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By: Douglas
Thoughts and Insight through the eyes of Doug Shanahan that will take you through the MCLA (University of Illinois) and the MLL (Chicago Machine) seasons and back.
Hell All Laxers, Hope all of you have been enjoying your summer so this year. Right now for me it is HOT down here in South Florida, we are currently in the middle of two-a-days. The first week we were at Pine Crest working our butts off, the kids have been giving a good effort. I don't know if could have hacked it in high school during two-a-days in this heat, its hard enough Coaching. This week we are at Iron Man Camp at the Bucky Dent Baseball School in Boca, this is the week we separate the men the from the boys. The kids have been competing all week trying to earn starting spots, it should be an interesting year we have a solid line and very good skill players. However, we are playing better competition in football this year as we move back into districts.
The MLL Summer
If you haven't been following what has been going on with me I started the summer with Chicago then the Long Island Lizards picked me up. I played a game with them in Denver and was on the active roster before I was placed on the practice squad for a game. The same week they placed me on the practice squad the Machine picked me back up for the last three games. Funny how things work, I was happy to go back since I thoroughly enjoyed playing with Levielle, Gabel, Deane and company. When I went back to the Machine we had a logit shot at making the playoffs since LI kept losing and couldn't get their 6th win. We beat the Bayhawks for the 1st time in franchise history but managed to squander our playoff hopes the following down in Annapolis in OT. The most exciting for me was the last game of the year, we played at Soldier Field in Chicago against wouldn't you know it the Long Island Lizards who needed a win to get in the playoffs. Funny how things work again, we had the Lizards on the ropes with 2 mins to go but as has been the story for the Machine we managed to squander the lead and the win when Sean Lindsay hit a two pointer.
It has been a strange but humbling summer for me, I hope the league can manage to stay around for the little kids I teach and Coach so they will have an opportunity to play professional lacrosse; plus I love it too. Please show your support for the league by either attending Championship Weekend or watching the games live on ESPN 2 this weekend. A special good luck to the Lizards and my Hofstra boys Miller, Spallina, and Polanco.
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