Sunday, September 5, 2010
Rookie Green is 1-0
Nice job Saturday night by our boys!! A 19-6 road win over a well-coached and "BIG" Inglemoor team. For a 1st game there were more positives than negatives. But there is plenty we can improve upon. We'll do that this week as we get ready for a very talented Mt. Si Red team. This team is probably the best team we'll face during the regular season.
The practice schedule is Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. NO SCRIMMAGE THIS WEEK !!!! Issaquah decided to wait until the following week.
See ya Monday night at 4:45.
Mike D
PS: We're all kind of learning the ropes together on this, but... it's extremely important that kids are at the game on time. On time means that they arrive at the field and check in with a coach 1 hour and 15 minutes before we are scheduled to play. If your child is 0-15 minutes late, they will miss the 1st quarter of the game. If they are more than 15 minutes late, the will miss the first half. If your child is more than 30 minutes late, there is a high likely hood that they will miss weigh-in and therefore the game all together. Please plan accordingly and give yourself enough time for driving and any navigation challenges you may have.
The practice schedule is Monday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. NO SCRIMMAGE THIS WEEK !!!! Issaquah decided to wait until the following week.
See ya Monday night at 4:45.
Mike D
PS: We're all kind of learning the ropes together on this, but... it's extremely important that kids are at the game on time. On time means that they arrive at the field and check in with a coach 1 hour and 15 minutes before we are scheduled to play. If your child is 0-15 minutes late, they will miss the 1st quarter of the game. If they are more than 15 minutes late, the will miss the first half. If your child is more than 30 minutes late, there is a high likely hood that they will miss weigh-in and therefore the game all together. Please plan accordingly and give yourself enough time for driving and any navigation challenges you may have.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
A few final things Rookie Green
Hi folks:
Looking forward to tonight. There's a league rule I want you to know about. We may never be in this position... but just in case we are. A team can NEVER have a lead of more than 32 points. It's a sportsmanship rule. If it ever happens, the coach is suspended for the next week. So if we are ever leading by 27,, 28.. etc... the kids can not score... Your child may run out of bounds on purpose or stop before the goal line... wanted you to know in advance WHY that's happening.
And speaking for sportsmanship. We have a GREAT group of parents. The Seahawks game... Huskies practice... pizza night... what a nice football family we have. Just like any family there will be bumps in the road... especially when it comes to the best interest of our children. I've been to many a youth football game when the whispers begin... "why didn't so and so block this guy.... why does so and so get the ball so often... why does the coach... why this.. why that..." We have not played a real game yet... so our boys will face adversity.. botched snaps... botched plays,,, heartbreaking losses (hopefully not). Just know that the volunteer adults on the field (coaches..managers... etc) love being around your boys and despite being tough on them at times.. we will also build them up and pat them on the back and give them the comfort they need.. I just want to use this e-mail to ask all parents/fans to root for each and every kid on this football team. Remember who's sitting around you.. no matter the skill level of their "little Spartan" those parents around you love their kids just as much as you do.. Sorry to be so corny... it's just very important to me that we all step into this experience together and do the best we can from the get go... to make it a rewarding experince for as many families as possible.
Thanks...
Can't wait to see the boys tonight in their road white uniforms..
Coach Mike
Looking forward to tonight. There's a league rule I want you to know about. We may never be in this position... but just in case we are. A team can NEVER have a lead of more than 32 points. It's a sportsmanship rule. If it ever happens, the coach is suspended for the next week. So if we are ever leading by 27,, 28.. etc... the kids can not score... Your child may run out of bounds on purpose or stop before the goal line... wanted you to know in advance WHY that's happening.
