Training Camp Getaway

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Well isn't Carlisle part of the past?

It was a part of the past that included winning.

While we need to move this franchise forward, there are also some traditions that need to return.

Progress doesn't always mean trying all new things. Carlisle could be a positive step to return to our winning ways, as well as a strong offensive line and having the coaching done by coaches, not the ownership and his lackies.

[Lotus]

I'm not lobbying for this, but we could also go away to camp in a new place, rather than in Carlisle.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I'm not lobbying for this, but we could also go away to camp in a new place, rather than in Carlisle.

That's true, many think there are various alternatives that does not necessarily include Carlisle, just someplace other than Ashburn Va. that have the proper facilities.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

That's true, many think there are various alternatives that does not necessarily include Carlisle, just someplace other than Ashburn Va. that have the proper facilities.

I have a vague recollection that the Skins left Carlisle - - Dickinson College - - because the facilities in terms of meeting rooms with modern amenities and the housing facilities were "sub-standard". I never stayed in any of the housing units so I don't know if that is the case and I would have to think that whatever meeting rooms might have existed in the 1990s have undergone some kind of change since then.


So, I don't know if Carlisle is a viable option in 2010, but I do think that a training camp away from Ashburn Va is a good idea.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

I have a vague recollection that the Skins left Carlisle - - Dickinson College - - because the facilities in terms of meeting rooms with modern amenities and the housing facilities were "sub-standard". I never stayed in any of the housing units so I don't know if that is the case and I would have to think that whatever meeting rooms might have existed in the 1990s have undergone some kind of change since then.


So, I don't know if Carlisle is a viable option in 2010, but I do think that a training camp away from Ashburn Va is a good idea.

Not only that, but I would have to think that DC would work to accomodate, and entice the team to return. I must be quite a boon for the college and the town?

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

I have a vague recollection that the Skins left Carlisle - - Dickinson College - - because the facilities in terms of meeting rooms with modern amenities and the housing facilities were "sub-standard". I never stayed in any of the housing units so I don't know if that is the case and I would have to think that whatever meeting rooms might have existed in the 1990s have undergone some kind of change since then.


So, I don't know if Carlisle is a viable option in 2010, but I do think that a training camp away from Ashburn Va is a good idea.

Interesting you mention that because in 2000 the last year we were there a very good friend of mine had a Son that played football for Dickinson College. He would always talk about how much the school loved to host the Redskins in the summer. They had made an extra effort to make things as hospitable as possible. The players and coaches all loved it there and the town of Carlisle was so overwhelmed at the thought of the Redskins being there every year. They were good for business, and the people there had a love for the Redskins that's not easy to explain

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

Interesting you mention that because in 2000 the last year we were there a very good friend of mine had a Son that played football for Dickinson College. He would always talk about how much the school loved to host the Redskins in the summer. They had made an extra effort to make things as hospitable as possible. The players and coaches all loved it there and the town of Carlisle was so overwhelmed at the thought of the Redskins being there every year. They were good for business, and the people there had a love for the Redskins that's not easy to explain

1994 was the last year the Skins held training camp in Carlisle. After that it was 5 years in Frostburg then from 2000 to present Ashburn.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by RedskinMike

1994 was the last year the Skins held training camp in Carlisle. After that it was 5 years in Frostburg then from 2000 to present Ashburn.

We went back for 2001 and 2002.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by RedskinMike

1994 was the last year the Skins held training camp in Carlisle. After that it was 5 years in Frostburg then from 2000 to present Ashburn.

The last year in Carlisle was the year Marty Schottenheimer was coach. I still have my Redskins straw hat my wife bought for me while we were there. I said 2000, but it was 2001.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I'm not lobbying for this, but we could also go away to camp in a new place, rather than in Carlisle.

Yeah it doesn't have to be Carlisle by any means.