S1 E40. Syracuse 4 X All American and Professional Skills Trainer Ric "The Beast" Beardsley, Part III.

In this third and final installment of our three part interview series with 4 X Syracuse All American, Ric Beardsley we listen as Ric describes what the competition was like out on his collegiate practice field. With Attackman of the Year winners to contend with, year after year, you can rest assured there was no rest for the weary. 
Our co-hosts, Ron Dalgliesh and Jay McMahon also inquire about how Beardsley developed his legendary takeaway skills and fierce competitive edge.  And after almost thirty years of skills training youth lacrosse boys and girls he shares what he sees as the keys to success at the next level. All parents and players can glean some useful information here. 
Finally, our roving reporter Steve Gresalfi hails a flurry of rapid fire "Pass/Fail" questions at our guest that leaves everyone laughing. Especially when one questions elicited the recounting of Beardsley's infamous "Cele" in the faces of Coaches Pete Lasagna and Joe Breschi after scoring his third goal against the Bears in a 13-12 Syracuse win. No worries Brown fans, Bruno got revenge two years later, beating the Orange 20-12 in the Dome! This another episode that is packed with energy, excitement, and great stories; jump right in and enjoy!

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Ron: 0:00

It's time for get the La Scoop, a podcast bringing you all the people and stuff you should know. In the game of lacrosse, we take LAX seriously, but ourselves, not so much. Join hosts, big Dog and Jaybird, and the biggest names in the game. Brought to you by Jay McMahon lacrosse. That's J M L Skills, mindset, and LAX IQ training.

Jay: 0:23

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Ron: 0:51

Brought to you by Jay McMahon lacrosse. That's J M L Skills, mindset, and LAX IQ training. Helping the next generation cross players. Get to the next level.

Jay: 1:00

Hello, everyone. And welcome back. We're excited to bring you the final portion of our three-part interview. series with four time. All American defenseman from Syracuse university. Rick the beast beardsley

1:14

And if you haven't already, I highly recommend going back and listening to Parts 1 and Parts 2 with this legendary defenseman who's also quite a character. you will find our interview in progress

Ric: 1:28

Try to coach them through it and then go from there. And you know, some kids want the yelling, right? The generation has changed a guy who didn't want it. And Aria was like Rob cab of it. He didn't like getting yelled at. That was his thing. You know, where all of us didn't mind getting yelled at because our parents were yellers, right? You're an aggressive person. Your parents are most likely pretty aggressive people. Fred Beardsley was a very aggressive human. Angela Beardsley was a very aggressive human. Um, but the, listen. To

Steve: 2:00

play for coach. I had a teammate,

Jay: 2:01

Craig Vakaris, who wished Dom Storji would yell at him. He wasn't going to be a yeller.

Steve: 2:05

Yeah,

Ric: 2:05

it's amazing. I'm going to tell you. Coach Simmons, it was an awesome dynamic because like, you know, I've caused a little bit of ruckus during games and I've talked back a little bit and, and, you know, I've been kind of told to go to the lock up the three

Jay: 2:22

sign when you

Steve: 2:22

had the hat trick.

Ric: 2:23

Yes. Well, I did. Yeah. I tried to take my helmet off in that one. And that was when I went to the side, I was going to take my helmet off and Johnny D goes, no, no. And I was pissed. I'm going to take my shit off and be like, yo, what's up here. But I couldn't because he told it, but coach Simmons would have totally loved every minute of that. Right. So there was almost like, uh, you know, the, the, the devil on one and then, you know, like telling you should be a nice person on the other, but they both shared the same message. When it came to the way they wanted us to play, they wanted us to play fast, try to minimize mistakes and actually be as mean as you could on a field coach Simmons. I'm going to tell you the truth, you don't know this and probably the only guy is going to give it up on coach Simmons used to tell us to take a shot or two at a guy. Absolutely. He wanted you to let them know you were there. Right. You know, Rick, if he shot him, he took one, twice about shooting. So games, a lot of us in the to test officials. We try In those days that like taking a foul wasn't terrible, but if you watch those games, there were dudes, Mark Fiatto was one of the most violent midfielders I've ever seen in my life. It was an all American 95. He's got two fake knees, a fake hip. Now. I mean, he's living in Elbridge, man. Like he's Fiatta. He killed guys and took and just jogged off like you could ask fruit because food will tell you if he hadn't fruit they all grew up together. That's okay. It might be the, listen, he might be the, the commissioner of the NLL. That is one tough son of a bitch. Right. Like, he's a tough person. He's perfect for that league, smart, probably really calculated in business like he was on a field, determined, and people forget he's not like some, he's not your average Ivy league guy. He grew up. He's Brown State, baby. Listen to me. It's way brown state.

