As basketball season is approaching and I am beginning to start lining things up, I came across this link http://www.mac-n-seitz.com/teams/mike-matheny-letter.html to a letter that I had received a few years ago. It is written by current St. Louis Cardinals Manager, Mike Matheny. Mike has won World Series Titles with the Cardinals and is highly regarded in his professions as a great manager, a great baseball mind, and more importantly a great human being! Mr. Matheny wrote this letter when he was coaching his own children in baseball. It is very well written and something that I believe is very important pertinent to pass along.
This is something I will be handing out to my fifth grade basketball team and parents this year as well as my high school team and their parents. Many of the core values we try to instill in our Elk Basketball Program are touched on in this letter
I don't know how many people actually look at this blog but hopefully someone will come across this and find it as important and worthwhile as I have.
-Coach Erickson
"Run With the Herd"
