Tylermarona
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That was awesome -- cool read, thanks for sharing that retrospective.
Thank you very much !That was awesome -- cool read!
Very inspiring.Thank you very much !
Great perspective and story of perseverance. Thanks, Tyler!
I assume that TradeMark only wanted an essay of a certain length, but man, I would have loved to hear how JC was a "humbling experience". Can you give some insight as to why that was?
yeah I will be here moving forward. I also will be contributing to Troy Nunes as well.Glad to see you posting more frequently tyler id love to see more of yor input on are recruiting classes and during the regular season.. stick around my friend.
Great question. I did not figure people would actually want to know about that aspect.
Anyhow, JC football in CA is very popular. It is very competitive as well. Except the program that I played for. We went 1-9 my lone season while playing for them. It was quite the S*** show. My "teammates" were young and immature. They did not share my drive to get recruited or play for a reason. Most of them just had it in their mind as a stop gap between high school and a 4 year college.
the bad part was we had a guy on our team that was an immigrant from russia. He bounced around to multiple JC programs to remain eligible as a green card resident by being in school. Although he ran a black market operation from his Santa Monica apartment. He was not present for 4 out of the 10 games. Because he did not feel like showing up...
We had multiple guys that would get caught gambling in the locker room, and one day got busted by the cops for a high stakes game. Which would take place right next to my locker no mind you. Again I do not have any hard feelings towards these guys. They were of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. It was just clear I needed to get to a place that had like minded people.
I would go to my JC coach's office daily for about an hour, and I would express my desire to get recruited to a D1 school. He had sent hundreds of guys D1. So I had full faith in him. His coaching prowess was over shadowed by guys who just did not care to participate in bettering themselves. Granted we did play against multiple now NFL players. Our team had ... you guessed it, none.
The pros about going to JC were it landed me at Cuse. It also introduced my to my best friend for life now Mike Lasker Jr. I loved my time at cuse. I took 4 visits after being offered my slew of scholarships, Cuse first, UCLA, Miami and Colorado. It was hard to get out of my mind the commitment that Cuse players had toward the school, the program, and life. It just fit so well with me. It tickled my fancy. It was the opposite of what I had dealt with previously. It made me realize how I was being humbled to eventually give back to men that are looking to make that transition now. I currently mentor a few folks that are trying to go through the same process and I love it. It makes me believe that there was a plan all along for me. It just took the long road.
hung em up. I ended up having back damage from pitching... of course, only my luck. I live vicariously through my girlfriend who was an all american pitcher in softballgreat read
welcome home
still pitching?
Great question. I did not figure people would actually want to know about that aspect.
Anyhow, JC football in CA is very popular. It is very competitive as well. Except the program that I played for. We went 1-9 my lone season while playing for them. It was quite the S*** show. My "teammates" were young and immature. They did not share my drive to get recruited or play for a reason. Most of them just had it in their mind as a stop gap between high school and a 4 year college.
the bad part was we had a guy on our team that was an immigrant from russia. He bounced around to multiple JC programs to remain eligible as a green card resident by being in school. Although he ran a black market operation from his Santa Monica apartment. He was not present for 4 out of the 10 games. Because he did not feel like showing up...
We had multiple guys that would get caught gambling in the locker room, and one day got busted by the cops for a high stakes game. Which would take place right next to my locker no mind you. Again I do not have any hard feelings towards these guys. They were of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. It was just clear I needed to get to a place that had like minded people.
I would go to my JC coach's office daily for about an hour, and I would express my desire to get recruited to a D1 school. He had sent hundreds of guys D1. So I had full faith in him. His coaching prowess was over shadowed by guys who just did not care to participate in bettering themselves. Granted we did play against multiple now NFL players. Our team had ... you guessed it, none.
The pros about going to JC were it landed me at Cuse. It also introduced my to my best friend for life now Mike Lasker Jr. I loved my time at cuse. I took 4 visits after being offered my slew of scholarships, Cuse first, UCLA, Miami and Colorado. It was hard to get out of my mind the commitment that Cuse players had toward the school, the program, and life. It just fit so well with me. It tickled my fancy. It was the opposite of what I had dealt with previously. It made me realize how I was being humbled to eventually give back to men that are looking to make that transition now. I currently mentor a few folks that are trying to go through the same process and I love it. It makes me believe that there was a plan all along for me. It just took the long road.
Have to ask how overwhelming or maybe not so much... the jump from JC to 1A was??
Thanks Tyler, great stuff, best of luck to you in future endeavors
Love this account of your experiences.
You're a very good writer.
Please keep it coming, fascinating insight!