Knight Like

Not only does this guy kinda look like Bobby Knight but also is displaying some Knight-like anger issues in this clip. Apparently this guy was trying to get his students to be quiet but they just weren't listening so he decided to go crazy? He begins to overturn tables, smashing furniture, and throwing desks..and ends up breaking a window with a desk. Was the dude drunk? Thats the only semi-logical reason i can conjure for this series of bizarre events. The funny thing is the guy's brother did the same thing to his students at a neighboring high school. Someone's gotta tell this family of teachers to wait to drink the booze after school. He's now receiving psychiatric treatment at Vanderbilt. More power to him. We'll See.

-Delaire

Starting off on the Wrong Foot

This past April, the College of the Holy Cross fired their head Men's Basketball coach Sean Kearney after only one season, and replaced him with current coach Milan Brown. Brown had conducted individual practices and workouts with each of his new players, getting to spend a lot of one-on-one time with them all, and getting to know them. On September 9th Coach Brown tweeted "Happy Birthday to Dee Brown who turned 19 today." Brown was intending to say happy birthday to Crudaders' guard Dee Goens, but mixed and matched between Dee and Holy Cross shooting guard Devin Brown. I looked at this and said you have got to be kidding me Milan! The guy has had the job for 6 months already and he doen't know his players name! To top it off he comes in in June and renames the traditional "Holy Cross Basketball Camp" to "Milan Brown Basketball Camp at Holy Cross" or something along those lines. ANYWHO, Brown did not stay at the camp! He went to the opening ceremony, gave a speach, then flew out off to recruit somewhere, nowhere to be seen for the rest of the week! He left his head assistant incharge of "his" camp. Might as well be called Dan Engelstad Camp....We'll See. Go Saders.

-Delaire

Daddy's Home

11 October, 2010

So,
Me, doop, and "Daddy" are tossin the pigskin around, causal columbus day afternoon and "Daddy" has the brilliant idea of trying to throw the pigskin in the basketball hoop. Some might call "Daddy" crazy but after waching the video you may decide this is the best thing thats ever happened to mankind. Me and Bob decide to record "Daddy's" absurd idea. "Daddy" starts by streching it out, doing what looks like some Richard Simmons maneuvers. He knew it was good right as it left the hand as he dropped his pants and started running to the camera. Nobody knows what his reaction to my question was when i asked if he had anything to say, but hilarious none the less. Daddy's home. We'll See.

-Delaire

The Social Network

It has been too long,
Went to see the Social Network with Spruce, Lion, Paw and Bob. If you weren't there you probably weren't cool enough to get an invite. Walked in and happened to stumble on 3 stooges. Mr. Deedy, Coach Clark and Mr. Healy? To make the night even weirder we're sitting in the theatre and who meanders there way 2 rows in front of us, but nikki and higgins (i know you barely ever see them together). Just a strange sequence of events overall. All and all it was a pretty good film. Contrary to popular belief, i am Mark Zuckerberg. Went to the 99 after the film, we werent really wanted there but we tried to make our visit worthwhile. NFL ref Paul King was in the house, just flew in from Indi. He was with some mistress, very possible to be Peyton Manning's wife. More power to him. We'll See.

