Honoring and helping former players

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19854ever

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Reading the Amir Garrett thread made me realize how many of us die hard redmen fans care about the former players of this program and genuinely wish them well in their future endeavors. I hope the university does more outreach and offers the larger community of fans, alumni and boosters a chance to honor or help former players if they need help.During the Norm era Sergio Luyk died in his 30's of cancer if it was not for Gonzalo's hard work no one would have known I remember calling Mark Fratto former SID at the time he was very dismissive on the phone and told he did not have info re; funeral arrangements, donations etc. told me to call Louie. I did not share the story at the time because I felt it was not the right thing to do at the time.

My point for this post is that with a new regime in place that are real St John's men, I hope the school does a better job in awareness and outreach to how our former players are doing if there is a passing or a hardship and the family wants the larger community to help out or honor the men who passed suddenly too young or an older legend who wants us to remember him by donating to his favorite charity etc let us know . It's part of the greater Catholic mission of the school,.

Non scholae sed vitae
 
Reading the Amir Garrett thread made me realize how many of us die hard redmen fans care about the former players of this program and genuinely wish them well in their future endeavors. I hope the university does more outreach and offers the larger community of fans, alumni and boosters a chance to honor or help former players if they need help.During the Norm era Sergio Luyk died in his 30's of cancer if it was not for Gonzalo's hard work no one would have known I remember calling Mark Fratto former SID at the time he was very dismissive on the phone and told he did not have info re; funeral arrangements, donations etc. told me to call Louie. I did not share the story at the time because I felt it was not the right thing to do at the time.

My point for this post is that with a new regime in place that are real St John's men, I hope the school does a better job in awareness and outreach to how our former players are doing if there is a passing or a hardship and the family wants the larger community to help out or honor the men who passed suddenly too young or an older legend who wants us to remember him by donating to his favorite charity etc let us know . It's part of the greater Catholic mission of the school,.

Non scholae sed vitae
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That dismissive attitude of the past is one of the reasons that we never really had a chance at Ron Rowan's son. Early this week it was Kentucky who announced the passing of Ed Davender (Brooklyn). While Davender statistics list him as a great in KU history, he also had some adversity. Nonetheless they announced it and gave a nice tribute in the release. They have also announced the arrangements.. You are right this is how it should be done and I've seen other programs do it.

Past regimes have reached out to former players and there is an Alumni Association that is trying to reach out to more to bring them back in the fold and onto campus.
 
I remember calling Mark Fratto former SID at the time he was very dismissive on the phone and told he did not have info re; funeral arrangements, donations etc. told me to call Louie. I did not share the story at the time because I felt it was not the right thing to do at the time.
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At the very least, take your name and number, and say, "I'll do my best to look into this for you and let you know one way or the other what I can find out. Thanks for being a great supporter of St. John's."

It's really F-ed up that the guy in charge of sports information couldn't even be bothered to pretend to be interested in your call.
 
I never knew that Sergio Luyk passed. So sad. Anytime anyone mentions Malik, I say bless his soul.
 
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Very thoughtful post 1985. Every Stanner would certainly recognize, Not for school but for life. ;)
 
I never knew that Sergio Luyk passed. So sad. Anytime anyone mentions Malik, I say bless his soul.
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Also unaware. Passed in 2008 at 36 yrs old. Cant believe he played for sju that long ago. I believe his dad coached both berry and shelton jones in spain.

Good points 19854ever. We can be much more of a university community without upgrading academic profile at all simply by having a more responsive administration
 
All I want is for the current admin to learn mistakes from the past one, we are a caring community that cares about our former players and genuinely wish them well. We need to learn from past mishaps and move forward, maybe I caught Mark at a bad time that day , maybe that sort out of outreach should be handled by someone else in the athletics department? Not sure but either way the university should behoove itself (if they get family's permission) to inform the greater sju community of a former players passing or if he is going through a real hardship and needs our help.
 
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