Sunday, January 27, 2013

Ryan Pichel

I am Ryan Pichel from Littleton Massachusetts.  I am a freshman here at Nichols College studying sports management as my major.  Over the past few summers I have been working at Quail Ridge Country Club, where I work on the maintenance crew.  The hours are pretty rough as the days starts at 6 in the morning and ends around 2:30 in the afternoon.  During the winter I work at Nashoba Valley Ski Area in Westford Massachusetts.  I work in the rental shop there where I tech skiis for costumers as well as size them for skiing and snowboarding gear.  My favorite sport/hobbie would be playing baseball and football.  Living in Massachusetts, my favorite sports teams are the Bruins, Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox.  I am also the odlest of four kids in my family.  I have two younger sisters ages 18 and 11 as well as a younger brother who is 10.  My parents are divorced so my dad lives right down the street in Northbridge so it is always easy to go and see him whenever I like.  This year I hope to be a part of the Nichols College baseball team as it has been a dream of mine since i was a little kid, to play baseball past the high school level.  
 
 In this class I hope to become better at different internet and computer programs.  I hope that it will also help me in bettering myself in the sports management field.
 
I chose to read a blog about the upcoming superbowl in New Orleans next Sunday which is being played by the Baltimore Ravens and the San Fransisco 49ers.  An interesting fact about the game is that the Ravens will be coached by John Harbaugh and the 49ers will be coached by Jim Harbaugh.  This is the first ever meeting in superbowl history that two brothers will be facing eachother as head coaches.  the two brothers have been very intrumental in their teams winning ways this year.  John made a coaching change with only three games left in the season and gave the offensive coordinator job to a man that hadn't run an offense since back in his college coaching days.  Jim made one of the toughest decisions a coach had to make.  Does his stick with his veteran quarterback or does he start the electric rookie.  Both coaches made the right decision and now have the chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy next sunday, the onlty question is, which brother will come out on top?  
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  1. UnknownJanuary 27, 2013 at 4:03 PM

    Ryan, I liked your post. My favorite sport is baseball too. I feel that the Ravens are going to come out on top for a few reasons. I feel that since it is such a big game, Kaepernick is going to have trouble facing such a good defense with future hall of famers like Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and Terrell Suggs. I think he’s going to try and run the ball a lot, which could put him in a bad situation because of the linebackers the Ravens, have. I also think since John has more experience coaching in big games in the NFL, he will be able to adapt to the game easier and quicker than Jim. For Jim to have a chance to win the game he’s going to need his defense step up on defense, which they have not done in the playoffs yet. Its going to be a great game to watch next week!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 28, 2013 at 6:01 PM

    Ryan, I too am a sport management major. I think its funny how you use to visit Wolfeboro because I have visited Littleton a lot, well not like that. My parents are divorced as well and the police station in Littleton is where my mom and dad would met every other weekend to drop off my sister and I. I never really got to see the town besides the main strip the police station was off of. Occasionally we would go to subway that is about it. I hope you are on the baseball team this year and make your dream come true. Playing a college sport is a huge accomplishment.

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