Pat Coleman - I guess my 20 year comment applies to how long I've been involved with D3 football but I could have sworn I could log into d3football.com when I was using the old dialup connection back in the day that I started working at St. John's...
Yes, everyone, I will save you the time to confirm that I am the certified athletic trainer (we take the certified part seriously in our profession) at St. John's and have been reading posts on this website for years without joining in - I guess today I caved and joined the Dark Side of the world internet discussion boards.
I'm sorry if my first post was directed a little too much (okay - a lot too much) at the UST football team and head coach. This past Saturday I had to do probably one of the toughest things that I have had to ever do by informing our senior quarterback at halftime that his college career was over because he was not able to return the the second half of the game since he suffered a concussion right before the end of the half. Yet at the same time I knew I was doing the right thing because his future career and overall brain health is and was much more important than the outcome of a college football game. I might have let my emotions about this situation get a little too much of me as I typed that first post.
If those of you on this board do not want me to share my insights and opinions since I work with a D3 football team let me know. I guess if a parent of a current player is a member is it wrong for a current support staff member to join in? Or is this just a place for the former players to relive their glory days with each other
I can crawl back into my hole for another 20 years if I shouldn't be on here - but I've got some great St. John's/John Gagliardi stories I could share with everyone in the weeks, months and years to come...
Yes, everyone, I will save you the time to confirm that I am the certified athletic trainer (we take the certified part seriously in our profession) at St. John's and have been reading posts on this website for years without joining in - I guess today I caved and joined the Dark Side of the world internet discussion boards.
I'm sorry if my first post was directed a little too much (okay - a lot too much) at the UST football team and head coach. This past Saturday I had to do probably one of the toughest things that I have had to ever do by informing our senior quarterback at halftime that his college career was over because he was not able to return the the second half of the game since he suffered a concussion right before the end of the half. Yet at the same time I knew I was doing the right thing because his future career and overall brain health is and was much more important than the outcome of a college football game. I might have let my emotions about this situation get a little too much of me as I typed that first post.
If those of you on this board do not want me to share my insights and opinions since I work with a D3 football team let me know. I guess if a parent of a current player is a member is it wrong for a current support staff member to join in? Or is this just a place for the former players to relive their glory days with each other

I can crawl back into my hole for another 20 years if I shouldn't be on here - but I've got some great St. John's/John Gagliardi stories I could share with everyone in the weeks, months and years to come...