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To Inculcate Virtue in the Young

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I like the word “inculcate”. It speaks of virtue and of lessons learned early in life. Click here for information from Dictionary.com on the word “inculcate”.
 
Inculcating a winning tradition in our team starts early and now often at Hershey and South Carolina.
 
Here is a story by Dan Daly of the Washington Times. It is a very upbeat and positive story about the Capitals; our young players; our Hershey AHL partnership; and about “inculcating” winning that will hopefully lead to a championship in DC one day. Click here to read this article. One day into the official off season and I already can’t wait for next season to start. Go Caps!

Thanks Dan, and BTW, Local Sports Talk Radio is Clueless

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Here is another nice piece on our team. Our play of late has made us the talk of the town. Read the article here.

I had to laugh out loud last night. I was listening to ESPN 980, our local sports talk station.

The talk and banter went something like this:

“I am watching our local NBC affiliate. They are showing the weather in Cleveland because it is snowing there. Who cares about the weather in Cleveland? What is the weather here?” followed by lots of studio laughter and lots of making fun of weather men.

Then there was a discussion on ESPN and college and NBA basketball coverage; Dick Vitale covering NBA action; and lots of snarky discussion on ESPN even though the station has been re-branded ESPN 980. I don’t get it, do you? Why do the sports reporters dislike ESPN when the station is an ESPN branded station now? Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. :-) I guess that shows editorial independence, huh?

Then the big topic of the day was “What do you all think of the Boston College coach getting fired? Call us and let us talk about it.”

So I ask you: Why is it bad to talk about the weather in Cleveland but good to talk about the coach at Boston College when the Wizards are playing at 7:00 PM and the Caps are the talk of the town?

Phew, these guys are clueless. Thanks Dan for the ink and pixels. Go Caps!

Times are Tough

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Note that the Washington Times beat writer isn’t traveling with the team on its west coast trip for two legitimate reasons: budget and deadlines. (When the game ends out west, his filing of a story will be too late to make the printed paper.)

I understand; have empathy and believe we should get used to it. As fans, we will have to get our coverage from an extended universe of sources. Corey is incredibly talented, hard working and committed to us. Thanks for all you do.