Special Teams Practice – Welcome Home Luncheon Update
Posted by Matt Terl on August 15, 2009 – 4:43 pm
This afternoon’s special teams practice was unremarkable (to say the least). The high point was Keith Eloi nearly managing to catch six balls off the JUGS machine at once, and who knows — if he had succeeded, it might’ve been worth writing about. As it stands, though, I’ll just note that special teams practice happened and everyone made it off the field healthy.
In other news, we’re coming up on the Welcome Home Luncheon, which I wrote about at length last year. It’s a good event, and tickets are still available.
Last year’s Welcome Home Luncheon was Malcolm Kelly‘s first, and he remembers being impressed by the crowd. “I remember how many people were there,” he said yesterday, “just die hard fans. People that get excited over the smallest stuff just to be in the same vicinity with the Washington Redskins. It’s really the fan base, more than anything. Those guys take a lot of pride in this team.”
Rock Cartwright concurs. “The Welcome Home Luncheon is an experience for everybody to get a chance to see the type of true fans we really have,” he said, “so I think it’s a great, great union and I think they do a great job of setting it up. The food’s great there and hopefully we can continue to have a great turnout.”
It’s not just a chance to see the fans. Kelly — well known for his overseas charity work with Mercy Ships — sees the Luncheon as a good time for networking. “It’s always good to meet new people,” he said, “people who do different things in the community. There are a lot of people that do stuff that can get you involved in the community, helping out kids for different foundations.”
And Chris Samuels — who received his Offensive Player of the Year award at last year’s event — joked about having an additional, even more practical set of reasons for enjoying it. “It’s a cool event,” he said, “Pretty good food. And at least we’re doing that instead of practicing for a day.”
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