Quick Thoughts and Updates

This has been a really busy week, with our preparations for the big game against Kansas City. They have a ton of weapons on offense – fortunately for us they look an awful lot like us, so it’s not like we have to prepare against completely foreign plays. But usually preparing against great athletes is tougher than preparing against different plays. Of course, we have some people of our own, and that’s what will make this game such a great one!

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Many of you have been asking for camp updates. Please be assured that everything is still a go for November 15-16, with informal events that Friday night as well. Please understand that right now our focus is solely on advancing to and winning the National Championship. Once our season ends, then our focus will go 100% to finishing up the camp details. We were able to do a lot of the groundwork already, and at the latest, when the season ends August 2 we’ll still be three and a half months out.

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I get a chance tomorrow to help out a friend of mine by teaching, and that’s always a good thing. He’s the president of a youth league and coached my son, Travis, when he played. He’s also been a big supporter of the Surge. So when he was appointed as president, I wanted to do what I could to help out. So he’s got five or so OL coaches coming out tomorrow and I’ll go over some thoughts with them and hopefully give them some value. It’s always a little nerve-wracking to present yourself as a kind of an expert – at least it is for me – but I never like to pass up an opportunity to become a better communicator and teacher, so we’ll give it a go.

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I did want to give you some sort of “nuggets of knowledge” this week, so I’m borrowing this from the website www.footballscoop.com. If you haven’t been there before, you owe it to yourself to check it out every once in awhile at least. They have great articles and videos, plus have absolutely the latest info on who is coaching where, from the NFL to D-I college, to the collegiate lower levels, all the way down to high school.

So from there, please find 17 Bullet Points of Lane Kiffin’s Coaching Philosophy. Now, I’m not much of a Kiffin fan. However, I’m also smart enough to see that he’s pretty right on with these points, and if it makes you better, you shouldn’t really care who the info came from. Here you go:

The 17 bullet points of Lane Kiffin's coaching philosophy

It doesn't have quite the impact of Martin Luther's 95 theses, but former USC head coach and current Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin laid out 17 bullet points of his coaching philosophy on Wednesday night at the Angelo Football Clinic.

Other than his father, the two coaches that most influenced Kiffin are his former and current boss - Pete Carroll and Nick Saban. They are very different in almost every way, Kiffin said, but they both have an answer for everything. He recalled a time at Saban's house following USC's disappointing 2012 season when he asked Saban 32 questions about how Saban runs his program. Over the next three hours, Saban thoroughly answered every question in typical Saban fashion.

Without further ado..

1. Be a team guy.

2. Be a good listener.

3. Take corrective criticism.

4. Discussion is good. Arguing is a waste of time. Discussion helps the team improve. Arguing exists only to prove who is right. 

5. Be totally organized in the meeting room. "If the players show up and I don't have the film ready, that tells them that I don't respect them and don't respect their time.

6. Don't waste time on the field.

7. Be on the details. Stress the little things.

8. Be accountable to your fellow position coaches.

9. If your head coach gets on a player and you hadn't explained it to him, take up for your player. He'll respect you for it. Kiffin was big on this, and all player-related issues. For example, if a wide receiver does not make the proper sight adjustment and the head coach and coordinator jump on him for it, his wide receiver coach may be tempted to join them in hopes of looking good in front of the head coach. Terrible idea. "You just lost him for the day," Kiffin said. Instead, "say, 'that's my fault, coach, we'll haven't been over that yet but we will after practice'," said Kiffin. 

10. Stay positive. It can be a long season, so stay upbeat. 

11. Don't get in their face. Be demanding, but in the right way. Kiffin said he used to mother(blank) players after mistakes, but doesn't anymore. "He didn't want to drop that pass, he wasn't trying to drop that pass, so why would I (blank) him for it?"

12. Be respectful to the down-the-line players. Carroll taught him this one by always playing catch with a reserve players during breaks in practice. When he and Steve Sarkisian asked why, Carroll told them small acts like that can swing the whole locker room in the coaching staff's favor. The starters buy in by default since they're the ones that suck up all the playing time, but winning the down the line players over pushes the whole team forward.

13. Do not put players on the board to draw up plays. The ones that aren't good at it, Kiffin said, know they aren't good at it and, when they inevitably draw up 10 players instead of 11, get humiliated by the rest of the room.