And speaking for sportsmanship. We have a GREAT group of parents. The Seahawks game... Huskies practice... pizza night... what a nice football family we have. Just like any family there will be bumps in the road... especially when it comes to the best interest of our children. I've been to many a youth football game when the whispers begin... "why didn't so and so block this guy.... why does so and so get the ball so often... why does the coach... why this.. why that..." We have not played a real game yet... so our boys will face adversity.. botched snaps... botched plays,,, heartbreaking losses (hopefully not). Just know that the volunteer adults on the field (coaches..managers... etc) love being around your boys and despite being tough on them at times.. we will also build them up and pat them on the back and give them the comfort they need.. I just want to use this e-mail to ask all parents/fans to root for each and every kid on this football team. Remember who's sitting around you.. no matter the skill level of their "little Spartan" those parents around you love their kids just as much as you do.. Sorry to be so corny... it's just very important to me that we all step into this experience together and do the best we can from the get go... to make it a rewarding experince for as many families as possible.
Thanks...
Can't wait to see the boys tonight in their road white uniforms..
Coach Mike
Rookie Green spirit and support
Hello Rookie Green parents,
I am our head cheerleader and wanted to get everyone up to speed on what type of team spirit we will be showing during the games.
Every Saturday, I will bring a spirit can to the game. This can (decorated specifically for the rookie green team), will be shaken during the game to cheer our boys on...now what makes it loud, is the coins and dollar bills we parents drop into it based on the team completing a great play (think touchdowns, defensive stops, first downs at clinch time etc). All the money collected will go towards our end of season party....based on what I've seen from our boys, I am guessing the jar will be full by season's end, and we will have one incredible party.
So save your change and small bills from the week, and bring them to show your spirit and support!
Thanks to Elizabeth Byrne, we now have a cow bell that we can bang and use to cheer on the boys. If we have any parents with rhythm, let us know if you can put together a "rookie green" chant :)
Lastly, I received confirmation that we can have signs at the game to show our spirit, but we cannot have them on the field (last year at half time the boys ran thru the sign), so, we will make a sign to hold in our seating area each week that says something like "crush 'em rookie green", "Spartan Power", or "Go Spartans", etc...you get the drift. We will usually host the sign making event on Thursday's during practice. More details to come. Since we have the pizza party tonight, I will surprise everyone Saturday with our first team sign.
See everyone tonight! Goooo Rookie Green!!!
Lisa (Jimmy's Mom)
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Saturday's game 4:45pm / Thursday scrimmage
Rookie Green:
Opening game- Saturday 6pm at Inglemoor HS.. the kids have to be there by 4:45pm for weigh-in and warm-ups. Directions are easy to find on the blog... http://skylinerookiegreen.
Thursday we're scrimmaging the Spartan Rookie White team from 6:15- 7:00pm.
Still taking feedback on next Tuesday's potential scrimmage down in Issaquah. So far,,, it would be a go.. unless I hear from more folks who are in a bind..
Mike
Opening game- Saturday 6pm at Inglemoor HS.. the kids have to be there by 4:45pm for weigh-in and warm-ups. Directions are easy to find on the blog... http://skylinerookiegreen.
Thursday we're scrimmaging the Spartan Rookie White team from 6:15- 7:00pm.
Still taking feedback on next Tuesday's potential scrimmage down in Issaquah. So far,,, it would be a go.. unless I hear from more folks who are in a bind..
Mike
Saturday's game... carpool??
Hey gang:
I've been asked if we're going to all meet and leave as a team for Saturday games to allow some parents to show up later. The problem with that is... a few late families.. leads to the whole team arriving late. I think I'd rather have you folks reach out and set up some carpools... Trade off week to week with each other. The four coaches will obviously be going early... I'm always fine taking a few kids.. I'm sure a majority of parents are up for carpools... Maybe somebody could volunteer to be the "carpool organizer" and set things up each week..
Mike
I've been asked if we're going to all meet and leave as a team for Saturday games to allow some parents to show up later. The problem with that is... a few late families.. leads to the whole team arriving late. I think I'd rather have you folks reach out and set up some carpools... Trade off week to week with each other. The four coaches will obviously be going early... I'm always fine taking a few kids.. I'm sure a majority of parents are up for carpools... Maybe somebody could volunteer to be the "carpool organizer" and set things up each week..
Mike
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