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Cover letter to Donnie Walsh
Dear Mr. Walsh:
Please accept this letter as application for the position as head coach of the New York Knickerbockers.
Enclosed you will find my resume, but I would like to emphasize a few important points.
I have spent the last fourteen years working as an English teacher. While this experience may not seem directly related to a position as a professional head coach, you will find the communication skills I have developed working in a high school classroom invaluable to your organization.
Further I have coached sports for the last twenty years. I have served as a head coach and an assistant for every level from first grade basketball instruction to high school varsity. Again this experience may not seem directly related to the position you need to fill, but I possess a firm foundation in the understanding of basic basketball principles. I also understand how to motivate athletes for the common good. The combination of these skills will allow me to foster a positive atmosphere with which we can rebuild the New York Knickerbocker franchise.
Further the time spent coaching at the developmental levels has allowed me to study a variety of coaching strategies and techniques. Rather than someone who has a specific coaching philosophy, I possess a wealth of knowledge and am willing to remain flexible enough that my players’ individual talents can flourish within structure of a team’s system.
I cannot lie. My playing experience is limited to eighth grade C.Y.O. ball. There’s not much room on basketball rosters for undersized white kids who can’t jump. I could pass the ball well…man, I could pass the ball. I even had one game where I scored six points in a quarter. Whew! The bucket looked like the ocean that night.
Nonetheless, I believe my skills and attributes could help return the ‘Knicks’ to N.B.A.
prominence.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and I look forward to meeting with you at your earliest convenience.
Go Knicks!
Sincerely,
Casey
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Mr. Walsh,
Hire the man. I was there the night he scored 6 in a quarter. He was unstoppable. The trainer ran out of tape after the first quarter taping all of the broken ankles.
Hire the man. I sat along side him on the bench as he coached against the best that Section V has to offer and repeatedly guided his teams to victory.. Believe me, Stephon will be a piece of cake for him to handle. His creativity is second to none.
Hire the man. I teach in the same school as him and his communication skills are second to none.
Mr. Walsh, Please give me some reason to believe in the New York Knickerbockers, Hire The Man.
JD – my Salingeresque comrade-
You are far too kind.
ps – the only reason I ever broke someone’s ankle was because they were wearing Chuck Taylors.
As a former player of Casey’s, I’d like to extend my reccomendation. Mr. Walsh – I hear you have some egocentric players on your time – Casey can handle that. He’s humbled some of the greatest self-professed basketball talents in Section V – and he had to do it twice! He can also get the most out of your role players. What other coach can win a county championship with a 5’8″ 135lb. point guard? Stephen Curry doesn’t count. He might even be able to teach Nate Robinson how to shoot a jump shot.
On top of it all he is a motivator. It looked like at some of your games the players were…apathetic? Don’t they LIKE basketball? Casey has a repetoire of motivational strategies. Besides – MSG seems like a pretty big arena with a tall ceiling. I mean – it should have more than enough room to punt a basketball, right?
lololololololololol (In case that makes no sense – it means a whole lotta laughing out loud)
Oh and by the way – Casey’s background could help Isiah if you decide to keep him. It sounded like Isiah had a small issue with semantics. You remember – as far as what he could call a woman and what other people of a different race could and could not call a woman? Public speaking doesn’t seem like his forte and it really looks bad on your company. Heck – I bet Casey is torn up about my misspelling of recommend above because it makes the blog look bad. Imagine now what he could do with a complete (and public) screw-up like Isiah Thomas. Isiah will be spewing cliches in no time!
I think Casey should definitely get the job. After all the moves the Knicks have made, this appears to be relatively low risk. And if the Nets could hire the baby-faced Lawrence Frank straight off his previous job as somebody’s ball boy, I think Casey is quite qualified to coach in the NBA. His previous coaching experience with immature “utes” will prove invaluable with the Knicks.
Good luck, Casey!
Reynell
If you hadn’t written anything about it, I would have made the edit. NOW it’s gotta stay.
I’m feelin’ a lotta love on the Clipboard tonight.