14. Be honest with the players. Don't BS them. "Don't build a player up into something he's not."

15. Never tell a player he's going to play and then not play him. What happens here is two-fold, Kiffin said. If you tell a safety he'll play in the third series, then fall behind 14-0 and fail to play him, A) that player knows you don't really trust him and B) he's probably told his parents he's going to play, and now you've got an issue on your hands with him. 

16. Take it one year at a time. Sign on and don't look back. Whether you're at a place you like or a place you don't, make the best out of it and learn something from it.

17. Have a passion for coaching. Don't punch a clock. Carroll taught him this one. He created an atmosphere of "want to" versus "have to"; players and coaches were excited to show up for work at six in the morning. You're going to be there anyway, so why not make it fun?

Source: http://www.footballscoop.com/news/13662-the-17-tenants-of-lane-kiffin-s-coaching-philosophy

Playoff Recap & OL Follow Up

Boy, what a weekend! That was really a good game we had against Seattle. They were well-prepared and ready to go. We were behind for the first time all year early on, and then again at halftime. We’ve only been down at half two other times since 2011 – last year in the regular season against Las Vegas, and then in the 2011 championship game against Boston. So it was a definite gut-check for us and I was pleased how we responded. For the second week in a row we shut out the other team in the second half and scored multiple TD’s of our own to take control of the game.

It is always good to coach against good guys and good coaches. Scott McCarron (DC) and Mike Talley (HC/OC) are just a couple of really good guys who coach their teams very well. Seattle is a classy organization from top to bottom and I look forward to playing them again. I haven’t been this on edge before a game in awhile (first game of the season against Las Vegas, and the first game against Central Cal both come to mind), and I sorta like the feeling.

So in two weeks we host a very talented Kansas City team. Another team we’ve never played before who looks really, really good on film. Some may say their schedule hasn’t been the toughest, but hey – good is good and talent is talent, and they have it in bunches.

Massey has us beating them by about the same margins they had us beating Seattle and I just don’t see it. We may win, yeah….of course, I think we will. But I’m under no illusions that it’ll be anything other than a dogfight from start to finish.

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As a follow up to last week’s “Thoughts and Rants” post, I thought I’d elaborate on the whole “taking your OL seriously” theme. Many coaches have said, “But I do – they’re a priority” OK, maybe they are, in your mind, I get that. But what I’m talking about is what comes out on film and on the field.

Generally speaking an experienced OL coach can tell within a couple of pass plays at most how an opposing OL is being coached. Usually it starts and stops at the tackle’s footwork on her pass sets. If it is good, then more digging is warranted. If that footwork is poor, then you usually know all you need to about how they’re coached. Sure you’ll keep looking to see what the scheme is, but if they show poor footwork then half of your DL’s battle is done.

One of the reasons I still like scouting in person even though all of the film is posted is that I can watch pregame drills. I watch my counterparts when we play too, whenever I get the chance. Sometimes, I even get drill ideas from them. Heck, last year I saw the OL coach for the Sting do a more efficient version of a drill I already did, so I modified mine. But usually, the drills done in pre-game only confirm what I’ve already seen on film.

You might wonder why their tackle gets beat around the edge so quickly, and you watch them drill and it becomes apparent. You wonder why the guard and center lose their balance so often, you watch them drill their punches and you think, “Oh – THAT’S why.”

So basically, as a coach, people need to do an honest self-evaluation based off of what really happens in a game, not based off their perceptions. Simply saying “well, she missed the block” isn’t enough. “Why” did she miss it? Was it her step(s), her balance, her eyes or her hands? Then you can note that you need to come up with drills to fix that specific problem. If you don’t know the reason, then ask an outside person. If you don’t know how to create a drill to mirror that situation, ask around.

As a shameless plug, that’ll be a big part of the camp we’re doing – for all positions – offering solutions for problems that you’re having. But knowing and admitting that you have a problem to fix is the first step. If you want to sit back and just say, “Well, they’re just better than we are” then OK – you’re right and nothing will change.

I’ll never forget my first three years as a coach. My first year, I simply relied on what I knew as a player – which wasn’t much as it turned out. Fortunately after that season I knew that I didn’t know anything. I started going to clinics then, but was not only overwhelmed with info but was on teams that were understaffed with coaches who didn’t know much more than I did. Only after arriving at Fountain Valley High in ’94 was I surrounded by coaches who were better than me, and they pulled me up to their level in a hurry. Finally I had a place to get answers for the problems I was having.

