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When i was the NT coach they used to be our arch nemesis, about the same level, same goals...!

Really ? I beat them twice and both games were relatively clear - if I remember right.

@Music_Chick: that was the easy part of it. Now the real games will start. But don´t worry about the loss against Brasil. Wif you wolud have won, you would have been second in the group, which is now Argentina ... which are in the same group as you - so, no damage happend

well in the end they ended up being the hosts of the america's championship right? :D
What I meant is that we have similar teams with about the same talents and about the same pool of players and managers. And ultimately the same goals

True. They have the same goal(s). But every team in the second round should have the same goal .... or a new NT manager ;)

yup you beat them twice, but neither at home, so it presents a different challenge. But i appreciate the words and yes, it is time to step up the preparations and game shape.. We all have our high points and low points.. The key is to have everyone band together. and so far, I like the improvement shown in speaking up and people improving the game shape..


Chile won't be easy!!!Any input, bbmail me if you like.

Thanks boys. !!!

Old man Madiar saves the day!

Canada 120 Chile 110

Great bench play.. more to come. nice win.. against more enthusiasm!!

wow, wrong gdp, less enthusiasm and a win nonetheless, great job!

Yes, and with a few competitors using more enth to get ahead today.. it worked out well for us.. It was worth the risk, he saw so heavy inside... he hurt himself by going iso.. it kept the game close, but its not his best offense.

The old boys came out when needed. Don Aaron did well off the bench.. logan king was a bright spot again too.. cockayne big on the glass.. hall big again.. a fantastic effort and great game shape allowed us this, as we had the advantage.. awesome!!

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Canadian 120 Chile 110

From first glance it looked like Canada was packing a lineup of old greeter guys from Walmart. AaronMadiar(35 years old), Logan King(33), Burimenko(35) and Don Aaron(33) are far from spring chickens but they sure taught Chile a thing or two. Some early season conditioning issues have held some of those guys down, but now that they old clidesdales have been let out of the barn, it's full steam ahead !!

The starting lineup played very well, but especially in the first half, whenever Canada seemed to get down, the bench came in and brought the enthusiasm like another bench lineup from the North (Raptors)!!! Pavliuk and Aaron provided the scoring punch off the bench. The combined for 24 points and 5-7 shooting from downtown in this one. Considering each of them only played 14 minutes, that is time well spent.

Overall a great effort. Last game the rebounding let us down, this game with a different lineup, we beat them in rebounds 45-36 and even snagged 10 offensive rebounds. Alec Cockayne was clearly the difference. Last game he didn't play as much and his rebounding was sorely missed. He was a mad dog on the boards with 13!!

The 20 assists weren't phenomenal but with only 5 turnovers, it's a nice ratio. The three point shooting started off slowly but picked up when it was needed the most. We only committed 7 fouls. That's amazing. That can be attributed partially to fantastic game shape and conditioning.

Top 3 Stars:
1)Aaron "Old Man" Madiar(Ottawa Storm)... huge huge shots... to the tune of 28 points and 10 rebounds (3 points)

2)Stephen Hall(Burns' Boy) - 19 points and 11 rebounds and 3 assists.. but he did not commit one single foul!! (2 points)

3)Teodoro Almada (Damian's Dude) - - 19 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds.. (1 point)

Keep up the great training and game shape.. Jamaica is up next!!! Let's keep rising through the ashes!! A Canadian storm is a brewing.. who we gonna hit next?

Phenomenal win. Just make sure to keep the enthusiasm sky high! Having it maxed out during semi-finals is a must

Absolutely.. it will be interesting to see how things shake out. We have the deeper division, but USA,Brasil and Venezuela are arguably the three best teams, so they can duke it out over there. As long as we keep turning out great game shape anything is possible. The last few weeks it's been awesome.

Beauty win ;)