Merry Christmas!

We just passed our one-year anniversary, so thanks to everyone who has downloaded, subscribed, commented, and listened to an episode. I appreciate you, thanks for an amazing year.

It’s that time of year when stockings are filled with lacrosse balls, and kids are unwrapping awesome new gloves and shafts from under the tree.

Most years, we get a little mini-break from the NLL, but because Christmas falls mid-week this year, we're keeping the momentum going full tilt. There were games last weekend, and there will be games this weekend! So hopefully, you can reset and get a little mini break with your family and friends before jumping back into work or lacrosse. I hope 2025 is your best year yet!

As we look back on 2024, one of the biggest stories in the lacrosse world was Curt Malawsky coming home. The reigning Head Coach of the Year left his longtime love and a championship calibre roster, the Calgary Roughnecks, for a bigger purpose: to grow the game of lacrosse in BC by trying to establish a tradition of excellence at the helm of BC's pro lacrosse team, the Vancouver Warriors.

I'd say it was a great first season. They won 6 of their final 8 games, finishing with an 8-10 record, and were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs only by a million different tie-breaking scenarios. But he did a lot of what he set out to do: turn Vancouver into a winner, give the fans some hope, and give the kids in the crowd something to aspire to.

Curt was on the show last Christmas Day… he's a real family man… so I wanted to have him again at the same time of year as we reflect and then look forward, hopefully providing you with some inspiring Mouse-isms to start the year.

It's the second annual Christmas with Curt on Coaches Calls.

A big thanks to the people who support the show each week and allow it to arrive on your phones for free.

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