That’s what we hope to provide at the camp. That’s also what this blog is about, most of the time at least during the offseason – getting coaches better. But you gotta be willing to get out of your comfort zone a little.

Thoughts and Rants

This past week was another bye week for our playoffs before we head up to Seattle, so this will likely be a collection of thoughts that may or may not have anything to do with one another……

Reason #10231 that I prefer coaching the women’s game over the men’s game: We’re travelling up to Seattle this week. Relatively little drama, not a whole lot of worry whether or not we’ll have everyone show up. If we win, we move on. If we win all of our games, then we’re the National Champions. Those games will have spanned the best teams from coast-to-coast – the best from the West against the best from the East. *IF* we were to win, as it stands right now, we would win against a collection of the eight best teams in the country: Austin, Boston, Chicago, DC, Kansas City, Miami, us, Seattle. That’s the way a National Championship should be decided. The men’s game doesn’t do that, not even a little bit. They’re like professional boxing…..too many titles from too many confederations. No one can really say who the best is. I’ll be very confident in saying this: Whoever wins the WFA National Championship will be the best women’s football team in the world, period.

There’s another league that will hold a “World Championship” and will say that their winner is the World Champion…..and they will be, except for say the four teams in our league who make the Final Four. The teams that end up in that league’s championship game are solid teams, no doubt. But they can’t (as shown by history) hold up to the very best teams from our league.

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After our last win, I kept hearing from others that we’re “just a bunch of all stars” which is why we won. Yes, we have a whole lot of talented players. But why didn’t anyone worry about all that talent when they were playing for their previous teams? Heck, the teams in Los Angeles historically have had the most talent in the league for years and years. We were 10-4-1 against one of them since 2003, and 7-0 against another since 2011. Based on pure talent, there was no way we should have beaten one of them, especially last year. But we did – twice. But now let some of those players come down to us where they get coached up a bit and all of a sudden everyone says it is unfair, or that is their excuse for losing to us. No one cares about the players who went to other teams; no one calls those teams full of all stars, even if it was in equal amounts, because those teams are done for the year already. I guess sometimes people need to rationalize because it is easier than facing shortcomings.

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Kind of in the same vein, there are a ton of teams out there that are pretty good…..until you watch their OL or DL. Until some of these coaches get serious about developing their OL, they’re never going to be truly elite teams. You look at Boston, Chicago and DC – their OL’s are beastly! I think ours is pretty good too, although there are some things I wished we could do better. But I was looking at some film of a prospective opponent against another playoff team, and that “other” team ran a play where their QB rolled out to the left (whether it was designed or not I couldn’t tell), and their LG was not only standing in place, but looking straight downfield, like she was watching the sun set! My players know that the one thing that will torque me in a heartbeat is them being lazy.

We saw that a lot in the All Star game last year. I talked to the OL we had on the American team and was shocked when they talked about either 1) their lack of an OL coach, 2) their lack of individual time given them in practice or 3) what they weren’t being taught. Some were being taught techniques I hadn’t seen since the 80’s and most had no idea of the effort required by an elite team in terms of hustle and second-and-third level blocks.

To their credit, they took to the challenge and gave it their best, but there’s only so much you can fix in one practice while also trying to prepare for a game.

Look, I know a lot of this sounds awfully elitist of me, and although I try not to be that way, sometimes you gotta tell it like it is. We’re all familiar with the quote “It all starts up front” and it is absolutely true. If my OL can neutralize your pass rush and we can release five receivers on every play, we’ve got an advantage. If our DL can get pressure on your QB while only sending four, we’ve got an advantage, especially if you’re keeping in 6 or even 7 to protect. It doesn’t really matter how good the rest of your team is, if they’re playing at a numerical disadvantage you’re in trouble.

So coaches…..before you complain about our all stars, consider how they got to be that way, and start taking your OL seriously. With almost everyone done for the year now, it’s time to figure out how you’re going to bet better in the off-season not only for yourself, but your players. How are you going to improve yourself? Here’s my plan:

1.       I’ve got 135 OL coaching DVD’s to watch this offseason. I’ve mentioned them before ( here and here). It was 126 in those posts, but I’ve now bought the newest ones from this year’s clinic as well. I was talking with John Konecki the other day and he has them all as well. If for no other reason for me to watch them, I want to make sure that I’m not missing a trick for my players that he’s giving his. Competition at the highest levels is a great thing!