Steve: 4:34

People have said, we're

Jay: 4:36

the

Steve: 4:36

Adelphi

Ric: 4:36

of the Ivy League. Yes, I'm going to tell you right now, where Froog went to high school, Reggie Thorpe had his bachelor party at the Jordan Rotting Gun Club, where camo was in before camo was in. Okay, so, yeah, so those two were a great meld, and I was, I was really like think about how lucky, and I know this now I thought about it I've really took taking time to appreciate. You know, my high school coach, like you had doc, right? That's a legendary high school coach. Those guys having Steve Finnell right now, he's a legend, the high school coach. You know, I was able to get to know, meet guys like Joe Cuso at ward Melville, guys like hard ramp at Farmingdale. The guys that built. The core of what we know is legendary, you know, coaching. And I got to, you know, I got to coach against Mike Massaire. I mean, basically he's a great, there's a great picture of my buddy, Ryan Demerson. I know you'll appreciate this sent to me after we got. Punished his last year, Jenny, TBA, Jenny, there's a picture of me, my face superimposed, and there's a picture of a donkey's nut sack and I'm holding a donkey's nut sack with my face. It says, hold my nuts, young man,

6:00

He had to go and kind of balls to the nose. Huh?

Ric: 6:06

because Mike was there during that game. Walked up to me after halftime and go in, you know, if you want to put in your thirds, like I'm going to put in my thirds and my Hopkins and he, and I look down at him cause I'm a monster compared to him. And I looked literally on him. I couldn't believe I said that like, are you shitting me coach? Like you obviously don't know me well enough. Like I'm not quitting. And even he walked away and he went, okay. Like, as to say, listen, young buck, I haven't passed you the torch yet in section three, I'm still the lead dog. Hold my nuts. I walked over to demo. I go, dude, the guy told me basically to hold my nuts. I was like, what? I was like, I was like, I was like, I mean, he was, and he proceeded to make me, yes, he proceeded to beat up on us so badly. They beat us so bad. One of my freshman goalies cried, cried, cried, cried, he'd bring you to tears. Yes. The next year we beat him, but he was gone. So, uh, but like, think about it, fellas, we were, you know, how coaches come and go and parents get coaches, you know, run out and make it tough for people to coach. You rarely get that guy now, right? I rarely get that guy because no one's given that shot to build like they used to. Well, Dr.

Jay: 7:34

Hardy, Dr. Hardy would say, you know, I was 34

Steve: 7:36

years at Garden City. I think I would have been three to four weeks with today's parents.

Ric: 7:41

Oh, and before he passed a couple of years ago. Yes. I love it. Like coach case, like, you know, cause I do a clinic in Port Washington every Thursday. Oh, okay. So I, I will always be around and Ken case, you know, I was like, he lives in, I want to drive to North port and gravel. Like he was the best. Like, this is the old coach of Port Washington, for those that don't know him. He had an earring, he had like a beard, he was like a G, he liked to tinker all the time, like, he was the man. When I do Four Star, he was the entertainment director. Basically, we got beers for everybody. We set up the whole thing, everybody booze up, and I was his assistant director because he loved me, because I was complete chaos when I would be in the summers. And, just like I thought about him the other day, like, how many legends are there like that? Like, how many more Carol Roses of the world are there? Right. You know, as far as she's at North Court for all those years, how many Sharon Saron, right. You know how many of those guys in those, and those ladies are still in this game and you know, they should be held on a pedestal a lot more than they are. Right? Like how many Tom Flatleys saw, you know, a guy willing, many, a guy willing

Steve: 8:49

to

Jay: 8:49

give people space too, right?

