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Varsity boys Friday night. Visiting coach comes over to the pregame talk with the captains. I had never seen him before but he seemed like a nice sort of guy with a good sense of humor. After we talked with the captains, we asked if he had any questions. He said no but that he wanted to inform us of a problem he had. He said he had a bad birth defect that we needed to be aware of: He said with a serious face that he was born with weak jaw muscles and he couldn't keep quiet during games but never got personal. We all laughed and I jokingly told him that we had some medication that could cure his problem and I showed him my signal for T ylenol. We all laughed and then started the game. 2 minutes into the game, he got seatbelted. But, even after that, he remained jovial and friendly AND extremely quiet the remainder of the game. He got beat by 10 points and just couldn't believe that our chapter actually called hand checking and so many "over the backs."
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