- Delaire

Reflection by Paw

The Speech

In early December a form was handed out to about 125 juniors who were nominated to attend the annual Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schhol's Retreat. Only six total juniors would be picked to attend this once in a lifetime 4-day retreat. January came around and I still had not known whether I was chosen or not when during my Algebra class I received a letter admitting me into this annual getaway.
Going into the retreat I was both anxious and nervous. I had heard multiple reactions to the retreat, some being positive and others being negative. Being a person ready for anything I was excited to see the experience that I would have. Also attending the retreat with me, was one of my best friends Will Trainor. Entering the holy doors of the retreat Center in West Hartford, Connecticut with him ensured myself that I would have a good time. As we entered into our small groups, we were placed with boys and girls from different school, incluiding no one from your own school. This ensured that all would meet new people immediately in hope that friendships would blossom. I started off in the retreat being a bit quiet and nervous, differentiating from the way I am normally with my close friends from home. As the week went on myself and Will starting saying jokes that would conclude with, "since 'Nam." This is from a popular movie called Superbad and myself and Will took this to a whole new level. Everything we said ended with "sicnce 'Nam." Our fellow students loved the jokes and Will had quickly become the most popular kids on the retreat. My nervousness was gone and I had began to be myself.
One evening we were in the main meeting room going over things we had learned about the other schools, and about the Xaverian Brothers in general. Kids from Maryland, New York, Kentucky, and a few other states went up raving about how they thought they were from the best XBSS school and such. After hearing this I turned to Will sitting next to me and asked whether I should go up. I told him what I planned to say and he immediately responded with, "If you don't go up I will." Thats all I needed to hear. I took my turn and walked to the podium in a fairly nervous state. I was about to talk in front of a group of kids in which I did not know and truly I did not feel comfortable with. I stuck it up and began my speech, "Hey guys, I'm Mike from Saint John's Shrewsbury. All I keep hearing is how you all think your school is the best XBSS school, but the difference between SJ and all of you is that we KNOW we are the best school!" After this there were roars in the crowd. Some disagreeing jokingly and others laughing. I continued my speech saying, "There's a lot of competition between XBSS schools, especially between SJ, SJ Prep, and Xaverian because we play eachother in multiple sports every season. In most sports things are very even, we win one, they win one, and so on and so forth. Except in basketball that is, I don't think we've lost a basketball game since 'Nam!" The crowd erupted with laughter. With these few words I had no idea that I would soon come to meet some great people. I stepped down from the podium with a huge smile and was extremely happy with my performance. Everyone on the retreat now knew who I was, including Mr. Connell who was one of the leaders of the retreat who was a bit annoyed when I turned the serious speeches into a laughing matter. This did not matter to me, I had opened up to all, and had finally been able to show my real self.
By the end of the retreat everyone on the retreat loved all the members from SJ. We received hugs from everybody as we exited the chapel on the final Thursday. As we were exiting I thought to myself, why not head out with a bang? So as I walked out of the chapel i announced to all, "Peace I'm Outta Here!" A famous quote from the movie Billy Madison. The entire Saint John's crew at this time received a standing ovation as we left. Nothing could have been better. We left our mark on the XBSS Retreat in a way that wil never be forgotten.
The experience on this retreat showed me that there should never be a time that I do not show my real colors. If someone does not like the way I am then they don't, all I can do is be myself. This retreat encouraged me to become a whole new person, mentally, spiritually, and even comically. This retreat truly changed me and I am happy that it changed me for the better, and every one of those students will be in my heart untill the day I die.


Michael X. Abraham
Saint John's High School
Personal Reflection
25 May, 2010

R.O.Y

After I blocked musky....ya'll knew it was cominnnn lol.

Global New York Experience - To John Berger

To John Berger:
Global encounters- New York was not only just a fun and enjoyable experience, but an eye-opening one as well. Spending the week with 27 guys from your school doing service work to help the poor, is not usually the average’s high-school student’s idea of an ideal vacation, but I would not trade this experience for the world. Not only did we bond with our friends on this project, but we met new people and all came together as one. This trip really gave me the impression that only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. Sometimes in our everyday lives we get caught in the hype of everything going on around us, and begin to only care about ourselves. This week was a step back from all the hype and the busyness, and we got the chance to reach out to other people for a change. It made me realize that we all can be materialistic at times, but you can not judge a man on what he has, you must see past that and judge a man for his character and value. On Global New York we were given the opportunity to compare and contrast the riches and the poor of the city. After getting to experience both, I came to realize that the poor seemed to have a better outlook on life. I feel as if the poor try and live everyday to the fullest, and even though they don’t have a lot of materialistic goods they sure have a lot of heart. The rich seem to get caught up in their jobs and families and when they see a beggar on the street they just keep on walking. I think the poor, by far, have a better understanding to live life to the fullest. It is almost impossible to find happiness when you only care about yourself and don’t take the time out to help others, and I learned this first hand on GNY. I came to realize that a man who serves for the good of others is serving for the good of himself. After working with the poor for eight days it really opened my eyes, before I always thought the poor people were mean and scary but know I know that they are some of the nicest and most caring people in the world.

Yours Truly,
Will Trainor Jr.

(Photograph Jim Scholl NYC Subway)

Destiny

What up ya'll just informing yallabout a little thing we like to call DESTINY. Friday 30 April, 2010 is the official draft day for destiny. As I'm hoping you all would know the World Cup is swiftly approaching this coming 11 June, 2010. SOOOOO. Charles Templeton had a genius idea and decided to make some fun out of the upcoming tournament. Heres how it works. 32 teams in the world cup right? 32 guys. All 32 guys names will be put in a hat and picked. Whatever order you get drafted you will get to pick your teams name out of another hat in the order you were drafted. Good luck to all participants, see yall friday.

