Boulder updates.-

[magnifisaint]

30 hour flight give or take the inital delay

time for Yoga and texting.
not sure all understood the dress code- most in grey t- some in media polo and some in this years tops
some in new shoes

and someone got the unlucky seat - who has been observant about the least wished room mate.

and the Captains waiting for them in Colorado.

Joey interview and Airport vision
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/montagn ... 5916318050

give or take 12 hrs

[saintbrat]

around 25 hour flight

all tucked up and snoozing even took the fav moccies



How the Locals are explaining us
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_22077542
Australia's St. Kilda football club, part of the Australian Football League, will spend 16 days training in Boulder starting Wednesday.

The AFL, comparable to the National Football League in the United States, was founded in 1897 and has 18 teams spread over five states in Australia.

The game is played with a slightly larger, rounder ball than an American football, and the players wear no pads or protection. Players score by moving the ball downfield and kicking it into the opposing team's tall goal posts. Each team fields 18 players at a time.

The Saints will use the recreation center and several outdoor fields at the University of Colorado for their pre-season training camp. A group of 44 players and 26 support staff arrived in Denver on Tuesday evening.

Coach Scott Watters said he hopes training in a more "challenging" environment will produce better results for the squad during the regular season in Australia, which has an average elevation of 1,000 feet. The season begins in March.

"We pride ourselves on continual improvement," he said. "Boulder gives us the tools to do that."

The team will host several open practices to draw youth sports programs in the Boulder area, who they hope will attend and learn more about Australian football.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

thats great to hear that they are going to hold open sessions over there .. honestly the way our game is played it should be a big hit with the american audiance so by opening up sessions you never know what that seed planted in the USA could endup growing into ...

[SainterK]

Wonder if MarkintheUSA is anywhere within open training reach?

Or other Saints fans over there?

[saintbrat]

Wonder if MarkintheUSA is anywhere within open training reach?

Or other Saints fans over there?

Iremember when they went to NZ there was a saints family travellng in NZ who managed to catch a session.

[Spinner]

26 support staff?

That's less than two players per staff!

Caching staff, fitness staff... Who else?

[saintbrat]

26 support staff?

That's less than two players per staff!

Coaching staff, fitness staff... Who else?

media staff
and the fitness staff these days is huge-+ Trevor Hendy
+ paying supporters and corporates

[dragit]

Does anyone know which rookies have gone to the US, or if any have been left behind?

[saintbrat]

Does anyone know which rookies have gone to the US, or if any have been left behind?

Curren has gone
Ferguson Has Gone
Shenton was seen in the airport queue.

so assume all have gone

[dragit]

Does anyone know which rookies have gone to the US, or if any have been left behind?

Curren has gone
Ferguson Has Gone
Shenton was seen in the airport queue.

so assume all have gone

Haven't heard Staley mentioned yet... Anyone? Minchinberger?

[oh when the]

i reckon no news is good news !!

[class of 2010]

Minch can be seen in the lenny hayes update...didnt see jordan though, so perhaps he is the one if any rookies are to be delisted. Hopefully not though, I like the way he goes about his footy, seems like a really professional hard worker.

[stinger]

the club stated that the only player not going was gilbo...

[White Winmar]

Let's hope Paul Connors and Caroline Wilthon weren't on the plane.

[stinger]

lenny in boulder

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsartic ... fault.aspx

[SainterK]

lenny in boulder

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsartic ... fault.aspx

"Make sure you click back to saints.com.au tomorrow when Jarryn Geary talks about the experience of our first hike"

I'm sure he is being groomed...

[shmic_s]

This. LA customs is the worst. One time going through LA I stood in a queue in the LA Customs hall and the queue moved 6 feet in about half an hour. The airline kept re-booking me a new conenction to Houston (the flight from Melbourne was late) and I missed 3 different connections because of the time it took to clear LA customs.

Wow, I went to US last year and was in the queue for all of 3 minutes. I'll consider myself lucky.

[bergholt]

Wow, I went to US last year and was in the queue for all of 3 minutes. I'll consider myself lucky.

Yeah, my trip a few weeks ago was only about ten minutes - we were the first plane in on Saturday morning. But I've waited two hours before so it's swings and roundabouts.

