TIME MANAGEMENT

Time Management is something that I strive to perfect, and being a player of the XPRESS is something that as a player you will have to perfect, because when times are issued for the players to be at a certain place at a certain time, you will be responsible to be at that place at that time. EX. on February 21st the season opens up in Arlington, game time should be 7pm and you as a player will be responsible for being at the stadium at 4:30, reason being because we have to give you your uniforms, be taped and whatever else you are going to need to do, we have a certain time you need to be on the field at a certain time along with other things we need to do to get ready for the game. You maybe asking why is all this important? well this is why it is important, we were scheduled to play a pre-season game against the Knights on January 31st but what happen was the Knights told me that we would play at 3pm on the 31st I told their coach to confirm the time and place with me on Monday the 26Th, that coach called me and said we may play at Paul Quinn college he was suppose to confirm the place that night, he did not! During practice for us Wednesday the 28Th I called him again he did not answer so I told the players of the XPRESS we were not playing the game because i will not put a team on the field for a last minute game. Another coach with the Knights called me Thursday evening to confirm the game but wanted to change the time that's when I confirmed to him we were not playing the game at the last minute and I apologized for the inconvenience to him and his team he even asked if I could just get some of our players together to play the game. I have never and will not ever play a game on a last minute notice because it is unprofessional and I will not put my players safety in jeopardy just to play a game to benefit another team. So regardless of what you hear, this is why the XPRESS game against the Knights was cancelled. The NMLF the league we play in is Minor Professional not Semi-Pro and last minute games are the kind of business that semi pro teams conduct. TIME MANAGEMENT.

THE TIME IS FINALLY HERE!

The time has finally come. Football games are finally here. All of the Sunday practices, all of the conditioning all of the sweat and in some cases blood will now finally pay-off. The Xpress take on the Texas Knights on Saturday Jan. 31st. for our first test of this pre-season, the numbers have been moderate at best but we have been able to accomplish a lot, the QB'S RB'S and WR'S have finally stepped their game up and I am feeling very confident with this group. We have gotten younger and faster at the WR and RB position and it will help us more this year then it did last year, we have 2 great QB'S in Tre Fields and Kevin Nelson and both are going to make the offense better then it was a year ago. Young fast and shifty RB Rocky Frank, A much improved all around player in James Roberts and throw in rookie sensation WR Demarcus Taylor the Xpress offense should move the ball up and down the field against 2009 opponents. Now lets look at the Defense which will be better at every position that it was weak in last season. At Defensive End the Xpress got extremely faster off the ball with the addition of Strong side DE Jeremy Rutherford whom the Xpress feel will set a new team record in sacks, the bar has been set high with his skills the Xpress see at least 15 sacks, that would shatter the team record of 11 set in 2007. Defensive Tackle the upgrade is moving Derrick Blount to tackle from defensive end because last year Diondre Shamlin was not dedicated to make practice he only wanted to play on Saturday, and with the signing of free agent DT Jeff Baker and Rookie Jay Baker the front four will be looking and playing like Monsters of the Midway. Lets look at LB, the Xpress got faster stronger and taller with the addition of Sam Crawford, Quentin Sarpy and moving last years strong safety Gabriel Langley to outside LB and picking up Free Agent LB Kirk Gillespie, the team front seven is going to create Havoc on opposing teams QB'S and RB's. Now the secondary, at the CB position Carnell Livingston locks down one corner spot, and who takes care of the other corner spot is between Chris Hicks, and Keddrick Ford. Hicks has the advantage right now due to his excessive amount of time he has spent in training camp while Ford was having to deal with personal issues. The Safety spot looks like the Xpress upgraded in that position to, we went out and re-signed veteran free safety Phillip Givens,and at strong safety rookie Demarcus Nixon in with both of these additions the Xpress got smarter and faster then last year. Now with 2 pre-season games coming up and the season only a few weeks away it's just a matter of putting it together and doing it on the field.

THEIR HERE!

That's Right the DFW Xpress has Dancers! Our first try-out was a great success, many dancers tried out and in the end the first 12 were signed, the try-outs happened at Mountain View College on Jan. 17Th at 2pm and after the ladies were signed to the team, the ladies had a make-up artist come and make them up, and then the ladies had their photo shoot. Everything went well and the time went by fast, when we were finally done it was 7pm and the ladies were exhausted but they were excited. For all the ladies that are still interested in trying out for the team The Xpress are holding another tryout Sunday Jan. 25Th contact Coach Stevens and download the application from the website. And once again I want to personally thank all the ladies for coming out and joining the team and I look forward to all of you being the faces of the organization.

Offensive Coordinator Introduces The New Run Scheme.

Now that the timing of the passing game is beginning to click, Coach Sandifer has begun to introduce the Xpress ' new run game. After finishing near the bottom of the league in rushing last year, the coaching staff has made an improved run game one of their ,top priorities. And so far, the results look good. With a revamped blocking scheme, and new talent in the backfield, the running attack is poised to improved dramatically over last year's efforts. I caught up with Coach Sandifer and asked him about the changes in the Xpress' running Attack. Here's what he had to say:
" The first thing we had to change was the blocking scheme. Our biggest problem last year came when we faced shifting defensive fronts, our guys on the line didn't know who to block. This cost us time and effort on the sidelines, Drawing up blocking schemes for every scenario we faced on a weekly basis. It was inefficient at best. This year's blocking scheme is very easy to understand, and allows our lineman to focus on their point of attack, rather than which particular man to block versus various fronts." When asked to comment on this year's talent at running back position, Coach Sandifer seemed quite pleased with the changes stating: " We' ve gotten faster and shiftier at the running back position. Last year's backs were the bruising type backs, that gained most of their yardage between the hashes. This year's backs have incredible speed and athleticism. We wanted a run game that would highlight this, and I feel like the scheme showcases their natural talent very well." When asked about the roll of the running backs in the passing game, Coach Sandifer said he definitely plans to use them as much as possible. "We tried to utilize our backs in the passing game last year", Coach Sandifer said, "With mixed results" This years backs have great hands, and run precise, quick routes. They're going to be dangerous in space." The DFW Xpress plan to show off a glimpse of their new running Saturday Jan. 31st in their first pre-season game.

Accountability/Quit.
Lets define these two words. Accountability- The quality or state of being accountable, an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones action. Quit-Free of, released, to set free, to depart from or out of, and finally to give GIVE UP! The question may be asked why I defined these two words? Well lets see, the word accountability an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones action. You have so called true football players that want to throw stones while they are living in a glass house, these same athletes want to be the star of the team but dont want to hold themselves accountable for their own actions. In other words how do you complain about others not attending practice when you yourself dont attend, how do you complain about lack of reps when you yourself are not familiar with the offense. How does an individual complain about not wanting to be the best at his position so he uses the excuse that if I dont see others at the same position then why should I attend practice. Its called accountabilty to account for your own actions before you can account for someone else's. Quit- to give up. To depart from! Thats What we have had with so called players that wanted the team to be centered around them but Gave up! when things got tuff, are perceived to be rocky, but the good thing is this, I rather have a player Quit are Give Up now, then doing it during the season. For those who think that this team is not going to have a productive season stay tuned, Because I rather have 40 dedicated players that want to listen and learn then 40 players that are selfish. As players Quit others have been signed, case in point 2 players Quit Monday and 3 players were signed the same night. Whats funny is 2 of the three players were offensive Lineman.