Saturday afternoon was fun, the weather was great, the action was entertaining, and my kids enjoyed getting autographs from the players. I was surprised by the proficiency of the offense, given that our defense seems much more loaded on paper, along with our inexperience at QB.
A thought on the autograph session: Shannon Brooks was in high demand, and I appreciated that he stuck around after the session was officially over to sign as many as he could. That was a class act.
On the other hand, there was a shortage of organization. This will be fixed if they do it again, I'm sure, but people were lining up two different ways, which resulted in some interpersonal conflicts. The players were sitting at long tables to sign, and the tables were set up end-to-end. Kids and their parents were lined up from the end of the first table in the southeast corner of the field, and moving along the length of the table collecting autographs. In most other spots, they lined up directly in front of the player whose autograph they wanted. All went relatively smoothly until the two lines collided, and you had people jostling for position and cutting in front of each other, resulting in a traffic jam and some unhappy feelings.
A single person directing traffic at each line of tables would have been helpful.