2.       I’m going to de-construct my playbook down to the ground and rebuild it. I’ve noticed some weaknesses and contradictions in places and I think I can make things better overall, while adding flexibility.

3.       In addition to the camp we’re doing in November (preliminary info here), I’m hoping to do a free OL clinic for the youth coaches for a local league. How does this qualify as making me better? Because the more you teach, the more you learn. The more diverse your audiences are, the better you get at adapting to them and getting your points across in an understandable way.

4.       I’ll continue to go to every coaches clinic I can, just as I have for the last 23 years. Not only to see the people speaking, but to talk to the other attendees and see what they’re doing.

So….that’s my plan. What’s yours? How are you going to compete better next year?

Playoff Madness

OK, once again I should probably mention that the opinions expressed here are mine alone, and do not represent the San Diego Surge, the WFA or anyone else I may know….they’re just mine.

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We’ve been getting questions about the camp, as far as if it is full gear or not. Yes, it is, but realize that there are going to be equal parts of field work and classroom/film time. So the drills, techniques and schemes (at least for me) are going to be explained and demo’d in class or on film first, then when we get out on the field it’ll be all about reps with increasing intensity. So we’re not going to show you something once, then let you go at it full speed. This camp isn’t about toughness or will power – it is about learning. We don’t need to prepare you for a game in two days, we need to get you better at what you’re doing or maybe show you a different way to do what you do, or offer a solution to a problem that you’ve been having. So the emphasis is on techniques & schemes that you can use as soon as you get back to your team.

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We had a playoff game against our old friends, the Las Vegas Showgirlz the other night. As I mentioned in my pre-week one post (see it here), we’ve been playing the Showgirlz since 2006. I’ll tell ya, one thing Coach Lee can do is convince his players that they can win. He really gets them on board more than almost any coach I’ve ever seen. We seem to alternate between beating them soundly and then sweating the next one out until the end. Last year, they were up on us at half time, and we managed to pull it out by 12 I think. Then in the playoffs, it was a blow out. This year, in Week 1, it was surprisingly easy for us, but last week it was too close for comfort at half, us being up only 20-16. Fortunately for us, our players responded well to our challenge at halftime and we went on to score four more touchdowns while shutting Las Vegas out in the second half.

One thing that cracks me up, I gotta say, is when people say you’re predictable like it’s an insult, and then they still can’t stop what they think they know is coming. We are well aware of one tendency that we have, of running a certain play out of a certain formation. So we took pains to break that tendency last week. Both times we lined up in the formation, the defense started calling out the play. They were wrong. Finally, we lined up in the same formation, they started calling out the play, and they were right – here it comes. The result? A 12 yard gain…then they say, “You’re so predictable.” My answer? “OK, you were finally right, but you still didn’t stop it.” It’s sorta like playing Central Cal – here comes the off-tackle lead! Just try and stop it. Last year for us it was the Fly Sweep…..here it comes, 20 times a game. Being able to run something well even when the other team knows it is coming makes a coach feel good.

Oh well, moving forward….next week (July 5 – who did the schedule???), we’re up in Seattle to battle the Majestics. I don’t know a whole lot of players on their team, only meeting their QB and one of their WR’s at last year’s all star game. I don’t know any of their coaches either, but have a friendly relationship with their owner, Scott, who I also met last year.

I do know that they are pretty athletic; seem to be well-coached and are flat-out good. I’m excited to play someone we haven’t faced before in a city I’ve never been to before.

I’m not a fan of the travel rule, but I understand why it is in place. Having to travel on back-to-back weeks on relatively short notice can be a definite budget-buster for almost every team out there. And I suppose it could be worse….we could be Miami, being the sacrificial lamb out of the South to go all the way up to Chicago. At least our game should be a good one. Until a Southern team beats someone from north of the Mason-Dixon Line or west of Louisiana I can’t give them much credit or much chance. But really, why does Miami have to travel all the way to Chicago? DC would make much more sense. It always seems as if the Southern winner is paired with the Mid West winner.

Boston and DC will be an epic battle once again I’m sure….it was 29-28 last time, in Boston’s favor, in DC. This game will be in Boston. I think Boston will sweep the series this year.