-DT

Holy Cross Hires Milan Brown

Athletic Director Richard M. Regan, Jr., announced today that Milan Brown will relieve Sean Kearney as the head men's basketball coach at the College of the Holy Cross. “I am extremely excited about the opportunity to come to Holy Cross and to try to lead the program back to the top of the Patriot League,” said Brown. “My family and I are really pleased about the move, and I cannot wait to get started. I would also like to thank Mr. Regan, Fr. McFarland and the search committee, for entrusting me with leading these young men both on and off the court.”
It will be very interesting to see what Brown will do in his tenature as head coach at Holy Cross. Brown is leaving behind his coaching duties at Mount Saint Mary's, where he served for seven years. During his last three years on the mount his teams posted a 54-44 record but did not win the league.

“We were very focused on hiring someone with head coaching experience, and we were very impressed with Milan both as a coach and a person. We were particularly pleased with the outstanding recommendations we received from a most important source – several coaches who coached against him over the past few years. One thing that was clear, both from his records and what those coaches told us, is that his players defend very well and they play very hard for him. We think that is particularly appropriate for the players in this program right now.” Said Holy Cross athletic director Dick Regan.

Brown has been a participant in the "Runway to the Fashionable 4" in each of the past four seasons for the best-dressed head coaches in NCAA Division I by www.CollegeInsider.com, advancing to the "Elegant Eight" this past year. He also has a website, www.MilanBrown.com, which features updates, camp information and other interesting facts.

MILAN BROWN'S COLLEGIATE HEAD COACHING RECORD
		-----Overall-----		-----Conference-----
Season	School	W-L	Pct.	W-L	Pct.	Place	Postseason Appearances
2003-2004	Mount St. Mary's	10-19	.345	8-10	.444	8th
2004-2005	Mount St. Mary's	7-20	.259	5-13	.278	10th
2005-2006	Mount St. Mary's	13-17	.433	11-7	.611	4th
2006-2007	Mount St. Mary's	11-20	.355	9-9	.500	4th
2007-2008	Mount St. Mary's	19-15	.559	11-7	.611	4th	NCAA Tournament
2008-2009	Mount St. Mary's	19-14	.576	12-6	.667	2nd	College Insider Tournament
2009-2010	Mount St. Mary's	16-15	.516	12-6	.667	3rd
Totals	Seven Seasons	95-120	.443	68-58	.540		1 NCAA, 1 CIT

PRucker 2010

First off, I would like to start off by thanking the Perron's for their time, hard work, and generosity put forth to making this tournament the success that it is every year. Secondly, I would like to thank Matty Cafferella and Will Templeton for doing the video and stats throughout the day. The tournament was well run as usual, but i have come to give my imput, along with a few suggestions.
A couple of suggestions for next year's tournament:
1) Timed Games- Initiating timed games would benefit PRucker in a number of ways. This way we could have a set schedule and eliminate a lot of waiting around for your next game. I am posing we play two 6-minute halves. This would increase the intensity of the tournament, adding the last second shot aspect and such. Yes, this poses the question about dribbling the clock out. I think that we would have to initiate maybe a 15-second shot clock. Yes, this may be tough to do but then again I feel that it would definitely benefit the tournament in the long run.

Also I would like to apologize because some of the video's were deleted by whoever was running the computers at the tournament. Also I would like to congratulate Richard Rodgers and Tobey Belton on their title. This is Richard's second consecutive title. Congratulations, and thank you to all participants.

With Love,
William R. Trainor Jr.

Pioneers Head To Springfield for Mass. State Semi-Finals

GAME DAY QUICK FACTS:
Event: Massachusetts State Semifinals
The Teams: Saint John's (22-2) vs. East Longmedow (19-3, 5-3 Division)
Date: March 9, 2010
Time: 7:45 p.m.
Place: Mass Mutual Center (8,100), Springfield, Ma.
Television:
Live Video Streaming:
Unofficial Live Statistics:
Last Meeting: Saint John's 58, Longmeadow 50 (March 11, 2008; Amherst, Mass.)