Steve: 8:51

Yeah. He was willing

Ric: 8:52

to develop and to become those great icons. He was willing to take a backseat to those big eagles, you know, right? And that's, and that's the thing. Kids don't recognize that. And, and, you know, I put a game on the other day at my clinic. There's a television in the one place I do now. I, we didn't have, I threw on YouTube because I was tired of, it's just looking there. So I threw on YouTube, Cornell, Syracuse, 1995, kids were on water breaks and they heard my name and they looked up their coach. That's you. I was like, Like you just scored a goal. I'm like, I know, like they think that you're just, they don't know, they don't know that you were that age guys, but yeah, so you know, you just, you know, I always say is never forget the legends that you played for because they're always going to be legends in your mind, so they'll always stay legends.

Jay: 9:40

Right, exactly. Now, were there any defensemen that you really styled your game or people you really loved? You know, Pat McCabe was a great player at Syracuse,

Steve: 9:50

obviously, right before he graduated, right before you got there.

Jay: 9:52

You had Dave Petromala. You had, you know, D. Tommaso before that. Who are guys that you really got excited to watch? Let me ask you a question. How much fun was it to play against Pat McCabe every year? That was lots of fun, because I was a midfielder. Lots of fun. He was covering the attack. Yeah, like, so I, I really, you're going to laugh at the name. So a contemporary of mine, since I'm a Lakeland guy, is probably the most infamous defenseman of all time in Steve Kisslinger. Oh, yeah. That's great. Yeah. I used to play against him. He would cover me out of Vail. Yeah. And maybe when we played at Delphi, he was tough, very tough. Yeah. He was real tough. And that's great. You know, he always loves Kiss.

Ric: 10:36

Kiss is, uh, was a character for those that don't know him and you're watching this, you really should ask the old guys how good he was. Yeah. I would have to put him. Very good. So, you know, I was lucky enough. My mom subbed at Boci's. She owned a hair salon. And she subbed it. Both she's in kiss was a handful. So they sent them to like both C's the alternate high school, whatever. Oh man, he was in plumbing class. And my mother used to go smoke butts with all these guys and kiss and my mom hit it off. And my mother loved kiss and would go to kisses games like it was his own kid. Kiss has a game. I don't know. Rick, I'm going to miss your game. Kiss has a game. She would go with the dog, sit there and she would tell him, get him. And he would, it was like kiss would kiss, loved my mom, loved my mother, Angela so much. And he would kill guys for her and she would just do this. And just so you know, I emulated my game because he took me under the wing, taught me how to have that arrogance, that swag, or those stick checks, how to have balls. Yeah. And the biggest thing, why I respected him so much and I listened to him to this day, he's still one of my G's. When my mom died, he sat in a corner and weeped because he loved my mother so much. And I saw the side of him that I don't care what crazy shit he posts on Facebook these days or what people think he's nuts. That guy has done, has done, if people are lucky enough to be coached by him in Florida, they should take advantage of, cause as crazy as he is, he's a basics master, right? And his stick checks, right? So him, Dave Petromala, because he was always on television. I single handedly watched him in, in 1988 against Maryland on videotape. I have it well in my brain. He had a wood stick. Ran D midi ran long stick. I watched that guy take over an entire game in one hand. That was what I wanted to do. Be the disruptor, literally take over a game. That was my goal. Um, and then I would have to say, you know, detoe with his positioning. Um, And, and, and believe it or not, you know, Joe Bresci a bit with the stuff he did and I, you know, and Ronnie Klosner, he doesn't get a lot of, you know, Clyde doesn't get a lot, but Ronnie, I was lucky enough to work my junior year of, I would do offense, defense camp where it was Petro, Ronnie, Joe, Kiss. And then the attack was Millen, Z, uh, Maracek, Paul and Gary. And here I am, the only college guy. And I listened to the attitudes these guys had, like, when I take the ball away, this is what I'm gonna do. And I was, I never thought like that. It changed my game. Um, but you know, if you're not growing your game, you know, from the time you're little, in every way, shape or form, soaking in what anyone has to say, there's a difference between legends and just players. I'm gonna be honest, not an arrogant statement. I'm through straight up legend. You know why? Cause I did legendary things. And the reason why I did legendary things and you can think it's arrogant. This guy's arrogant. Is because I put myself in those positions to do that. I wanted my guy to have the ball. I wanted to listen to everything that Steve Kisslinger told me. I wanted to watch Petra, right? So when I, I still, to this day, when I watch defensive trainings, I want to learn. I wanna understand what they're teaching. I wanna make sure I'm right with it. I wanna make sure I'm doing the right things. That is the thirst of knowledge is what makes you legendary.