Chicago and Miami will be ugly, no matter whether Chicago’s QB, Sami Grisafe is back or not. I doubt that even if she is able to play that she would this game. Why tip off Boston or DC that she’s back? (I have no idea whether she can play or not, I’ve just heard others wondering if she could. I hope she can come back, she’s one of the great ones in the league.)

Kansas City and Austin……hmmmm….I tend to favor KC by a wide margin in this one. Unless Austin can find a way to get ahead early and then milk the clock while also slowing down the Tribe offense some, it’ll be a long day for the Outlaws.

No predictions for our game…..I may look stupid, but I try not to be.  :-) I do think it’ll be entertaining and worth coming out to see.

See you all next week!

In-Between Week & Guest Coaches

The season is winding down, that’s for sure. It’s now a fine line between staying sharp for the playoffs and resting the cumulative battered bones, bruised skin and tattered muscles that come after 8 games. We would like to believe that our approach early in the season, of starting later than almost everyone else, is going to pay off now with relatively fresher legs and fewer chronic injuries that will affect our performance. Only time will tell.

As I promised last week, here is a quick rundown of the guest coaches that are coming in to our camp in November. This isn’t a final list, as I’m waiting for final confirmation from one coach, and we may be asking another prominent coach to join us as well. But here are four of them:

Coach Lori (Lo) Locust, from Pennsylvania: “Coach Lo” is one of the finest defensive line coaches I’ve ever seen or worked with. She is simply outstanding in her ability to communicate what she wants to her players and the passion with which she does it. Not only has she coached for the Keystone Assault, but is currently coaching for a high school team and for the Central Penn Piranhas – one of the finest men’s semi-pro teams in he country. She is definitely someone you’ll want to learn from!

Coach Billy Hughes Jr., from Texas: Coach Hughes is an offensive line coach that I’ve wanted to work with since 2012, when we faced each other across the sidelines in the American Conference championship. Although we do a lot of the same things, we get there in different ways, and that’s why I’m excited he’s going to come out. He’s learned his craft from some of the best around – he played at the University of Oklahoma and then continued his career with the San Francisco 49’ers. He’s got a great love for the game that comes through in his teaching. The offensive line will be in for a treat!

Coach Angel Rivera III, also from Texas: Coach Rivera is another one I got to meet during the 2012 season and immediately knew he was someone who had knowledge that needed to be passed on. He played defensive back at Texas A&M under legendary coach RC Slocum and continued his career in the pass-happy Arena League. He is also an expert in strength and conditioning, running his own training center in Texas. Angel has a lot to offer, and we’re excited that he agreed to come out.

Coach Ed Williams, from Kansas City: Coach Williams was someone that Coach Suggett and I met during last years’ All Star game, when he was the only non-Surge coach on the staff. He fit in like he’d been with us for years. His work with the Tribe speaks for itself. He’s got great insights on both sides of the ball, and may join with me in some special teams presentations. He, like a couple of our other coaches, has some diversity in their background, so we’ll cement the position(s) he’ll coach as we get closer to the camp. As I mentioned, both Coach Suggett and myself are stoked that Coach Williams will be here!

Again, this isn’t a final list, just those who have agreed to come out. We’ll also have at least five coaches from the Surge staff there as well – I’ll give you bios of us once we’re finalized. Understandably, we’re a little more focused on our next games right now (one of which may be against Coach Williams!). Please remember that we’re still 5 months out from the camp. Once our championship run is over (hopefully the first week in August), then we’ll turn our full attention to making this the best experience possible for everyone attending.

Regular Season Finale

First off this week, there’s not much in the way of a camp update. If you missed the announcement, you can find it here. Next week I’ll write up an introduction of the guest coaches coming in from across the country – it’ll probably be a slow news week.

You may recall a couple of posts ago when I wrote about A Pleasant Surprise regarding our win over the team that put us out of the playoffs last year. This week we went back up to the heat of Central Cal to play them again. We knew going in that we were going to be down 4 WR/DB types – 3 of them starters. That was only mildly concerning to me as the OL coach, but as ST Coordinator, it made my ST depth chart look like Swiss cheese! Then, an hour before the game I found out my 5 time (now 6) All American left tackle was going to miss the game with a freak tweak of her back. My center was in the same boat but (barely) able to go. So THAT got my attention in a big way. Fortunately for us, having a former All American ready to step in at LT was/is a blessing.

