Coach Caputo will be there, after he initially stated he would be unable to attend.  I had originally abandoned my plans to attend, but upon hearing that the head coach will be there, so will I, along with Wisconsin Colonial and Mrs. Long Suffering Fan.  So with Keith, I guess that makes 4 of us.

If this board is any kind of barometer of fan support, and I sorta think it is, I must say that I am concerned about just how little fan support there is for the Colonials these days. 

i plan on going

I will be there.

Glad to see a few going.  Please provide a recap of anything observed or learned for those of us unable to attend.  Thanks

Injured?

Overall, the guys look in better shape, especially Ricky, Noel, Brandon and Hunter.  Very positive spirit amongst the players.  Qwanzi Samuels may be most popular amongst the players themselves.

Haphazard and thrown together was an apt description.   The "meet and greet" portion of the event was the season ticket holders sitting or milling around the room where pregame reception was held, with no structure or planned remarks, witih the only refreshments being small bowls of M & Ms on the table.  And they weren't even the buff and blue M and Ms that we get at the games.  The one positive, and it was a big positive, was that the men's and women's coaches mingled with the crowd and was williong to answer any question presented to him by the individuals.  (That is where I asked CC about the status of Jabari West and got the answer we suspected but were hoping against, namely injured and out indefinitely).  During this time, a hand full of players were shooting around with the children in the crowd, and a few adults. Then the event moved to the arena, where there was an introduction of each player on both teams, after which the players mostly sat by themselves with the exception of Bishop, Adams, a couple of the women's players and the respective coaches.  This portion, which occurred about 1 hour after the scheduled start time, was the first time a microphone was used.  Softball questions were asked of all, first by Tanya then by members of the crowd.  (I did ask what changes in style we can atncipate).  Someone asked for suggestions for the new team name and Bishop responded the Generals.   CC then pointed out that the Washington Generals never won any games.   We then got instructions on how to cheer from I believe one of the members of the cheer squad.  (It was at this point that Wisconsin Colonial and I left).     I am happy to have attended (I wasn't planning on it until we learned that the coach had a change of plans and would atttend), mainly because being in the Smitty, hearing the pep band, seeing the cheer teams, etc. has gotten me more excited about the rapidly approaching season.  still, at least from my perspective, the prior years events, whereby we would witness an open practice, a short scrimmage then mingling with the players and coaches afterwards, wth a nice meal served, would have been my preferable event.   FYI...I asked about when we may expect invoices for the season tickets.  Apparently, the holdup is (I believe) due to the transition to Ticketmaster.  It looks like paper tickets have gone the way of the VCR and are now obsolete.
One other thing...I asked the coach who he thought we would be most pleasantly surprised at.  I will give you the opportunity to take some guesses before I reveal his answer.

Now in all fairness, I suspect the season ticket diehards, of which I consider myself to be on, was not the target audience of the event, but rather the alumni and others that were in attendance as part of a weekend of events.   Also, from my brief interactions with CC, both one on one and during the Q & A session, I continue to get the impression that he knows his stuff and has a definite plan for the team.   And yes, there were several positive references to Samuels, who appears to be very popular with the team.  (Selected as most likely to be a future coach some day).   But I also thought that Basketball Jones had some clever suggestions in terms of marketing the team.  Certainly based upon the past few seasons, some inovative marketing techniques may be needed, until we can reach the point of success on the Court as the best marketing tool.

We're using Ticketmaster now?