14:34

Hey, everyone. Hey, all you parents and players out there who are striving to achieve excellence. Striving to achieve greatness. I want to take a quick pause here and really hammer home with this all-time great defenseman. Rick Beardsley just said. This guy. And he'll be the first to tell you. Comes off as arrogant and brash and whatever else we want to throw on them. I had not met him before this interview. But like all of you, I love lacrosse. And even though I was an offensive player, me and my friends guys, like Andy towers. You used to love to watch great players go to work. And yes, that includes defenseman. Andy. And I used to love to watch the Petro Mala taking on everyone and anyone, including Gary gait. And we used to love to watch our junior USA teammate and team MVP. Pat McCabe slice and dice the best attack. When in the country. And we used to flat out love to watch Steve Kisling her and Rick Beardsley for the same reason. Rick was simply dominant and used to take the ball off. Every single guy he covered in every game, all four years at Syracuse. And to put it in Rick's vernacular, it was just nuts. So if you want to have some fun, Google, Rick Beardsley highlights on YouTube. Now Rick played a high risk, high reward kind of game. He blames himself and he's not the only one. For taking a too far in the 1994. Semi-final. And state sees perhaps one of the reasons Syracuse lost to Virginia and those semi-finals in 1994. But this style of play and his play in particular is what made Syracuse great fun to watch. And what made them NCA champions? As he led the team in 1993 and 1995 titles. So I'd never known where he got that ability, knowledge, and mindset to be that guy. And now we all know. He got proximal. That's the point of this pause to emphasize to all you guys and girls out there that want to be great the principle of proximity. Go and get to where the greats are. Watch them. With every game in college lacrosse being broadcast these days, it's just awesome. And so easy to watch and learn from the very best doing their thing. If you can get to a live game or into a camp. With them, then go get proximal. And if you can't get there in person to learn from these people, utilize technology. Here at the, get the Lac scoop podcast. And at Jane McMahon lacrosse, we're on a mission to help you achieve your goals of greatness. So, if you can't get to these games and camps in person, we suggest to utilize technology, the technology that simply wasn't available to us back then. And that's where the Jim McMahon lacrosse app comes in. And that's why we formed it. In the app we show highlights of great players. Being great and break down exactly what it is that they're doing. And when we do break it down to its component parts, we reveal that what's making them successful are fundamental processes that can be taught and that you can learn. So go check out the Jim McMahon lacrosse app. At the apple app store or on Google play and start chasing your dream. The link is listed in the show notes. Put in the time and the effort and you'll be well on your way to making your lacrosse dreams come true. We will return to our interview in progress.

Ric: 18:01

And plus, I'm 50 and I'm, that's great stuff Stu. Still, you know, I'm like a Stu Good looking at about it. Rick, you're two 70. That's great. I'm two 70 and I'm still jacked. Good looking. Look pretty good. Go.

Steve: 18:13

Gee. Was.

Jay: 18:14

All right. Hey, Steve, you want to come on? That was awesome stuff, Rick. I mean, that, that's what makes somebody great

Steve: 18:20

too, though. You're

Ric: 18:21

sitting there going from the ground with this guy. Love it. All right.

Jay: 18:28

From the best want to be the best. That's beautiful.

Ric: 18:30

All right. I can't believe you didn't ask me what my one skill no one knows is guys. That's the question of questions.

Steve: 18:37

Well, let's hit that one right now before we get

Ric: 18:39

into pass fail. All right. So listen to it. One skill, nothing. No one. Anyway, I cut my own hair. I know. Wow. That's a nice deal. Uh, Rick, now that you say that, I'm not surprised. Listen to me. That is a good look. That is a good look. That's faded. Nice. Yeah, that's, no. That's... Listen, I'm saving, and it isn't even the money. It's the time and the barber chair. I'm not built like that, guys. Yeah. You can't sit there that long. You can't sit still. Yeah. All right. So what do you... Fire away at me.

