Great Story about Frank Gilroy and Family
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Frank is a terrific guy and there are some absolutely incredible examples of his integrity and goodness that I won't share because they are deeply personal to his family. I do know first hand that he was a very serious student who i would see several times a week all semester in the academic computing lab keeping up with assignments, even in season.
My own career has been very demanding of my time, but I decided to get involved coaching kids not because I love basketball but because I witnessed so many absolutely horrific examples of bad behavior of kids, parents, coaches, and even referees on occasion. I've seen chairs thrown, referees threatened during a varsity is game by a coach, police called to remove an ejected coach and parent in AAU, even a coach physically beaten by a parent and brother (d1 football player). Some of the abhorrent behavior was by chsaa coaches. Yea, ask me and I will name names.
I won't even go into how lesser players are treated compared to stars. So I coached to always make the primary objective for all kids and parents to have fun. Second objective was for each kid to improve. Last was to be competitive and win.
I wish I knew of Frank's summer league, which unbelievably was off the radar. My kids played in the iskand garden summer leagues, attended pricey local and away camps, and in the rvc league and elsewhere in the summer. The description of Frank's league is exactly the tone that all youth sports should have.
Frank has endured some devastating losses in his life - 2 kids, his dad from brain cancer, and a brother to cancer I believe. It sounds like he and his wife raised an amazing family.
His son Matt was drafted by the Nhl after his junior year at BU, but turned it down to play his senior year solely bevause his younger brother was an incoming frosh and he wanted to play one season with him. His reward? The NCAA championship, an unforgettable season with his brother, and a 5 year NHL career.
Great story about the Gilroy league. Any of you guys with kids in youth leagues pay notice. Bring that spirit to theirs and your participation and your entire family will benefit from it. Very few kids end up as varsity is athletes, even fewer as college athletes, and a miniscule number end up getting paid for it. All however can have an experience where they grow emotionally and in confidence , make great friends, and most of all, have fun. After all its only a game.
My own career has been very demanding of my time, but I decided to get involved coaching kids not because I love basketball but because I witnessed so many absolutely horrific examples of bad behavior of kids, parents, coaches, and even referees on occasion. I've seen chairs thrown, referees threatened during a varsity is game by a coach, police called to remove an ejected coach and parent in AAU, even a coach physically beaten by a parent and brother (d1 football player). Some of the abhorrent behavior was by chsaa coaches. Yea, ask me and I will name names.
I won't even go into how lesser players are treated compared to stars. So I coached to always make the primary objective for all kids and parents to have fun. Second objective was for each kid to improve. Last was to be competitive and win.
I wish I knew of Frank's summer league, which unbelievably was off the radar. My kids played in the iskand garden summer leagues, attended pricey local and away camps, and in the rvc league and elsewhere in the summer. The description of Frank's league is exactly the tone that all youth sports should have.
Frank has endured some devastating losses in his life - 2 kids, his dad from brain cancer, and a brother to cancer I believe. It sounds like he and his wife raised an amazing family.
His son Matt was drafted by the Nhl after his junior year at BU, but turned it down to play his senior year solely bevause his younger brother was an incoming frosh and he wanted to play one season with him. His reward? The NCAA championship, an unforgettable season with his brother, and a 5 year NHL career.
Great story about the Gilroy league. Any of you guys with kids in youth leagues pay notice. Bring that spirit to theirs and your participation and your entire family will benefit from it. Very few kids end up as varsity is athletes, even fewer as college athletes, and a miniscule number end up getting paid for it. All however can have an experience where they grow emotionally and in confidence , make great friends, and most of all, have fun. After all its only a game.
