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Originally posted by scrambler:
Some good posts about Mr. Siddens I was forunate to have him as my HS coach. Mr. Siddens was probably one of the greatest motivators I have ever been around. Our practices were full of him telling us stories of past greats he had coached it was awesome.

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Originally posted by oldcoach:
Frank,

I'm getting old. You are right it was Bob Siddens. I knew when I was typing it didn't sound right. Siddens was something else. I remember another time when I was coaching during a match. I thought that the other wrestler was being a little more aggressive than I thought was necessary and we had to take an injury timeout. Coach Siddens was the ref and during the match and while the trainers were taking care of our wrestler(this was before the rule which allowed you to coach your kid during the injury timeout) I expressed my concern about the roughhouse style of wrestling that injured my kid. Coach Siddens calmly replied, "Well Coach wrestling is a rough tough sport." End of quote, end of discussion. Looking back now I smile at his calm demeanor during this entire episode.