It became apparent quickly that our opponents were in fact missing some people from the first game. I first noticed it where depth usually shows up – on special teams. In San Diego, their punt team was definitely devoid of speed and athleticism.  Their punter wasn’t very good either. So I changed up some of our scheme to take advantage of those developments only to find out they were now obsolete. Different punter, and a ton more athletes running down the field. Oh well….we were able to change things back and ended up returning one for a TD.

The overall result was a 35-6 win for us. It was a good win in that we showed that other people could step up in times of trouble and get us through the game. It wasn’t so good in that we had an awful lot of brain farts…..I don’t know if it was due to the heat (97 degrees at kickoff – 7:00 at night), or a feeling of complacency after the first win (I really hope not – we’re not good enough that we can take anyone lightly) or just the amount of players who had to step in and play more snaps than normal (a definite possibility, but one that might come up again).

Now we move onto the playoffs – the best time of the year! We have players that played on other teams before, and they were a little surprised that the coaches didn’t praise our 8-0 record in our post-game chat. They thought it deserved mention. Welcome to the world of raised expectations! Who else would you play for (well, I can think of three other teams) who would go 9-2 and declare it a “down year”? That’s us. That 8-0 means squat if we lose our next game. Many of us remember very well the bittersweet feeling of 2011, of getting to the championship game and losing to Boston. It fueled us for 2012. I’d prefer not to have to experience that painful lesson again, but I wouldn’t trade those experiences for anything.

Camp announcement!

OK, I’m really excited to be able to announce the dates and place for our female players and coaches camp! It will be on the weekend of November 15-16 and be held at the Surge’s home field of Santana High School in Santee, CA.

Right now we’re planning on starting at 9:00 AM on Saturday and finishing up between 5:00 and 7:00 that night. Then Sunday we’ll go from 9:00 to about 3:00. Plus, if you come in on Friday night, I’ll guarantee that at least I’ll be available to go over anything you want. I’m sure if our other instructing coaches are in town then that they’ll be up for it as well – who doesn’t have fun talking football?

One change to previously announced information is that we’ve found that we will need to charge for the camp. After looking at the rental agreement from Santana, which includes the use of classrooms for film study and chalk talks, we need to cover expenses. Although we’re not in this to make money, we don’t want to lose any either, you know? So we’re going to have to charge $20 for each player or coach. Yeah, not $200 or $100….$20. Sorry about that – we really wanted to do it for free. We’re going to try and make it up to you all with some goodies thrown in. I just can’t promise anything other than we’re going to try and do that at this point.

As far as lodging is concerned, we’re still working on it. We’re hoping to get you all a deal at one of the resort Indian casinos, but that hasn’t been finalized yet. We’ll keep you informed as we go.

The one thing I can definitely guarantee is that you’ll get information overload from some of the best teachers we know. We haven’t worked out what our guy will be filming yet, but there’s no problem with you filming whatever you want, unless a particular coach strongly dissents (maybe one of the visiting coaches will have a competitive division opponent in attendance or just doesn’t want their stuff out on the Internet).

The coaches we have coming in (in addition to selected ones from our staff) are teachers. They weren’t selected for their playing ability (although some have played at very high levels) but from their proven ability to teach the game. At first we were going to present the “Surge way” of doing things, but once the caliber of guest coaches who came forward was apparent, we felt that hey, maybe we could learn something as well! So while some of us may coordinate our lessons to build off of each other, there will be other times where concepts and drills are presented independently. You choose what works for you or your team. We just want you to be better when you leave than when you came.

This camp will be appropriate for both beginning and advanced players – chances are excellent that both types of players will be exposed to new techniques, new ways of thinking and/or simply a different way of explaining a technique that will resonate with them.

Coaches will benefit as well. Whether the X’s and O’s are explained in a formal class setting, out on the field during a group session, or one-on-one drawing things up on a napkin over a beer, the way we install, teach and drill plays will be explained thoroughly. In addition, you’ll see all the drills we do and exactly how they’re set up and taught.

Overall, I cannot express how excited we are to be able to do this and for all the positive feedback we’ve received so far.

There will be a Facebook page set up soon that will have updates as well, and I’ll continue to post info here as it comes in.

Thanks!