Lightning McQueen wrote:wristwatcher wrote:
Its a solid resume.
Coached his first Div 1 A grade Woman's flag on the weekend. That makes 6 Senior A grade Premierships in the 20 years. You can throw in 4 more GF's on top of that. Has Coached Juniors every year and volunteers his time in every capacity.
For all his on field success its the msn off the field that is the most impressive. I cant even count the favours, appearances and support he has given me in the last 2 decades. He is a genuine legend.
I stood outside the theatre in Semaphore in 2012 as he was doing the Guernsey presentation for the State Gaelic Under 18s that night. (again for no charge). We had just lost the Div 3 Prelim to SMOSH and the C3 Prelim to CBC. He told me that night he was leaving and going to where it all started at Hope Valley....that was until the wife and kids said "good luck we are not coming!" and the rest is history. Back to Back Premierships the following 2 years and the ascension to a Div 1 powerhouse.
What makes Garry so great is it is all about family and his Mrs runs the canteen or the bar as has his Daughter, his son is a great Junior Coach and life member as a player, his Sister did the merch, his brother in law a junior coach and his late Father was always there supporting them all, telling it like it was.
in summary....yeah he goes alright.
That is brilliant, as is everything else I've ever heard about him,
It's an even better read if you read it using a Morgan Freeman voice in your head.
I know a lot of clubs have that person who just goes above and beyond to ensure their club runs smoothly but as I said there just isn’t anyone that I have come across that has had a greater impact in grassroots footy. Macca always has time to have a chat to opposition coaches. He also doesn’t do it for the sake of it, when you are talking to him he actually gives a shit, which makes him an even better bloke.
. Whatever ailment Pitman picked up last week he has been named and is good to go.
