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My name is Jim Mandler aka Manhandler aka Animal aka Manimal. I grew up in Smithtown on Long Island and played at Smithtown high school for coach Kevin Huff and Brian Mark. I went to Tufts University in Medford, MA and was blessed to play for coach Mike Daly. Go Jumbos. After graduation I took a left with one of my teammates and one of my Zeta Psi fraternity brothers and we settled in San Diego. I live in Encinitas (North County San Diego) with my dog/coyote Joey, surf, coach several youth lacrosse teams, play club lacrosse for Adrenaline Lacrosse Club and work as an internet consultant.
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Jamey | November 18, 2008 at 1:06 am
Hey Jim,
I am also a fellow San Diegan. Actually I live near Temecula now but grew up in Fallbrook. I would love to meet you. I will probably be at the Adrenaline tourneys coming up. Maybe I will get a chance there.
I love the city Starz story. And I would love to showcase that video on my website along with what ever you would like to add.
If you have any interest feel free to contact me. Either via my website contacts page, or e-mail.
very nice work,
Jamey
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Bob Santos | December 4, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Jim,
I work with Tommy at Lockheed and am coaching Novices down in Chula Vista. He mentioned you’d likely be headed back here in the near future. I’d like to explore getting some quality clinics rolling down in the South Bay. My experience is limited to playing a bit as a kid when I visited my cousins in the Baltimore area and Intramural at Navy. With the quality of play improving in the county in general, and the South Bay in particular, we need to start getting some better coaching down here. One of the moms (a lady of Hispanic heritage) said that she explained the game to some of her friends as “a bunch of boys chasing a Pinata”. So you see what I have to work with!