They've really tried. They're trying to buy into what we're trying to do. We've had many more good practices than bad practices. I've got to give them credit. They come to the gym and they want to learn and they're working hard. We're doing the best that we can. It's growing pains.

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Our whole dynamic is kind of based around that push and pull. Marco is a very skilled jazz musician and I'm rock oriented. When we first started out, that's the way it was, he was very jazz, and I was very rock, and I think that's what has made the sound and the album special. But we've evolved to retain both of those features within ourselves as a result of playing together.

It's been a work in progress but they're starting to understand things.

The players were disappointed that we couldn't play. It was the right decision. We would have risked injuries if we had played. It would have been an intense game. There was no traction on the court.

It's been great. I'm enjoying myself. We've had some bumps in the road but for me it's been a normal transition period. I'm trying to get to know the kids again and they're trying to get used to a new face and a new voice in the gym. But overall I'm happy with how they're working.

We listen to a lot of Bon Jovi. No seriously, we were just listening to Slippery When Wet on the Bus.

We thought about playing at Southern Maine Community College, but that didn't work out. We also couldn't play against a city rival in our small gym at the school, so we decided to just flip-flop our home and away games.

She comes every day to practice and works real hard. She's a great kid. She gets a lot of offensive rebounds and she's been learning the post moves. She's come a long way. She just fights for everything she gets. She's really a hustler. She's certainly been the backbone offensively along with Jess Donovan.