NO STREET SHOES ON THE GYM FLOOR

This is a touching article...about a young basketball coach.

In short...for those of you who don't want to read it...a young man dedicates himself to coaching the basketball team at a small college. He bypasses offers to coach at larger schools for more money...to stay where he is...believing he can make a 'real' difference there.

Well he has.

But the part of the story that caught my attention and made me giggle...was his total dislike of people getting their street shoes on his gym floor. 'This' was the same feeling that our basketball coach had when we were in high school.

Our coach, 'Gunner' Wyman, was very protective of his gym...and anyone who was wearing 'street' shoes in his gym...better walk ALL THE WAY AROUND the edges of the gym floor...not touching the playing surface with 'those' shoes.

Often today...while we are at the Purdue games...at halftime or timeouts...there are often people who are introduced on court or at center court...wearing their street shoes. Cindy & I will elbow each other and say...'Gunner' never would have allowed that!

Don't forget to read the whole article about the coach. It's a feel good story. Well...sorta.


Dan