Bryan Feilen

🤷‍♂️ Basic Dad 🏈 Coach 🏀 Amazing Husband 🔴HOOSIER⚪

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

@CoachBettag I always taught collision & carry #2 flat reading the release of #1. #1 runs vertical the SCIF player has to stick to the wheel if #1 crosses or drags then passing off to the corner is the play. This is prolly basic than what you were looking for but just starting the convo 💪

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

Don't forget about the youth!

No Foundation = No Future

[Coach Swit @CoachSwit]

Never understood H.S. coaches who ignore freshman or JV programs.

That’s the future of your varsity team.

Then they complain about no depth, culture, or players ready for varsity.

If you only coach varsity, you’re not building a program—you’re just coaching a team.

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

@CoachBettag Play Fast! A great drill for all levels of football 💪

[Tony Adragna @CoachAdragna]

I think we’ve lost the plot on youth basketball. It’s probably happening in other sports too, but basketball is the world I know.

Growing up, basketball was the neighborhood game. All you needed was a ball and a hoop. It was simple, accessible, and we’d play for hours without thinking twice about it.

I’d call myself a pretty good high school player. I started on a solid team and loved competing.

AAU wasn’t really part of the equation back then. I played in a few tournaments with friends, but everyone understood what it was. If you were elite, you played for Indiana Elite or Spiece. If you weren’t, you just kept hooping where you were. There wasn’t this pressure that you had to be in it.

Now it feels like the entire model has flipped. Kids from kindergarten through high school are paying thousands just to be on a team. And if you want to play, there’s always a team ready for you because there’s money to be made.

But it doesn’t stop there. Parents are paying $60/head every weekend just to watch. Some places are charging for parking. Tournaments are partnering with hotels and requiring teams to stay there just to participate. Then you show up and games are running an hour behind, officials are barely engaged, and someone’s parent is losing their mind over playing time.

Somewhere along the way, the focus shifted.

This isn’t about saying AAU is all bad. There are real positives. Kids get exposed to different competition, build friendships, and experience things they wouldn’t otherwise.

But it’s hard to ignore what it’s becoming.

For a lot of kids, this isn’t building a love for the game. It’s turning it into a transaction. A schedule. A bill.

And that’s the part that feels off.

It would just be nice if the kids were back at the center of it all.

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

What a fun memory while at @BallState and this was BIG NEWS across campus as we all used the phrase #BoomGoesTheDynamite 🤣

[Dick Vitale @DickieV]

Total CLASSLESS attitude in winning by BEN JOHNSON coach of the ⁦@ChicagoBears⁩ in the fab comeback to beat the ⁦@packers⁩ .Main theme should have been the gutty comeback not the childish F__ Packers comments - via @ESPN App https://t.co/oKeUkwx5mb

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

@PaulieTakes What I've learned on @X today is that you don't know 💩 about ball

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

@PaulieTakes What I've learned on @X today is that you don't know 💩 about ball

[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

His HEISMENDOZA moment 🏆👀

Relive @indianafootball's game-winning drive lead by Fernando Mendoza 🔥

[Jon Gruden @BarstoolGruden]

Watching the Lions play football

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

@woodwardsports @Lions @Ravens @NFL @AlabamaFTBL Burnt Toast

[Flatland Sports🌵♠️ @flatland_sports]

One final victory lap tomorrow for the greatest to ever do it. Thanks for the memories, Lee Corso.

Here's my favorite.

[Evan Fox @evanfoxy]

THE LIONS ARE BACK TONIGHT

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

Don't be sorry. We are thankful! #PacersNation #YesCers #HistoricRun #HeDidItAgain

[Tyrese Haliburton @Hali]

Man. Don’t know how to explain it other than shock. Words cannot express the pain of this letdown. The frustration is unfathomable. I’ve worked my whole life to get to this moment and this is how it ends? Makes no sense.

Now that I’ve gotten surgery, I wish I could count the number of times people will tell me I’m going to “come back stronger”. What a cliche lol, this shit sucks. My foot feels like dead weight fam. But what’s hurting most I think is my mind. Feel like I’m rambling, but I know this is something I’ll look back on when I’m through this, as something I’m proud I fought through. It feels good to let this shit out without y’all seeing the kid ugly cry.

At 25, I’ve already learned that God never gives us more than we can handle. I know I’ll come out on the other side of this a better man and a better player. And honestly, right now, torn Achilles and all, I don’t regret it. I’d do it again, and again after that, to fight for this city and my brothers. For the chance to do something special.

Indy, I’m sorry. If any fan base doesn’t deserve this, it’s y’all. But together we are going to fight like hell to get back to this very spot, and get over this hurdle. I don’t doubt for a second that y’all have my back, and I hope you guys know that I have yours. I think Kobe said it best when in this same situation. “There are far greater issues/challenges in the world then a torn achilles. Stop feeling sorry for yourself, find the silver lining and get to work with the same belief, same drive and same conviction as ever.” And that’s exactly right. I will do everything in my power to get back right.

My journey to get to where I am today wasn’t by happenstance, I’ve pushed myself every day to be great. And I will continue to do just that. The most important part of this all, is that I’m grateful. I’m grateful for every single experience that’s led me here. I’m grateful for all the love from the hoop world. I don’t “have to” go through this, I get to go through this. I’m grateful for the road that lies ahead. Watch how I come back from this. So, give me some time, I’ll dust myself off and get right back to being the best version of Tyrese Haliburton.

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Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."

[Big Cat @BarstoolBigCat]

The perfect Pacers gameplan. Lull you to sleep giving you a 10 point lead for the entire game only to fuck your shit up in the last 3 minutes

[Tyrese Haliburton @Hali]

It’s gotta be the shoooeeesss

[Greg Harvey @BetweenTheNums]

NBA players in the play-by-play era to record 3 game-winning shots with 5 or fewer seconds left in the game in a single playoff run:

2025 Tyrese Haliburton

[Sean Little @CoachLittle51]

What a fun day at Cardinal Stadium today! Great job Southport Developmental Football, and to our officials as well!
These future cardinals gave it their all and had a lot of fun playing the game!

@SouthportFB @Spt_athletics
#TakeFlight! #ClosetheGap

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

@dandakich @BoilerBall @Ticket1430 I'd never listen to anyone from P U! School and fanbase always happy with being a 2nd rate sports program. Keep enjoying Runner-Up and a Big Ten title every now and then. Hoosiers want banner number 6!

[Bryan Feilen @CoachFeilen]

@ajr40278 @MarianUFootball @Martinsville_FB @CoachDug @CoachKarrasJr @stutsie06 Happy for you young man! Can't wait to come to a game and watch you ball out! Still remember saying you were gonna be a great QB when you were in 5th grade! Keep grinding, keep growing!