Mr. O’Sullivan,

 

It was a pleasure and an eye opening experience to listen to the presentation you and Mr. Underwood gave this past weekend at the American Hockey Coaches Association Convention in Naples, Florida, on the residual effects of alcohol and drugs.  The scientific evidence you provided certainly hit home with me and I’m sure the other coaches as well.  After the presentation, many of us found ourselves talking about our playing days.   What if we had known about this when we played in college, how much did it take away from our performance, how good could we have been?  All questions we can only speculate on now.  But I certainly think we can help the youth of today with your studies and facts.

 

I was one of a very small number of high school coaches at the convention.  It is no secret, alcohol and drugs (more so alcohol than drugs), is becoming a bigger and bigger issue at the high school level.  I think if we can better educate student/athletes at the high school level it may help when they get to the collegiate level or higher.

 

I’ve visited your website and found some very factual information…………………..

 

Again Mr. O’Sullivan, thank you, and send my regards to Mr. Underwood on a great presentation.

 

Thanks,

 

Keith Paulsen

Physical Education Instructor-Rice Lake Middle School

Head Varsity Hockey Coach