OT: New D1 Sports Training Facility owned by Suh and a Michigan Man
My old roommate is one of the owners, along with Detroit Lion Ndamukong Suh, of a new D1 training facility opening up in Bloomfield MI. Dr. Kyle Anderson went to Michigan undergrad and Med School, is the Lions orthopedic surgeon, and is a former walk-on for the Wolverines. His career was cut short by TWO blown ACLs, so it's fitting that he became an ortho surgeon.
Check out their site.
http://www.d1sportstraining.com/trainerfinder/websites/60037/detroit/index.html
Ah, the old site of Square Lake Racquet Club and right next door to DSC. Good memories.
Ah forced tennis lessons by my parents.
Bad times.
"D1 specializes in making athletes FASTER, STRONGER, MORE AGILE, and EXPLOSIVE, while also BUILDING CHARACTER."
Hope your old roommate is handling the "building character" part...
Guess it depends on what kind of character someone wants to build.
Mostly trying to bring some humor to a Monday morning...
But you are right- very few people really know top-level athletes and statements about their character are often misguided or baseless.
But at the same time his on-field behavior cannot be ignored- and I find it odd to open a business with a famous person arguably most famous for his behavior to tout character building as a huge draw...
Off the field too. Though I'm not ready to waterboard him yet, either.
Right, because there are no off the field points on the character chart for Suh... Like if he had ever gone racing around Portland with several passengers in the car, crashing into trees, lying to police about it, and getting standoffish with anyone who had the nerve to question him about it.... well then we might have something off the field that would show his true character.
Suh did donate $2.6 million to his alma mater, and he isn't holding his number, the number one, or any other number hostage, and isn't demanding special treatment. His donation was the largest made by any athlete in 2010, according to Business Insider.
A note here: despite the title of this article, this donation wasn't for Haiti. It could be noted that Tom Brady's wife did give $1.5 to the Red Cross to help out in Haiti, though.
We shall agree that he is a mixed bag, a la our own Braylon Edwards.
Well I guess every little bit helps. :-)
Also OT - over here in Kentwood (Grand Rapids) I was driving to lunch, passing by a newish mixed-use development with a temporary sign that said Barwis Methods.