The preseason continues with
plenty of new coaches and rookies hitting the field with a lot to prove.
Not exact matches
There are
plenty of reasons why Kansas City is in the playoffs for the first time in four seasons: the maturation
of second - year
coach Todd Haley, who was the offensive coordinator for Arizona when it reached the Super Bowl; the addition
of respected coordinators Romeo Crennel (defense) and Charlie Weis (offense), who won Super Bowls as assistants with
New England; the NFL's best running game; a solid defense; and extensive contributions by a deep rookie class.
There were
plenty of memorable games in 2005 because
of the
new coach and the aftermath
of the hurricanes.
With a
new coach and
plenty of returning players, the Zebras set three primary goals: Win 20 games, win the Pioneer Valley League title and claim the program's first SJS baseball championship.
There's been
plenty of shake up in the offseason as there often is in the Premier League, with a number
of new coaching changes (most notably Jose Mourinho to Manchester United and Pep Guardiola to Manchester City) at the top
of the league as well as numerous transfers.
Gary Caldwell wants to avoid seeing his team suffering relegation once again and the
coach of Wigan Athletic has been going through a fairly busy summer transfer window with
plenty of new players being signed and added to the team.
Suffice it to say, the
new mandate hasn't made anybody happy and has garnered
plenty of vocal detractors (and rightly so), from US Lacrosse, the sport's national governing body (which, among other things, called the mandate «irresponsible» and premature), to
coaches (who don't see the flimsy headband approved by FHSAA — what one longtime game official told The Times looked «more like a thick bandana» — as serving any purpose and no more than a «costly distraction to parents and the players»), to game officials (one told The Times that the only effect the headgear was having on the game was to cause delays because the headbands were prone to falling off) to the athletes themselves, who say all it does is get in the way
of their goggles.