EP 227 - MICHAEL DOWNEY on the rising stars in Canadian Tennis.

09/15/21 • 51 min

President and CEO of Tennis Canada - MICHAEL DOWNEY - joins the show for a very informative Wednesday episode.

The three ponder the question, with so much recent success, is this the golden age of Canadian Tennis?

Michael tells us everything we need to know about what Tennis Canada has done over his time to cultivate the next generation of professional Tennis players in the country.

We talk about the National Tennis Centre located in Montreal and what the program has meant for the success of our high performing athletes on the ATP right now.

We find out about the different approaches they have taken to find and develop success, what they plan on doing going forward and discuss the success we have already seen from our young stars today.

President and CEO of Tennis Canada - MICHAEL DOWNEY - joins the show for a very informative Wednesday episode.

The three ponder the question, with so much recent success, is this the golden age of Canadian Tennis?

Michael tells us everything we need to know about what Tennis Canada has done over his time to cultivate the next generation of professional Tennis players in the country.

We talk about the National Tennis Centre located in Montreal and what the program has meant for the success of our high performing athletes on the ATP right now.

We find out about the different approaches they have taken to find and develop success, what they plan on doing going forward and discuss the success we have already seen from our young stars today.

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EP 226 - RON FRANCIS on building the Seattle Kraken.

Today, Bob and John are joined by none other than RON FRANCIS, General Manager of the NHL's newest team - the Seattle Kraken.

The three have a long chat about the conception of the franchise - from when they brought Ron in until now - How much was he involved in the branding of the team?

We talk about Ron's admiration of Seattle as a city, how the team has managed to re-locate their players and staff members to Washington & gives his opinion on whether or not Seattle is a "hockey city".

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EP 228 -GLEN GRUNWALD on developing the National Basketball Program, Team Canada and the bright future for Canada Basketball.

Former GM of the Toronto Raptors & New York Knicks, Athletic Director of McMaster University and the recently retired President & CEO of Canada Basketball - GLEN GRUNWALD - joins the podcast days after announcing his retirement.

We have a lengthy conversation about all things Canada Basketball.

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We talk about the inability to get our top Canadians to commit to the national program and what we are doing to make it more enticing for them to play.

Glen shares some of the plans put in place to ensure success on all levels internationally and gives us some hints as to what he has planned moving forward.

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