'Old man' Cole offers direction

Erik Cole has been one of the take-charge guys the last few days in the Canes' informal workouts at the RecZone. But don't try calling it "Camp Cole," he said today. "It will always be 'Camp Brind'Amour,'" Cole said, smiling. "It would be a disgrace to Roddy if we took over the title. Let's just call it informal workouts." For the past few years, Rod Brind'Amour has been the man in charge at the RZ. But with Brind'Amour now retired, and working with the players off the ice, others have had to step forward and run things on the ice, including Chad LaRose. "Rosie has been vocal about things, showing his leadership skills," Cole said. "For me, it's the matter of being one of the older guys in the room. We've got a lot of young guys here right now. Some spent some time with us last year and aren't exactly young guys, but they are still trying to establish themselves, "It's easy for us to ex...