It may be only the first day of camp in Charlotte, but Checkers head coach Mike Vellucci is treating it like a mid-season practice.
“HUSTLE, HUSTLE, HUSTLE,” Vellucci bellowed in Bojangles Coliseum during Monday’s training camp session. The roster, as it stands, is not filled with many stars or players that will play a major role in Charlotte this season but Vellucci is pushing them hard to test who is in shape. “If you want to play here, you practice hard, you play hard,” Vellucci says as he draws up another play on the board fashioned against the glass. Vellucci is back for the Checkers for the second season in a row, stopping the coaching carousel that had been spinning around the…
