so unceremoniously removed from within our grasp last May is what we live lacrosse for now here at State. When the dream vanished all of a sudden we were stunned. Maybe we still are. Who knows? At any rate for me there is only one direction to take in order to undo or fix what has been done.

The 2005 Grail found ground in California, just north of Santa Barbara. Congratulations to them, but we are still feeling somewhat "black" about all that. As I see it the only way to begin a fresh new quest for the silver cup is to finally be able to take some of our not being able to play frustrations out on another team, one that is really good, in this case the one in blue (BYU).

We know that our quest will eventually include necessary trips to California, because that is where IT is, and I have scheduled our 2006 season accordingly.

The only location for us to begin from this year is not a terra firma one, though. The place we must begin from is on a loftier plane. It hovers well above the field of dreams. It is the "no fear" place, and it is where we must go to build our character, before we can hope to move on.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

BYU will be prepared. Taking a page from our Fall Ball book they will have played at least two games already, including a game with C.U. the day before they play us. Our assistants asked me if I wanted them to go "scout" that game on Friday in Boulder. My response was monotonously the same as it ever was, which is to say that I do not care what "they" do. I am far more concerned with what we are doing, and therefore the answer would be no, I do not want to know more about "them" just now. Surprise me.

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