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Ronnie's Redmen, that's almost comical. Drouin is fortunate to coach in a town that has residents with the means to send their kids to camps and clinics. Ronnie's Redmen are as much a product of his coaching as McDonald's is to fine cuisine.
It befuddles me when I read articles inflating one's ego...
But whatever...Looks like the other 9 teams in the conference are just filler for Ronnie to feast on.
I'll be back at the end of the season after the "Great Collapse of '08".
From Tacoma, Washington?
Great movie, TT.
Wow, those are some tough words about my man, Ronnie.
The man has a dynasty going at Tewks, with eight MVC small titles in the last 10 years, and you're dissing him.
Wow.
Tewksbury will be hunted, so we'll see.
But you can't deny, he's nurtured and produced some serious talent.
HL
Eight championships out of ten and he still goes to any coaching clinic he can find, to a college practice,watches film or any other thing he can find that might benefit his kids and his program. Ask any college coach in these parts about high school baseball coaches in this area and Coach Drouin's name will be at the top of their list.
Tewksbury has a few very good players this year so he doesn't have to show up, no, that would be other programs. They have good players and they will be prepared every game. I know every baseball player in the valley would love to play for a guy that puts the effort into it that he does, whether you be a great player or an every day plugger.
For Mike (?), take it from someone who coached in Lawrence, he would succeed because he would refuse to do anything else. His effort and results wouldn't change just the color of the uniform.
Where you came from...You played with what you had. How many clinics did you or your teammates attend while playing at LHS? Coaching at LHS? How was Lawrence Baseball in the 80's? It is obvious that kids in Lawrence, Haverhill and Lowell do not have the same advantages as kids at Tewksbury, Central, Chelmsford and the such. There is a huge advantage to being able to attend clinics, sending your kid to a personal trainer or to be able to bring someone in for private lessons.
To say that Ronnie has done what he has done with just his knowledge and ability is absurd. All things being equal, Bob Walsh did far more with his resources than Drouin. If Drouin wants to prove his greatness, leave Tewksbury and take on a losing program and turn it around like Bettencourt and McCathy did for the Lancers.
I don't have it in for Ronnie, I just find it insulting to the other teams and coaches in the league. To disqualify their coaching abililty and their kids playing abililty by proclaiming Ronnie as some fanstastical human being is just nonsense. Ronnie was put in a position to succeed from day 1.
Coach Neilon has had his truthers with having to split talent with Central and GLRVHS, or by having kids leave the city for other towns because parents are being deported. Are we to assume his(Neilon) coaching skills are as inferior to Drouin's as their "Career" records show?
I agree with Smitty, in the spirit of compettion and for reasons of motivation, maybe Tewksbury should move up to the large schools. Give some of the inferior small school teams a chance at victory.
Tom
First off, my boy does not need defending, but I have to write back. ALL THINGS ARE NOT EQUAL! Tewksbury is not Andover, it is a hard working middle class community, not every kid in Tewksbury has the advantages you speak of. Some of those kids are in pretty similar circumstances as Haverhill kids. Everyone has a story.
You make it sound as if Tewksbury is a feeder system for the Red Sox, there not. Tewksbury during coach Drouin's tenure has not had great players every year, but yet they find a way to get it done.
If you want to talk about EQUAL lets compare the school's you are comparing. MIAA statistics Boy's enrollment grades 9-12: Haverhill 980, Lawrence 1,263, Tewksbury 532 (Lowell 1,954, Methuen 971, Chelmsford 872) You are comparing schools that have more than double and close to double the enrollment then Tewksbury and once again there are no excuses they just get it done. Every school has there issues. It is what you do to overcome them. As a coach which would you rather have a kid who attended a clinic or 500 more boys to chose from.
Walshy did an awsome job in Haverhill. I think Brendon does an awesome job in Lawrence. It doesn't mean there job is tougher than anybody else. The situation is what you make it. Between my last two years in Lawrence our players played in 134 spring, summer, and fall league games. I am going to bet more than anyone in our region that year. They also attended the best basketball camp on the east coast, Eastern Invitational in New Jersey, at no cost to them. Each situation has pluses and minuses, and the bottom line is you can't make excuses you have to find a way to get it done.
You asked if I would rather have a kid who attends a clinic or 500 boys to pick from....I suppose if it were just 1 kid who attends a clinic and not a multiple of them I would opt for the 500, but since we are talking baseball here and not football and since 1 kid can make a differnece to a team...I'd take the kid who attends the clinics...Just as I would in Basketball as well.
I have one question for you...How were your teams your last 2 years in Lawrence?
-Tom
DB put a winning product out where ever he went, more often than not after the team had poor success prior to his arrival, that's the point being made. What he did or who he owes is his own problem.
For the record, I do not challenge Drouin's character or moral fibre, he and I know plenty of the same people, who are all good people and who wouldn't associate themselves with a dirtbag.
As for Sean McCathy, I agree completely and wholeheartedly with you.
Tom