Month 1 Coaches Update

Hello Everyone
A quick update on month 1 with the CAPERS. We came together on Sept. 6 to begin the new year. 

After the rough season we had last year I was looking forward to a change. I specifically wanted to change the culture. Without elaborating on the past year, I felt we slipped somewhat and needed to get back to what made us a very good program. Our recruiting efforts were focused on getting high quality people first and I feel we accomplished this task. 

Our first few weeks have been spent getting familiar with offense and defense but more importantly, learning the pace and work ethic needed to succeed at this level. We have shown some great strides so far. While we certainly have a long way to go, I am relatively pleased with where we are at this point. I am unsure of how many games we will win but I am guaranteeing we will work harder and be a better "team". We have a very athletic bunch of players who are really trying to learn the university game. 
We have struggled to do a lot of 5 on 5 competition in practice which can be frustrating but it is a long season and we will focus on the process along the way. 
What I am most pleased about is the way they are representing the program and what it means to be part of CBU Women's Basketball. I have seen signs of "buy in" every day. 

We will continue to progress as the year goes on and hopefully, by the end of the year, we are a playoff team and are a difficult team to play against. Our exhibition season begins in a few weeks with an exhibition tourney at Bishop's University on Oct. 18,19,20 and then we tour Ontario with games at MacMaster (Oct. 25), Toronto (Oct. 26) and York (Oct 27). Perhaps we will see some alumni and friends at the games. 

In the coming days I will post roster information, our schedule and perhaps some player profiles. We will also update on other team happenings along the way.

Thanks for following and please pass along any comments

Coach