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| Pressler |
The below email was sent to Mike Pressler, the former Head Coach of Lacrosse at Duke University and currently the Lacrosse Coach at Bryant University, which bewails my utter dismay over his recent behavior, best described as contumely.
[Note: I am being euphemistic in expressing my feelings . . . for otherwise expletives might spew unabated.]
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Cc: See Distribution [below]
Re: Re-Assessment of Integrity
[Note: embedded hyperlinks provide
additional information]
When you wanted my
son Michael to attend Duke to play lacrosse, you flew to New York and came
to my home to present your case. This
was followed by numerous communications initiated by you. Throughout the process of selecting a college,
you struck me as a man of integrity, and Michael ended up playing for you in
the NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championship game the following year as a
freshman.
During the ensuing 2006 season, the Duke Lacrosse team, and you as its
head coach were: (1) victimized by the bold face lies of a misguided young
woman and; (2) the reckless prosecutorial actions of a wayward Durham District
Attorney. Everyone associated with Duke Lacrosse
had their world turned upside down, and you were wrongfully vilified in the
media and unjustly fired. To set the
record straight, you co-wrote a book with an established author, Don Yaeger
titled It’s Not
About The Truth.
Six years later, the
same thing happened to me, however the circumstances
and impact were far worse. Yet when
I reached out to you for a mere introduction to Mr. Yaeger, in the context of
perhaps assisting with my upcoming book, Cannibals
In White Shoes, I am dismayed you don’t exhibit a modicum of respect,
nor the decency to return my phone calls, nor respond to my emails.
And to think I had once considered you altruistic and of character beyond
reproach.
Sincerely,
Spencer
C. Young
[The father who poured his blood, sweat and tears into sons Michael, Kevin
& Ryan Young, who collectively appeared in eight NCAA Final Four Lacrosse
Championships, won six Atlantic Coast Conference Championships and one NCAA National
title. Ryan was a three-time All American
and team captain at the University of Maryland, as well as standout on the gold
medal winning Team
USA in the 2008 World Games.
Moreover, the chronic stress of the underlying scandal (carrying
national significance and the subject of my book) was a key factor in causing
the illness and death of my wife of 24
years.]
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| Kevin, Ryan and Michael Young |
Distribution:
Neil
Best – Sports Reporter – Newsday (Neil.Best@newsday.com)
Paul Carcaterra – Television Commentator – ESPN (via twitter
@paulcarcaterra)
John Danowski – Head Coach of Lacrosse – Duke (jdanowski@duaa.duke.edu)
Terry Foy – Managing Editor – Inside Lacrosse (tfoy@insidelacrosse.com)
Inside Lacrosse Magazine (info@insidelacrosse.com and feature@insidelacrosse.com)
Quint Kessenich – TV Commentator – ESPN (quint_k@hotmail.com and @QKessenich)
Eamon McAnaney – TV Commentator
– ESPN (@EamonMcAnaney)
Sean McDonough – TV Commentator
– ESPN seanmcdonoughfoundation@comcast.net
Bill Smith - Athletic Director – Bryant
University (bsmith8@bryant.edu)
John Tillman – Head Coach of Lacrosse –
University of Maryland (jtill@umd.edu)
