As Mrs. Edsall proclaimed in an interview with the Baltimore Sun soon after coming to Maryland with the lemon. In response we to a question by the reporter if she would take the steps Gloria Friedgen did to help break up the drudgery of practice by bringing post practice ice cream, cold soda etc to the players. Also her public tailgates at Gossett, out of her own.pocket and kitchen to reach out to the fans and help create a family atmosphere. Lastly, memorizing the names and faces of all the incoming players by preparing a board with their names and photos to help assimilate the newbies into the team.
She was and is a class act. While the Edsalls wife was the first and only coaches wife to publicly comment on the preceding coaches wife and family.
Let's not forget Ralph's Friday breakfast get togethers before every home game.
Lastly, when the Yow with the matchbook cover Phd reassigned 6 of the football teams academic support tutors away from football to basketball and other sports Gloria stepped up and volunteered to help fill the void by tutoring players herself.
Yep, "This isn't youth soccer".
Obviously, few coaches families step up and make the effort to reach out to the fan base and players as they did. But none of the 10 coaches families which preceded the Edsall went out of their way to derisively and publicly comment on the out going coaches family either.
She was and is a class act. While the Edsalls wife was the first and only coaches wife to publicly comment on the preceding coaches wife and family.
Let's not forget Ralph's Friday breakfast get togethers before every home game.
Lastly, when the Yow with the matchbook cover Phd reassigned 6 of the football teams academic support tutors away from football to basketball and other sports Gloria stepped up and volunteered to help fill the void by tutoring players herself.
Yep, "This isn't youth soccer".
Obviously, few coaches families step up and make the effort to reach out to the fan base and players as they did. But none of the 10 coaches families which preceded the Edsall went out of their way to derisively and publicly comment on the out going coaches family either.
