Dear Families and Friends of Saber Basketball Nation:
It is with the greatest of pleasures that I have been invited, by Principal Mike Nowak and the Athletic Director, Sara Unertl, into your school community as the Head Boys Basketball Coach. For the last seven years, I was the Varsity Head Coach and taught at Bay View HS, a neighboring school community to yours. As an English teacher and a coach, I believed it was my responsibility to help create athletic and academic opportunities for the players and students post high school. There were many highlights and connections established that made it difficult to seek out a new challenge, but as one adventure ended, another arose, quickly, and here I stand proud, to be part of Saber Nation! I plan to continue that responsibility: to help our boys become men, and provide opportunities through basketball and academics so that they will have their own great adventures post high school! During any transition of life, job, or relationship there will be a range of emotions from excitement to anxiety, along with concerns and questions. Beside the strength and support of my family and the Franklin administrators, I am grateful and enthusiastic to now be part of your community and look forward to meeting and having conversations about the NEXT. Through collaborating with my staff and introducing a new vision we will hope to nurture positive relationships between Franklin HS faculty, students, the Jr Sabers Basketball club, and the surrounding community. We will establish an attitude and tradition that will attract students to want to participate in the basketball program at Franklin HS. We will upgrade the respectability of the Franklin Basketball Program in the SEC and Wisconsin. We will display a winning attitude through the development of team “chemistry” and unity. These few WILLS will drive the mission of the program and help create a greater self-confidence in your student/athlete ultimately leading to success on and off the court. We will be off and running immediately. I plan to be present at many of the youth program summer contests and will begin reaching out to our high school boys by coaching in the summer league at South Milwaukee and the two summer league contests, while also implementing a weight and conditioning program. I would like to extend an offer to meet with families Wednesday, July 8th, at 6pm at Franklin HS so that we can introduce ourselves to each other. Open gyms run each Wednesday from 6-8, however we can meet as a group for 30 minutes followed by the boys playing. After the meeting, families can stay and watch, talk, or cheer in the upper level. Thank you for taking time to read through this letter. It is a great feeling to know that Saber Nation is a proud and passionate force. At Franklin Basketball we will try to match that passion and help it grow. If anyone desires to contact me, I can be reached at 414.690.5784 See you all soon, and enjoy the start to summer! Coach P Tyler Podoll (Puh-Dole)
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