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throp recalled. ���I think compete in spring ball I can count on one because of a foot injuhand the number of ry and Dru is out with a days I wasn���t at Mackey hand injury. Arena or involved in ���I couldn���t have baseball. It was my life asked for a better dad,��� in college.��� Danny Anthrop said. Anthrop had to ���With my situation, it weather coaching has been a little differchanges, creating an ent for him as he didn���t unpredictable eleplay football, but he ment each time a new has helped me get coach was named. In where I am. There is no The apple doesn���t fall far from the tree in the Anthrop clan. Pictured (left to baseball, Sexson gave right) are Dru, Jana, Jade, Jackson, Danny and John Anthrop. doubt about that.��� way to Dave AlexanIn the summer of der. In basketball, Schaus retired scrimmages or just quietly being Danny���s junior year in high school, after the 1977-78 season, with Lee compliant, Anthrop belonged. Anthrop carted his son to ���16-17��� Alexander said recently one camps, hoping to get him expoRose replacing him. It���s not too much unlike what of his regrets in coaching wasn���t sure to college football programs. son Danny is experiencing now using Anthrop more. It worked when Coach Danny ���My biggest mistake was not Hope offered Danny a scholarwith football and the coaching transition. It was always time to playing John every game at short- ship. stop,��� Alexander said last week. prove yourself again and again. ���It was a great bonding time ���I experienced some uncer- ���The other player had more talent for us,��� Danny said. ���He made up tainty, especially in basketball,��� but was inconsistent.��I can���t��do it my college highlight DVD. I was so John Anthrop said. ���There were over.��� glad he knew what he was doing.��� Anthrop isn���t surprised that all times in the summer when I John Anthrop���s other life has wasn���t sure if I was going to be on four of his kids have followed his been coaching his sons, as he the team the next year. I even had athletic dream. Jade, the oldest, has served as a youth coach. The coaches who discouraged me played basketball at St. Joseph���s number of games he has attendin nearby Rensselaer, earning an ed has to be in the thousands. from coming out for the team.��� Anthrop did the smart thing. athletic and academic scholar- He has served as an assistant to He just assumed he was on the ship. Dru is a senior walk-on on former Boilermaker guard Dave team until he wasn���t. Luckily for the men���s basketball team, join- Barrett at CC for the past halfhim, he had what it took to make ing Danny on the West Lafayette dozen years. While Barrett was the team ��� every time. Whether campus. Coincidentally, both are a scholarship player at Purdue, it being a standout in preseason battling injuries as Danny will not both had to scratch and claw for playing time. That they bring man year when we played IU on that undersized guard mentality national television,��� said Anthrop. to coaching is a strong reason ���Back then, playing on national TV why they work well together. was like having ���Gameday��� here, ���There are a lot of good sto- it was that big of deal. When we ries about John,��� said Barrett, came out of the tunnel after the who played for Gene Keady from P.A. announcer counted down the 1988-91. ���He just is calm and crowd until the broadcast began steady every day. Nothing really ��� I have never heard Mackey Arestands out; he just keeps me calm na louder.��� j on the bench. ���He reminds me that he has the best record in CC history as he won the one game he coached when I couldn���t be there. That (dry sense of humor) kind of just typifies the way he is.��� As is the case with most walk-ons, Anthrop was smart enough to drink in every experience. His humble nature won���t allow his assist to Joe Barry Carroll in the Trent B Johnson, Agent And I am ready to prove it. 1980 Final Four conso249 E State Street West Lafayette, IN 47906 Call me for your insurance lation game to be his Bus: 765-743-9595 needs and see how it feels to trentismyagent.com highlight, though he be on a #1 team. Like a good neighbor, admits enjoying being State Farm is there. the answer of a trivia CALL ME TODAY. question of sorts. After all, he is the last man to have an assist on a basket in Carroll���s AllAmerica career. ���I think my favorite State Farm, Home Office, Bloomington, IL memory was my fresh- P097275.2 I���ve got service, yes I do ... �� GoldanDBlack express ��� volume 23, express 22��� ������ 13