SWEEP 🧹 The Tigers beat the A’s 4-1 on Thursday, completing the three-game sweep.
Eduardo Valencia homered in his first MLB at-bat, Jake Rogers homered for the second straight game, and Detroit has won 8 of the last 9 games.
Two coaches.
Two completely different styles.
One championship stage.
Dan Hurley and Dusty May couldn’t appear more different.
Hurley is loud, fiery, and unapologetically intense. He coaches with passion on full display—every possession, every call, every moment.
May is calm, measured, and composed. He leads with poise—steady, deliberate, and rarely rattled.
One is expressive and animated.
The other is reserved and calculated.
And yet… both are elite.
Both are brilliant tacticians.
Both are masterful recruiters.
Both have built championship cultures.
And most importantly—both LOVE their players… and their players love them right back.
That’s the lesson.
There is no ONE way to lead.
Not in basketball.
Not in business.
Not in life.
Leadership isn’t about copying someone else’s style. It’s about owning your style.
Your personality.
Your strengths.
Your voice.
Because authenticity builds trust.
And trust builds teams that win.
Don’t try to lead like Hurley.
Don’t try to lead like May.
Lead like you.
One of the best to do it. People complain about his yelling, and “discipline”. If I had a son that was going to play at the next level no other coach I would want him to play for.
"I'd do whatever for these kids. And as long as my mom's proud of everything I'm doing, that's a win for me as well."
Michigan State’s Armorion Smith's life changed in an instant when his mother Gala Gilliam died in 2024. He honors her by being a D-I athlete, a student and by caring for his siblings ❤️
(via @JenLada)