[NU Sports] Questions

[Roy Lamberton]

If the Blank is "Randy Walker" then its almost to be expected.

If the Blank is someone else, then I don't know what to tell you.

All I know is that these kinds of rumors swirled around the team during RW's two
bad years also, and quickly disappeared [except on the message boards] once the
team started winning.

rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
Computer Applications & Support Associates
and Publisher of Purple Reign, 
The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
(http://www.purplewildcats.com)
AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:56 AM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Questions
> 
> 
> Roy,
> 
> I agree that this is the case on virtually any competitive 
> team where you have starters and reserves.  This particular 
> piece of gossip (that's all it is at this point) came from 
> the parents of a starter so it suggests a little more serious 
> discontent.  But given everything that everyone on this team 
> is going through, I'm not surprised that they are having a 
> tough time rediscovering their team unity.  They aren't 
> playing as well as they are capable of playing.  As a result, 
> they aren't competitive.  The good news is that they don't 
> like to lose.  The bad news is that some may be thinking 
> along the lines of, "If _____ (you fill in the blank) were 
> here we wouldn't be having these problems."  
> 
> They (and we) need to trust that Fitz will lead them out of 
> this, but it could easily take most of the season do it.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Lamberton [mailto:rstetson at capps-assoc.com] 
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:38 AM
> To: jeffb at hilgraeve.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Questions
> 
> Over the years I've learned that when a team isn't winning 
> there are almost always problems with the coaches and 
> coordinators when you talk to the kids who aren't starting or 
> playing regularly.
> 
> I've had parents question my choices, and last night I heard 
> an earful about player choices made by coaches at the lower 
> levels of our HS program. [Which I didn't agree with, but 
> kept my silence] 
> 
> What I always tell my kids who raise the playing issue is 
> that they need to stop asking to play, and start stepping it 
> up in practice. If they can step it up against the starters, 
> it makes them all better players.
> 
> I think Walker approached "problems" differently than Fitz 
> does - he'd have to because he's a different guy, but I think 
> RW was approachable when a kid had a problem. [altho Webb and 
> Walker apparently never "bonded."]
> 
> Anyway, parents are the first to hear the griping from their 
> kids and will tend to share it with others who are in the 
> same boat. I've always said that on a football team there are 
> between 15-25 sets of parents who think the head coach is a 
> genius. The rest think he's an idiot for not playing their kid!
> 
> rsl
> 
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> Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
> Computer Applications & Support Associates and Publisher of 
> Purple Reign, The Scout.com Northwestern University Site
> (http://www.purplewildcats.com)
> AIM Handle: CoachRoy74
> ======== Go Cats -  Beat 'em All =========== "You have a 
> Republic Madam --
>      If you can keep it" - Benjamin Franklin 
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] 
> > On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 8:18 AM
> > To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> > Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Questions
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > Just a little gossip to add to the mix.
> > 
> > I've heard through a third party close to a football parent that at
> > least one of the kids on the team describes serious "problems" with 
> > the new OC and DC.
> > 
> 
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