Interview: Windham head coach Jack Byrne talks about nice tradition on crew, at highschool
JAGUARS. JOINING US IS JACK BYRNE. YOU HAVE ONLY BNEE HEAD COACH FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. HOW ARE THINGS PROGRESSING? >> THE 30 YEAR WITH THE NEW COACHING SET UP. IT IS GOING GREAT. OVER 90 KIDS THIS YEAR. THE CULTURE WAS SO WELL-ESTABLISHED FROM OUR FORMER STAFF AREA OUR KIDS KEEP ROLLING AS FAR AS THE HARD WORK IN THE OFF-SEASON. REALLY HOLDING THEMSELVES TO A HIGH STANDDS.AR WE HAVE GREAT KIDS. JASON:JASON: WERE YOU SURPRISED BY YOUR SUCCESS IN DIVISION? I >> IF YOU ASK THOSE KIDS, NO, EYTH WERE READY TO ROLL. WE HAD GUYS THAT WERE READY FOR THAT A COUPLE OF YEARSEA LDING INTO IT. THE ATTITUDE WITH HOW HARD THEY WORKED AOWND TALENTED THEY WORKED WAS NOT SURPRISING. WE ARE ALWAYPRS OUD OF THEM. THE OPPONENTS WE STARTED TO SEE WERE INCREDIBLE. TO GET SOME OF THOSE WINS EARLY, IT WASRE GAT. NOW THE STANDARDS AROFE HIGH. THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECT EVERY YEAR. >> SEEMS THE STANDARDS ARE HIGH AT WINDHAM HIGH SCHO.OL SOME GREAT SPORTS TEAMS. THE FIELD HOCKEY TEAM WINNING BACK TO BACK STATE CHAMPIONS. WHAT IS THE CULTURE LIKE? IS IT COMBINED BETWEEN COACHES? >> IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE BETWN EECOACHES. THE SCHOOL DIDN’T OPEN UILNT 2009, 2010. A LOT OF THE OLD TRADITIONS SOME SCHOOLS CAN FALL INTO THAT ARE NOT POSITIVE WE CAN PUSH AWAY AND SAY THIS IS HOW WE WILL DO IT. IF I’M COACHING WRESTLING AND CALL A FOOTBALL GUY INTO WRESTLING, OR IF I HAVE A — WE HAVE A KID RUNNING WINTER TRACK. WE HAVE A SOCCER KID KICKING FOR FOOTBALL. BEING IN A SMALLER SCHOOL, COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS WE SEE, CAN BE A DISADVANGETA. BUT WITH MULTIPLE SPORTS, THEY SEE THE VALUE IN THAT. IT KEEPS US ON AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD. >> HUGE VALUE IN MULTISPORT ATHLETES. TOO MANY KIDS ARE SPECIALIZED THESE DS.AY TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR’S TEAM IN GENERAL. WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS? YOURE A A WEEK AWAY FROM THE START OF THE SEASON, YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO GO. >> IHI TNK THE WINDHAM PROTOTYPE IS 510, 170 SPEEDSTER THAT WORKS HARD. WE GET ABOUT 50 OF THEM, A COUPLE OF SKS BIGGER — A COUPLE OF KIDS BIGGER, A COUPLE SMALLER. I THK INROU STRENGTH AS GAMES GO ON, OUR CONDITIONING IS ALWAYS GOOD. PLAYING MULTIPLE SPORTS, REALLY BEING TAUGHT NOT TO GIVE UP AND STAY IN THE GAME AND TO THE BEST WE CAN. I WOULD SAY THAT IS OUR STRENGTH. THINGS WE HAVE TO WORK ON, WE WILL GET BIGGER. THE PEATNU BUTTER AND JELLY BAR OUTSIDE OF THE WEIGHT ROOM. TRYING TO GET THE CHOCOLATE MILK ROLLING. SOME ERAXT SANDWICHES IN THE SMALL GUYS. WE ARE GETTING THERE. SOJA I WILL TAKE A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY BAR. >> IT IS AVAILABLE ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE NUTELLA GUYS,ON S BUTTER FOR THE ALLERGIC KIDS. JASON: LET’S TALK ABOUTNE O OF THE BIG FUNDRAISERS YOU GUYS DO COME OF THE BLACKOUT CANCER. UITSED TO BE A NIGHT, NOW HAS GROWN INTO MULTIPLE SPORTS. >> IT REALLYOE GS ALL WEEK. IT HAS ALMOST TURNED INTO OUR HOMECOMING, THAT IS WHERE EVERYONE TAKES PRIDE AND COMES BACK, EVERYONE GOES TO EACH OTH’R’S GAMES. IT IS A WEEKLONG ENT.VE IT USED TO BONE E NIGHT, NOW IT HAS TUEDRN INTO A REALLY BIG EVENT THAT GETS MORE POSITIVE EVERY YEAR. JAN:SO THAT IS AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TE.IM GOOD LUCK NEXT WEEK. THE SEASON IN GENERAL, GOOD LKUC TO THE JAGUARS. >> GOOD LUCK TO YOU ON YOUR VENTUREST A WMUR. JASON: I WILL MISS THE RELATIONSHIPS, COACHES, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, BUT I APPRECIATE UYO ALL. WE WILL SEE YOU AROUND
Interview: Windham head coach Jack Byrne talks about nice tradition on crew, at highschool
VIDEO: Jack Byrne, head coach of the Windham Jaguars, joins Jason King for a one-on-one interview in the course of the Friday Evening Soccer preview particular.
VIDEO: Jack Byrne, head coach of the Windham Jaguars, joins Jason King for a one-on-one interview in the course of the Friday Evening Soccer preview particular.