Ravens — Good Times & Bad

Well, our Baltimore home team isn’t doing us proud so far this season, though to be honest, we shouldn’t have expected them to be playoff caliber!

Joe Flacco has had his ups & downs. He WILL be a fantastic quarterback — this year will be a major learning experience for him. And you have to give him props for as well as he has done so far! He is smart, quick on his feet, and can read the field. He just needs to learn that he can throw the ball away and to see when defenders may jump in the path of his decent throw.

What I have been most disappointed with, actually, is our defense. We have never really had a solid offense so I have come to not expect much from them. Our defense though, should be better than that! When we were home against Tennessee, the Titans converted every third down they had. HOW could we let that happen? They marched down the field! It was ridiculous!

The very next day I had the pleasure of meeting Ray Lewis. Being a Lavender Lady has been wonderful & will certainly renew. My favorite part? I am on the front page of the photos on the BaltimoreRavens.com website! HA! As he & Chris McAllister, who was there with him, were two who actually played well, I didn’t say anything negative. These two know anyway. They know the team isn’t up to par. You can bet that Ray blasted them in the locker room. He didn’t need to hear it from a fan — especially when he was doing US a favor by being there to meet & greet & sign autographs!

What this did for me though, was realize how important a team is. Whether football or real estate, you need to have a solid base behind you in order to succeed. Right now the Ravens base is cracked a little. But I see that potential and think it will get filled with time, to create that solid foundation. Personally, I have a few people that I know are solid, and would make a great foundation for a team. These agents are newer to the business but have a thirst for knowledge, understanding, and to be the BEST they can be. I remember being that way (10 years ago, is that possible?) and want to help them to succeed — which will help me to succeed.

I am thrilled to have begun organizational meetings and structural talks. With my expertise, their ideas & energy, we shall be unbeatable.

Just like the Ravens, this will take time. It is a process, but an exciting one at that.

I look forward to sharing with you the best we can be.

And me, I’m no fairweather fan. GO RAVENS!

Flag Football and Preseason

So it has been more than a week since flag football, but I did want to follow up.

Team Gilbert didn’t fare so well against Team Amelia. We started out well (Well, Team Gilbert wanted us to be called Beat Amelia, but as that didn’t happen, we needed the name change) but then some CHEATERS took us down! UGH!

Amazingly we were all extremely competitive — and ready to take each other DOWN when necessary! There was some decent ball playing going on that day at Training Camp — and I’m not talking about the Ravens! We even lost one of our players to a torn achillies — Q HOPE YOUR SURGERY WENT WELL!

So, with the Ravens, well, we haven’t been looking so hot in the preseason. Hoping that poor preseason makes for good regular season! Preseason is there to help is work out the kinks, which is what I am hoping we are doing. We’ll see how we look tomorrow…

The Most Wonderful Time…Of the Year

So as you get to know me, you find out my obsession with this little purple and black team called the Baltimore Ravens.

My fall & winter schedule literally is based around the home Ravens games. I have missed only 9 home games since the team arrived in Baltimore in 1996, mostly due to illness or unchangeable travel plans. (Those darned weddings, don’t people KNOW about MY schedule? )

So right now I am pumped. WHY? It’s TRAINING CAMP TIME! I am a founding member of the Lavender Ladies, a group of football obsessed women who could rival most men in terms of knowledge and understanding of the game. This is a group founded by the Baltimore Ravens organization. The group began as RAVENS 101 — for women to learn about football. What they found was we knew plenty — we just needed an outlet & fun times and to be surrounded with other women who thirsted for more FOOTBALL!

So, again, the pumped-ness. Next Monday is a flag football tournament with the other “ladies” (yes, the quotes is because I use that term very loosely — “ladies” most of us aren’t) at training camp! This will surely be a blast & I can’t wait to play!

Next week look for my follow up to the flag football tourney. Should be interesting!