it was very inconsiderate. i'm not even 100% sure that's what happened, but i know he'd battled cancer on and off a couple times, and when i called him at the start of football season, he wasn't answering.
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Smitty funny story . Marist does have a football team and is just as popular on campus as the basketball and baseball team . I just knew Maggarity the basketball coach and he took one of my players to work for him in his summer basketball camp I also coached the girls in a huge basketball tournament and Marist was one of the sites they used. The woman's team is always the most popular team on campus . Living about 25 minutes south of Poughkeepsie I always followed the Red Foxes. Section 9 high school championship basketball used Marist as our home court. I beat Bridgehamptin the defending state champions at Marist to make the final 4 in Glen Falls . That kid that worked summer camp at Marist hit 7 three pointers . He knew their gym well playing with all the councilors every night. A few years later I won the Girls tournament in Poughkeepsie . Pretty ironic same floor ,same bench same locker room Both were upsets When I won the HS regional game my daughter came out on the court and hugged me. The headlines in the next day newspaper showed me picking her up. Then about 4 or 5 years later I upset the girls favorite and she is my starting guard . when we won I picked her up almost the same spot and someone took a picture . She framed the two pictures and today she teaches in Philly and has those 2 pictures hanging in her room .. great memories Marist is a good school and their business school is known all over the east ..
oh, that was the dumbest thing. i only played one year in HS, and i was a WR (and part-time CB when we were DESPERATE). then i get to college and they told me i was a TE. i literally laughed. thought for sure they were kidding. i was about 180 lbs. now, with the offenses these days, with TE's frequently split out, it would have been awesome. but in those days? how the fuck was i supposed to down-block on a 300-lb defensive tackle? so, yeah, i didn't see the field much. the upside... i probably set the national record for yards per catch by a TE over a career. i averaged 17 yards/catch. the downside... don't ask how many receptions i had.
we had very little in terms of scouting (the head coach was literally the only full-time coach on staff. the DC was a local cop.). some game film and the opponent's roster was about it. i remember every week looking at the D tackles on the roster and thinking to myself maybe it was better that i didn't play much. even the DEs would outweigh me by 40-50 lbs.
ok, here's a fun story. last home game, senior year. i was on kickoff coverage. opening kick... i'm FIRED UP. last home game... i'm gonna HIT SOMEBODY. might be the most fired up i ever was on a football field. i'm barreling downfield... ball carrier in my sight.... i never saw it coming. someone absolutely laid me out. after the game, my friends in the stands couldn't stop talking about the hit i took.
probably good that it was the last game, so i never had to watch that on film.
Damn, that's crazy! Certainly better for your body now , all those hits and weight in the joints add up. Cool hearing some of your sports background!
