York treats special team better than Mac

Getting accepted this summer by York University towards entering its law school was great, getting an invite to its football recruitment day was even better, yet getting to know the club's attitude on special teams was key for me to develop a throughout opinion about the school. Seeing how important they spoke about the kicking and punting and of course the return game on punts, kick offs and missed field goals, I felt more emphasis was given to it there at York than what Mac had said to me back in 2006 and moreso last year as the change from Greg Marshall to Marcello Campanaro to Stefan Ptaszek have left it near dead, surprising it tis one third of the Canadian game that is one third needs more time and care than a couple minutes after the real practice. Even if York is not where it should be right here right now, it gets that it needs to be, especially on the special teams where a punt return for 50 yards or a kickoff return for 35 yards can start the offense right off on the right foot to create a greater chance at scoring.

The overall theme I got from that 50-13 drubbing by the Laurier Golden Hawks was bend, break and bust, we will once again be back next year, I believe they will get better eventually winning the Red and Blue Bowl first then eventually other games will follow.

I do believe there is a culture for winning at the school deep within its soul, Mike Mclean seems to want to bring that junior football championship attitude he developed out west in Edmonton and the university one out east in Halifax to York and that works, especially when it comes to just plain old winning games any and every given Saturday. Johnny Syme's pal Bart Zemanek played a most valuable game, as its most valuable player he should return as either a graduate assistant or coordinator to bring the field to the clubhouse, I feel he could lead and inspire the boys especially from what Johnny has said about the man. Experience is what is needed, without it games are impossible to win, as it grows it goes and so will York.