Author: David Sayles

Dear Barbarians: The evidence: asters, foamflowers, and goldenrod, cooler evenings, shorter daylight and longer nights: is all around us, that we will soon begin training for the 2008-2009 season. Most will begin some type of training by mid-October, the weekend of the seventeenth with the remainder beginning by the first or second weekend in November. I will have a more extensive newsletter out before we begin in earnest but the main purpose of this note[…]

Dear Barbarians: It seems that with every journey some thing must come to an end. Whether it is the desired end of reaching your destination or your return from, to where you began your once storied journey, things do end. When we begin there is always much fervor and such high hopes in anticipation of what may actually be our end, yet we still proceed as if we would find something more than what is.[…]

Dear Barbarians: What a rollercoaster ride for the year this has been and to think we are still not finished! February proved to be one of our most productive months in recent history, albeit very demanding on our resources. To think we ventured off to the Northeast Mid Atlantic Region One Tournament with 6 teams and to have each of those teams have players selected to the “All Regional” team is almost mindboggling. It is[…]

Dear Barbarians: This newsletter may be overdue but it comes with great appreciation to all our members, for our most recent venture to the Northeast Mid Atlantic Region One National Futsal Tournament and teams. In all, The Barbarians had 6 teams compete in the tournament and represent Western Pennsylvania. We are happy to report that despite adversity and controversy we were well represented by a determined group of 52 team players, whose focus was unanimous.[…]

Dear Barbarians: We certainly would have liked to have more teams enter the Christmas Tournament over the past week, and feel that we could have had some success had we done so however, it would have proven too difficult to manage due in large part to our lack of commitment and the sense of cooperation that is required to be effective and efficient in our performance. Over the years, the Christmas Tournament has provided us[…]

Dear Barbarians: We have almost completed our first month of match play and have nearly had every member perform to date. Most of you are becoming more comfortable in the atmosphere that surrounds you and before long you will feel as though you have been a part of The Barbarians for some time. Some of you will struggle with identity as if teamwork is foreign to you but we would caution you that teamwork is[…]