PROBABLE SAINT JOHN'S STARTERS:
Pos., No., Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.)
F, 32, Bennett Knowlton (6-1, Sr.)
F, 34, Richard Rodgers (6-4, Jr.)
C, 33, Chad LaBove (6-6, Sr.)
G, 22, Brian Perron (6-0, Sr.)
G, 21, David White (5-10, Sr.)

PIONEERS ADVANCE TO MASSACHUSETTS STATE SEMIFINALS: Saint John's continues play in the 2010 Massachusetts State Tournament on Tuesday, March 9, when it travels to Springfield for the semifinals at 7:45 p.m. The winner of the Saint John's-Longmeadow game will move on to face the Central Catholic-Madison Park winner in the championship game on Saturday, March 13. For the fourth straight year, all games in the Massachusetts State Tournament will be played on the court of a neutral location.

PIONEERS LOOK FOR SECOND STRAIGHT TOURNAMENT CROWN: Last year ago, the Pioneers captured their third Massachusetts State Tournament championship with their 80-62 victory over Lynn English on March 14, 2009. Saint Johns previous tournament titles came in 2000 and 2009 and are hoping for another in 2010. The Pioneer's three state tournament championships are the most in Central Mass history. Overall, the Pioneers have made a conference-record six appearances in the Massachusetts State championship game.

SAINT JOHN'S A FIXTURE IN CONFERENCE TITLE GAME: "The Pioneers are talented, but it was a healthy dose of heart and hustle that led them to their latest title." Come out Tuesday and show your support

Three Peat

Worcester, MA, Harrington Auditorium- In what shaped up to be a great match-up the Saint Johns Pioneers defeated the North High school Polar Bears by a final score of 58-35 in a very physical and competitive game among some 3,008 people on the campus of the Worcester Poly technical Institute. The Pioneers took a 18-14 lead going into the break at the half. The Polar Bears came out gunning and took their first lead of the game 21-20 with 6:26 left in the third quarter. That was enough for the Pioneers as they came out strong of and offensive spark by a three-ball from Junior Guard Matt Harrington. Saint John's closed out the quarter with a 19-4 run to go up 39-25. Senior Center Chad Labove totaled 14 points, eight of which came in the third quarter. Senior Guard Brian Perron played outstanding defense once again, and for the most part shut down North's Gaetano Iacovone. There was no looking back after that for Saint Johns as they continued to go on and claim their third district title in three years. In the '07-'08 year the Pioneers were led to a state semi-final appearance as well as in the '08-'09 season claimed the Massachusetts state title.Saint John's Senior David White lead all scorers with 15 points. Bennett Knowlton totaled 8 points as well as a tremendous performance by Junior Guard Richard Rodgers who contributed 13 points. Saint John's will play the winner of the Western Mass Championship Game, being played today, between East Longmeadow and Westfield in a state semifinal at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, MA.

Post-Game Interviews

SJ vs. North @WPI 3.5.2010 7:30 PM

SJ Pioneers vs. North Polar Bears @ Worcester Polytechnical Institute in Worcester, MA. Broadcast will begin at the time of game.

Song of the Day

Blueprint 2 - Jay-Z

Pawsy's Speach-3.2.2010

Alright so this is it plain and simple. A group of students from our school to go on a retreat in West Hartford, CT. On Tuesday we had an open floor and all of the other XBS schools went up to the Mic and and pretty much talked about how great they were. Pawsy and I weren't really having so we devised this speech. This isnt word-for-word but close enough....

".....Alright settle down tigers. All you schools are coming up here talking about how you think your the best, thats the difference between us and you....we KNOW we're the best." (A lot of boo's, and cheers from the SJ kids) "Before this retreat I thought this was all about the competitiveness in athletics between schools. I know we don't really hate any schools but some we start to genuinely dis-like some of you. Coming in as a football player, I know how competitive we can start to get. We beat you, you beat us, it goes back and forth. Except basketball, we usually beat you guys; in fact I don't think we've lost since 'nam." (Dubby starts to go nuts; much laughter and applause from everyone) "Now i have begun to realize that its not all about the competitiveness but something more. PEACE I'M OUTTA HERE" -Paws Abraham

I was going absolutely nuts, that was only the first standing ovation we received. Critics are starting to say that "we are the best" speech is better than the "I have a dream speech. Follow your heart.

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Will Trainor
3.4.2010