Open Letter from Garrett Stutz....

[Kung Wu]

maybe you could paraphrase

Newcomers with ballsack will thrive.

[another shocker]

Actually, I'm not sure anyone can. Each section/item goes right to the point and why without mincing a lot of words.

damn.. stutz must be a prophet

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

He must have edited out the part about telling your parents (dad) to butt the ef out.

[WuDrWu]

I am not sure there is a wide enough chasm to describe the difference between Garrett's father and Erik's father. WIDE chasm.

[Aargh]

From the article.

Getting in the mindset of accepting blame is one of the highest honors a leader can take upon himself.

[1972Shocker]

I am not sure there is a wide enough chasm to describe the difference between Garrett's father and Erik's father. WIDE chasm.

Proof that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree (normally)?

[ShockTalk]

damn.. stutz must be a prophet

Not a prophet, just didn't waist words. Windy speeches are easy to paraphrase. One being succinct is not. He also covered a lot of material -- "It's Not About Me" / "Expectations" / "Coaches" / "The Teammates" / "Fans" / "Leadership" / "Better the Community" / "Pay It Forward".

[im4wsu]

Just open in a private window.

[boyshocker]

The apple rots when it hangs to the tree to long.

[molly jabali]

Proof that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree (normally)?

In Garrett’s case, just took longer to reach the ground!☺️

[1972Shocker]

In Garrett’s case, just took longer to reach the ground!☺️

When asked how long a man's legs should be Abe Lincoln responded "Long enough to reach the ground" Whether or not Honest Abe actually said that I think it is safe to say the Garrett's legs as well as his mind or well grounded.

[WuShock16]

No mention of the one mistake-get pulled rule. Are we sure that he’s a former 3G player?

[1972Shocker]

Heard another saying on the radio this afternoon that fits well here I think.

A hammer shatters glass but it forges steel (especially when a proper amount of heat is provided). Most Shocker fans would acknowledge the 3G would qualify as a hammer and is a guy who is known to bring the heat. If the raw material he is working with is glass it will no doubt shatter. Early on in his career many Shocker fans thought Garrett was glass dubbing him FiFi (we don't need to get into whether that was deserved or not). What many (maybe most) of us did not detect was the high carbon content inside 3G applied the heat and kept hammering away and it paid off with nice piece of forged steel who was 1st Team All-Valley as a senior. The last 8 years only prove that if you have high quality raw material and a skilled smith you can turn out a high quality piece of work that will hold up extremely well over the long haul.

[shock]

No mention of the one mistake-get pulled rule. Are we sure that he’s a former 3G player?

Marshall has had that rule for a while, iirc. Not a bad rule when you have a bunch of young players that make a bunch of mistakes. Better to sit of the bench and think about one mistake than to sit on the bench and think about overall poor play or even worse- not sit on the bench and keep jacking up god awful shots.

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Marshall has had that rule for a while, iirc. Not a bad rule when you have a bunch of young players that make a bunch of mistakes. Better to sit of the bench and think about one mistake than to sit on the bench and think about overall poor play or even worse- not sit on the bench and keep jacking up god awful shots.

It goes back to this quote from Garrett:

At times it might not seem like it, but every coach wants to see their players succeed. When the coaches get on you, it is for your benefit. You are not always going to agree with the methods the coaches use to push you, but I promise that if you fight through it, you will become a better player, a better teammate and a better person. One key piece of advice is to listen to what the coaches are telling you, not how they are telling you.

The kid will see it as "Oh man he's benching me for making one mistake? Coach is so mean!" When in actuality, he is trying to push them and mold them and get them to be tough and fight through it. It is more about WHAT he is trying to show them than HOW he is showing them. The smart players and the mentally tough players get that and understand it. See Tyson Etienne.