I heard the news yesterday morning in an Airport as i traveled back from yet another lacrosse event and i could help but wondor where i would be now if i had NOT had Coach in my life - i know that i wouldnt have gone on to play lacrosse in college without him, i wouldnt have moved out west to work (he was one of the three poeple that told me to head west and spread the game), i wouldnt be as successful as i am today, and most of all i would be the man that i am today without him. He taught me about character, responsibility, and doing the right thing in life.
I never got to play for him in high school but always thought of him as my coach for life - he was a mentor, team mate, brother, father, confidant, gaurdian, bust most of all he was a friend.
I remember mini goal at the end of Irish camp when he would run shop on all of us and show us how good a Division 1 player really is - even after his hay day - and his infamous Tank top
but most of all I remember everytime i talked to him on the phone he we tell me 'God Bless Johnny'
The most important thing i learned from Mike was "always be ready" - i had to drive his car home for him one day and he was emphatic on backing the car into the garage - i was a younger at the time 20 or 21 so i asked why it was so important - he said, "As a fireman you cant waste any time when you get the call to get to the house. You have to ready at any time. The little things are what save you the most time. So a fireman always backs into his garage so he can get out faster." It sounded just like everything i had heard on the field but it meant more know that he lived everyday like that.
Im on my way to coach a 3rd and 4th grade team and i hope that one day one of them can say the things we have said about Steele - that way i know i have passed on his legacy.
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I heard the news yesterday morning in an Airport as i traveled back from yet another lacrosse event and i could help but wondor where i would be now if i had NOT had Coach in my life - i know that i wouldnt have gone on to play lacrosse in college without him, i wouldnt have moved out west to work (he was one of the three poeple that told me to head west and spread the game), i wouldnt be as successful as i am today, and most of all i would be the man that i am today without him. He taught me about character, responsibility, and doing the right thing in life.
I never got to play for him in high school but always thought of him as my coach for life - he was a mentor, team mate, brother, father, confidant, gaurdian, bust most of all he was a friend.
I remember mini goal at the end of Irish camp when he would run shop on all of us and show us how good a Division 1 player really is - even after his hay day - and his infamous Tank top
but most of all I remember everytime i talked to him on the phone he we tell me 'God Bless Johnny'
The most important thing i learned from Mike was "always be ready" - i had to drive his car home for him one day and he was emphatic on backing the car into the garage - i was a younger at the time 20 or 21 so i asked why it was so important - he said, "As a fireman you cant waste any time when you get the call to get to the house. You have to ready at any time. The little things are what save you the most time. So a fireman always backs into his garage so he can get out faster." It sounded just like everything i had heard on the field but it meant more know that he lived everyday like that.
Im on my way to coach a 3rd and 4th grade team and i hope that one day one of them can say the things we have said about Steele - that way i know i have passed on his legacy.
God Blass,
HUNT