Steve: 19:10

All right. So, uh, what I have for you today, Rick, is a version of the game we call Pass Fail. It's, that's, named in honor of the brown grading option that some of us may or may not have taken advantage of. Um, I'm going to throw out four topics and I'll ask you to either pass or fail them and, uh, then maybe provide some more commentary. So, uh, topic number one is new stick head technology that makes it harder for defensemen to take the ball away. Making attack and look better than they really are. Tell us about how you feel about that.

Ric: 19:42

That is a pass and passing mean that is true, correct?

Steve: 19:47

Yes, I do. Do you like that? Or do you give it a

Ric: 19:50

thumb? I'm going to give it a thumbs down if that's the case, because Before we even go into that, what changes has U. S. Lacrosse made to benefit defenseman? Tell me. I want to know. Zero. Okay, I'm waiting on that. Oh, we put a shot clock in. No, that's to speed up and create more offense. Oh, yeah. Well, you could go attack the ball. No, you're just going to slough into a zone at the end of the shot clock. So stick technology has definitely made a tremendous factor in what you know is takeaway checks. But there are still checks that are thrown that are effective. Not every one. I try to teach 20 of them at all my clinics simply because, 20, right? Like kids. Yeah. I mean, I want to teach them more three or four you make your living on. So yes. So it's a thumbs down for more stick technology and now they're going to make it different. Make a stick differently. Come on, take a lap.

Steve: 20:49

Right, right. Okay.

Jay: 20:50

Now I would throw in there to real quick. Just I know that Rick does these take away clinics, which is great because you'll see the end of the game. Guys are running around. They got to get the ball back. They don't. No one has a check

Steve: 21:02

under in their

Ric: 21:03

under their belt. You gotta have at least two righty lefty. I write that in my manual. Actually,

Jay: 21:08

that's great. Well, we're definitely putting the manual in the show notes and you guys got to start learning these checks. All right, Steve. Sorry. All right. Topic

Steve: 21:15

number two. Uh, pass or fail when guys from Long Island subway Refer to the Hudson Valley as quote upstate.

Ric: 21:22

That is such a fail. You think that I don't have the same accent as you guys, but I don't say, I say, bow downstate is Westchester line of Yorktown to Mayapak from Putnam down. But Long Islanders, the worst part is forget about what they think we're upstate. It's the upstaters that say you Long Island guys. Don't lump me in with those flits. Don't lump me with the flits. Keep me as Westchester the best Chester, Section 1's finest. Hey, Rick, this is one thing you and I can agree on as a Maryland guy is our disdain for the Long Island guys. I mean, God almighty, they think the world revolves around them. Oh, there's, they don't even play in the state playoff football system. They have their own, by the way, let's, to be fair to these guys on the island, the Long Island championships, well bigger than a state championship. It's crazy how big it is. But if you're a legend on Long Island, you're a legend, you're a legend as far as anybody's concerned. Love it. Love it. Rick. Rick, I thought I threw you a softball there. No, there's no softball. Go easy on him. For God's sakes, Rick. There it's Ron. I'm nice. He's still a New Yorker, Ron. He's still a New Yorker. It's true. I do live in the jurors, but I'm still a New Yorker. All right.

Steve: 22:43

Topic number three. Hey. Is the Murphy Cup the annual game between Lakeland High School and crosstown rival Yorktown? Tell us about this series in general and maybe the legendary 1991 game

