Memories
from the Past...
We
did not know it at the time, but this was the beginning
of the end. The last of my 16 seasons as a coach. The
administration had fallen to the depths of non-support
to the extent that summer school was cancelled and hence
our water polo classes. We faced the edict of reducing
our travel squads and number of games so that we only
played 16 games and only 3 of the 19 freshmen who were
recruited completed the season.
This
team never lost the desire to excel and always tried
their best.
Do
you remember that Gardella got so excited when his eye
brow got cut that he took the ice bag from me and put
it on his knee?
Very
interesting statistics emanated from a .500 team that
directly related to playing fundamental water polo.
WE had 39 ejections to our opponents 117, WE gave up
4 penalty throws to our opponent's 19 and we had NO
major fouls. |
