During Andy Saucier’s first year as video coordinator at his alma mater, Boston University, legendary former coach Jack Parker gave him an assignment to compile clips of the University of Vermont.
The year was 2004. DVDs were available. But Parker was old school and preferred VHS. So Saucier went to work.
“I put it in my tape deck,” Saucier explained, “and it ate the tape. My first day on the job, there I was with Scotch tape trying to fix it. Eventually I did get it to work.”
Saucier, 30, has come a long way since then, but he’s no less valuable to the coaching staff with which he works.