Ric: 22:55

in particular. Well, that's a huge pass. Number one, because that's an awesome battle. Royale rivalry. I think that was the second one in 1991. Um, nice. You grow up playing YAC sports. If you're in Yorktown Heights. If you're in Shrub Oak, you play Shrub Oak. That's part of Yorktown Heights is part of Lakeland. So my, my mom owned a hair salon in Yorktown. My dad was the highway superintendent of Yorktown. So I played nothing but YAC sports growing up. And where am I going right after this? To hang out with three Yorktown guys. Roy Colsey, Mike Chrissy, and Chris Latrena. Roy owns a piece of turf up in Ridgefield. I do my clinic there in Ridgefield on Roy's turf. Nice. That's great. And, but this is where people used to lump me in New York town guys. Don't lump me in as your town guy. They were like, what's the difference. And I would just say we have more guidos. It was the simple, that game in particular was, was incredible because no one really understands. Excuse me when I tell them and they watch it on YouTube in all fuzziness. The number of future college All Americans that were on that field is insane. You know, Brian Kuzma, who's the eventual D man of the year at Hopkins, was a freshman. Right. Wow. There was a defenseman there, uh, Costello from Yorktown, who unfortunately blew his knee out. And he was way better than... Cause he was, he just, you know, bad injury, you know, no guidance. Right. We didn't grow up with any money. Um, but that game in particular was awesome. Double overtime scoring the game winner. Um, Colesley cut the game. Colesley scored the game winner and it wasn't sudden death back then it was, you played two and then whatever the game was. Um, but that was the biggest thing about that game that stands out for me. Wasn't that it was a great game. It was the amount of people that were there watching it. Like it doesn't do it justice to you see just from like the camera goes here. People lined up on the circle, like five deep for that game. There was like five, 6, 000 people stuffed in a stadium that held maybe a thousand. All in it was, and it was, it was a rainy, like I'll never forget. It was an awesome, warm day. It turned out to be nice. Yorktown had a really nice field. It was like the nicest in Northern Westchester. And it was a great game. And I played, I'm really lucky. I played three, four years of that. Um, and it was, I think about, I still talk to all those guys to this day from the other teams. Right. That's beautiful. And, uh, and I was one of the, I was really lucky to be one of the, man, I think about, I use that word lucky, I really, it's a very true word, people. It's not that I'm trying to overuse it. Charlie Murphy, you know, I was really fortunate to be able to go to his house. as a Lakeland guy whenever I wanted and he would talk to me and watch games and I'd eat pretzel rods and drink, you know, cherry Cokes. That's how it worked. And, you know, to have that named after him, I did win one, the first one, and then never, ever, I beat Yorktown twice in my career out of any level. At any sport, by the way,

Jay: 26:23

okay, twice

Ric: 26:24

on lacrosse field, lost him in football. They were a better football team than us. Um, and it really is great to be from that hometown. The only thing that I just get, I get lumped in as Yorktown guys. Right, right,

Jay: 26:36

right. I gotcha. All right.

Steve: 26:38

So I got one more topic and I know we touched on this earlier, but, uh, pass or fail the hat trick against Brown in the dome. And, was it even more special that it was against one of the greatest goalies to ever play in Greg Katrana?

Jay: 26:52

Did I just look this up?

Steve: 26:53

I'm going to

Jay: 26:54

interject and to see the, I saw all three shots. Those are some really good shots. You could not blame Katrina. I mean, it was like off hip, low

Steve: 27:03

corner. I forget what the third one was, but all three of

Ric: 27:05

them, my whole lefty lefty. Oh man. Yeah. Rick doesn't still think about it. Um, no, no, no, no, no. So, so the truth is Roy

Steve: 27:17

Simmons jr. Said before the

Jay: 27:18

game, oh, this goalie gives us fits. And then, yeah,

Ric: 27:20

he gave me one poll scores three goals on him. Yeah, but you don't, you don't know the backdrop to have. So the night before Jimmy Morrissey, my college, that's why I want to go like this. I went like two at the end of the video. Jimmy Morrissey was my college roommate at the time. He's a lefty starter on attack. He was sitting next to me watching college football. And he was like, he looks over, he goes, B, you're going to score a goal tomorrow. And I'm like, cool mojo. I hope I do. Like I literally said, like, I hope I do, bro. Like, it's awesome. Then he, like three minutes, three minutes later, he's like, you're going to have two. I'm like, dude, if I get two, we're going to rip it up after the game, whether we win or lose, I'm going to go bananas. So lo and behold, you know, I got the, the one and then the second one hit. And then the third one was really by chance. It was just the end of the game. I split Dodge. You poor slobs fell for it. Like I, I split Dodge three dudes, like watch the video. I split that three dudes. And I buried it. And I mean, were you surprised? I'm a stud. I mean, the

Jay: 28:21

end of the

Steve: 28:21

game,

Ric: 28:22

it was a 13 12 game. That was the funny part. It was probably the game winner of the game, wasn't it? That's the funny part. Hilarious. 13 12 game. Thank God that our whole team, we did a good thing. But, you know, I've had really good games against Brown in my life. The year before I had one, like, I've had good games. My freshman year I played really well. I, you know, I got, I guarded, I didn't know if I, I think I might've had Ollie when he was there, um, you know, in the, in the fleet invitational tournament, that was always awesome. Right. I've got a pen. I want to cross pen. Wasn't one of your alumnus, like the CEO of cross or something, something like that. Yeah. They gave us cross pens. I didn't know what to do because I've never went to class, so I had no idea. Um, but yeah, to score on cat and, you know, cat, I think was what, a sophomore or freshman then. Yeah.

