Jim Smith
Jim Smith
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He wants to carry on playing as long as he can before he turns to coaching and he felt this was the right move.
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Scot leaves with our blessing and we'd like to thank him for his efforts during his short time with us. He'd had this offer to go to New Zealand and it was a big step to take but he wants to carry on playing as long as he can before he turns to coaching and he felt this was the right move. We wish him well.
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I've never experienced anything close to this in 15 years. I didn't get a chance to coach this team. I was just putting out fires all year. We never had the opportunity to grow.
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Following a comprehensive, top-to-bottom review of the 2003 season with our ownership group, we are pleased to announce that Greg and Robert will be Crew coaches for the 2004 season. We continue to believe that they are well-suited to lead the Columbus Crew and provide us the greatest opportunity to succeed at this time.
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It has been well documented that we experienced an unlikely succession of setbacks during a disappointing 2003 campaign, but neither the coaches nor the players ever gave up. We look forward to bigger and better things in 2004.
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Snowboarding is my passion. When my pro career was winding down, I didn't feel done by any means. I still loved riding and I was still out there a bunch. The transfer to coaching and to being out there with kids was natural.
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I think we were the fresher team at the end.
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I think it's wonderful to still see people do that. It gives you a real good feeling about people, that they still care and they want to help their fellow man and that they appreciate good service.
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I saw so many positives out there tonight. And Louisburg is a good ball club, and I think we are a good ball club. The atmosphere was great and the stadium is great, but my focus was on the kids. We are going to see it on tape, and we'll get it fixed.
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People are seeing that we don't have enough money to help our own people. But we are floating billions over seas.
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We have some people who chronically delay until the last minute. Some just don't want to think about it. Some are too busy, putting it off until they have to do it.
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Well, I was expecting long before now to tell you the truth about it, but they just let it go and let it go and finally they did something about it.
players
Reece is one of those players that when he's on the floor, something's going to happen. It may be good, it may be bad. But it's going to happen.
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I tell them it's the future. It seems to be where truck tires are heading.