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Bailey's
Take on Pirate Sports
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From the Anchor Desk
Tuesday, August 5, 2003
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By Brian Bailey
Sports Anchor of WNCT-TV 9 |
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Preseason itinerary brings new
wrinkles
�2003 Bonesville.net
Each year, the sports information department at East
Carolina sends out its list of �important dates for Pirate football.�
Somehow, I lost my list this year. I had a nightmare Sunday
night that the Pirates were already practicing and I was sound asleep,
missing this first big day of the football season.
I certainly don�t want to miss John Thompson�s first
official summer practice as the head coach at East Carolina.
There is a change this year where the freshman won�t
practice before the varsity. So the entire team will report on Wednesday.
The freshman will come in a little early that day and the
group will report to the Murphy Center at 1:00 for their orientation.
The entire varsity will report at 3pm at an off campus
hotel. This is a big change from past years. The squad is scheduled to stay
off campus until the start of school later this month.
The idea is to give the players a true, camp-like
experience. Going off campus will take away some of the distractions.
Also on Wednesday, the entire team and all of the player�s
families will have a dinner at 5:30. It�s John Thompson�s way of kicking off
the summer schedule. Even the media is invited, though I don�t know if we�ll
get to stay for dinner.
The first official day of practice is set for Thursday
morning.
You get the feeling that John Thompson can�t wait to get
started.
Primetime Programming
My radio program, The Brian Bailey Show, will move to
8pm-9pm this year, at least for football season.
Coach Thompson is using Mondays as practice days, so his
assistant coaches won�t be available until later on in the evening.
I�ve been very lucky to get the assistant coaches to visit
with me each season to talk Pirate football. I started the show way back
with Coach Art Baker in the 80�s.
Coach Thompson seemed to be genuinely excited about the
show, and told me he�d help out in any way possible.
My show will air on The Talk FM, 98.3 WCZI and simulcast on
Cable 7 TV in Greenville. We will also be available again this year on the
Internet.
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