Jay: 29:13

Cause he graduated in 97, I

Ric: 29:15

think. Yeah. I mean, you went from, think about the goalies you had Stalford to him. Right. Pretty good goalies, uh, you know, in Brown, in Brown's history to use it

Steve: 29:24

when I was there. Sorry, Pat

Jay: 29:26

Flynn

Steve: 29:26

and snake.

Ric: 29:27

Yeah. Well, I mean, so yeah, in that game, it was special. I mean, and here's the deal. Remember this. I'm scoring, I'm scoring and ripping Hall of Famers and I'm not in the Hall of Fame. So how good do I feel about myself right now? Right. Right. Right. Well, there's still time. You could get in. There's no one putting me in. I've been on the final ballot for like five years. They're like, they see me. They're like, asshole, check, like, you know, it's dedication to your game. Come on. It's okay. Um, but no, yeah, that was a really special game because it was just, I loved, I did love coach lasagna so much. He was a great guy.

Steve: 30:07

Such a character

Ric: 30:08

too. Do you know after 95, when I didn't win defenseman of the year, it came up to me after the banquet and He said to me, you know, it's bullshit. It's bullshit. I'm pissed. I was pissed when I got out, Rick, I knew about it. I just want to let you know that I'm pissed because I worked four years of Brown lacrosse camp or three years ago, like I got to coach lasagna on a different level. Yeah. Nice. And you know, and all those Brown guys, like all you guys are such good guys, like really are good guys. Like Dave, you know, I mean, Christ, it's just. You look at it and you're like, wow. And like, that's why Lake Placid is so important to my family. Yeah.

Steve: 30:50

Right. I got to go just this last year. I hadn't been there in like 15 years. It was awesome.

Ric: 30:54

I'm 50 beat up with two Achilles tendon tears. And, you know, My kids are playing in it now. So that's better. I know that like the relationships I've made with Brown, like you don't even know this, but Tommy Gobain just texted me. Oh, wow. Yeah. I'm trying to do business with a buddy of mine, but I had helped. Tommy Capone, and that's his cousin who's played back, you know, was a faceoff guy a couple of years ago, like that connection, think about how lucky we all are, right? A sport brought us all together and that game in particular, whether you guys had got me to connect here, it was great, but think about it, that game did it and you know, no one will, you know, in 300 years from now, who the hell is going to remember it, right? But maybe they will. Right. So I give that a big thumbs up for Rick Beardsley and a big thumbs down for Brown in that game, but I also give a big thumbs up for the Murphy cup because it's a great rivalry. And I give this podcast. Double thumbs up, boys. Beautiful. Love

Steve: 32:08

it. Rick, look at that. Thanks a lot, man. We really appreciate you coming on. This has been

Ric: 32:13

awesome.

Steve: 32:13

I

Ric: 32:15

appreciate

Steve: 32:16

your time, guys. Seriously. Get a real Syracuse legend on

Jay: 32:18

here. This is great, man. When I hope to run into you at Lake Placid, that

Steve: 32:21

would be great.

Ric: 32:22

Hope to run into you guys. Thanks and enjoy your day. And thank you very much. I look forward to subscribing and making sure. Awesome. Great. And

Steve: 32:29

then,

Jay: 32:29

uh, give me the info on the manual. You could just like

Steve: 32:32

email me that or whatever. If there's like a link to the manual,

Ric: 32:34

guys, it's a PDF. It's 34 pages. It continues to grow. Hey Rick, look, you did your homework, Rick. Look at this. You know what I mean? We can all grow, right? Sounds like you did your homework here. You've created the textbook, Rick. I did create, it's the manual. It's not a textbook. If it was a textbook, they would, they would look at me as I was dumb. So,

Steve: 32:55

all right, Rick. Awesome. Thanks again. See you fellas. Be good. Take care.

Ron: 32:59

until we meet again, here to, hoping you find the twine. We're signing off here at the Get the LAX coop. Thanks again so much. We will see you the next time.