[shmic_s]

thats great to hear that they are going to hold open sessions over there .. honestly the way our game is played it should be a big hit with the american audiance so by opening up sessions you never know what that seed planted in the USA could endup growing into ...

Showed some highlights to a few guys I met in Texas.

A week or so later we were in a sports bar and hear someone saying that 'the Rugby is on'.
Was pretty stoked when one of my Texan friends explain that it wasn't. "Its called Aussie Football, and it's awesome."

They also loved the phrase to tell someone to "get f****d". They had never heard it used that way.
Next thing I know, every time they'd see me in the small town near Austin (which was a few times during my 8 week stay) I hear a bunch of blokes yelling "get f****d mate!"

[savatage]

thats great to hear that they are going to hold open sessions over there .. honestly the way our game is played it should be a big hit with the american audiance so by opening up sessions you never know what that seed planted in the USA could endup growing into ...

Showed some highlights to a few guys I met in Texas.

A week or so later we were in a sports bar and hear someone saying that 'the Rugby is on'.
Was pretty stoked when one of my Texan friends explain that it wasn't. "Its called Aussie Football, and it's awesome."

They also loved the phrase to tell someone to "get f****d". They had never heard it used that way.
Next thing I know, every time they'd see me in the small town near Austin (which was a few times during my 8 week stay) I hear a bunch of blokes yelling "get f****d mate!"

That's brilliant!

[saintbrat]

Minch can be seen in the lenny hayes update...didnt see jordan though, so perhaps he is the one if any rookies are to be delisted. Hopefully not though, I like the way he goes about his footy, seems like a really professional hard worker.

Given he markworth and newnes could be triplets , hard to differentiate, tough to tell apart with hoodies on
And as stated above Minch in lenny video

[gringo]

Does Lenny cut his own hair these days. Teammates have suggested he's a little tight arseish but that's going too far.

[st_Trav_ofWA]

26 support staff?

That's less than two players per staff!

Caching staff, fitness staff... Who else?

well just looking at the staff list on the web site the football department alone consist of 35 people (obviously not all will travel) so 26 support staff doesnt sound that bad really ...
1 Chris Pelchen - Head of Football
2 Scott Watters - Senior Coach
3 Ameet Bains - General Manager - Player List & Legal Affairs
4 Greg Hutchison -Football Operations Manager
5 Adam Kingsley -Assistant Coach (Offensive)
6 Dean Laidley - Assistant Coach (Midfield)
7 Danny Sexton - Assistant Coach (Defensive)
8 Paul O'Connell - Opposition Analyst
9 Aaron Hamill - Specialist Coach (Offensive)
10 Troy Schwarze - Specialist Coach (Midfield)
11 Max Hudghton - Specialist Coach (Defensive)
12 Greg Doyle - Specialist Coach (Ruck)
13 Tony Micale - Saints Player Academy - Director
14 Paul Hudson - Saints Player Academy - Development Coach
15 Jaymie Graham - Saints Player Academy - Development Coach
16 Simon McPhee -Saints Player Academy - Development Coach
17 Bill Davoren - High Performance Manager
18 Simon Kearney - Sports Science Manager
19 Luke Vella - Exercise Physiologist
20 Josh Low - Strength and Conditioning Manager
21 Angela Stone - Administration Manager - Football Operations
22 Danny Ryan - Player Welfare Manager
23 Kirsty Crowther - Executive Assistant - Football Department
23 Andrew Waddington - Head Trainer
24 Tony Elshaug - Recruiting Manager
25 John Beveridge - Recruiting Advisor
26 Paul Collins - Recruiting Advisor
27 Chris Liberatore - Recruiting Assistant
28 Andrew Wallis -Head Physiotherapist
29 Chris Bell - Physiotherapist
30 Sara Hasani - Physiotherapist (Part-time)
31 Peter Maddern - Logistics Manager
32 Jason Czorny - Football Technology Coordinator
33 Allan Williams - Football Technology Assistant
34 Tim Barbour - Medical Officer
35 Ian Stone - Medical Officer

[Q-TRAIN]

If they come home and we dont hear of anybody taking enough grog and sleeping pills to make a large horse happy , then i'll be happy
Dont want the boys getting 'High' during the altitude training do we.
Mind you , when Cats won their last flag their pre season camp was at Falls Creek. Still not convinced all this high in the sky stuff is necessary???????

[saintbrat]

still working on the Boulder circle


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