Queens HC Grant Leonard on why the Royals culture stood out through the D2 to D1 transition, and how ultimately the program powers on
"The character of the players. A championship program, you can win games with talented kids but championships are won with character. Queens is a student centered place, they get an individualized experience. The players serve the community and build it through basketball. It's the great kids, good kids want to go to Queens. When things get hard, we fight and that's why we win."
I won’t be shy about this. I am looking for opportunity Head Coach or Assistant. Will work hard and have experience at all levels. Gods got a plan but will put feet to prayers.
We had an SEC assistant buy a courtside seat for one of our conference tournament games to “get ahead” of recruiting on of my kids.
Thoughts @GoodmanHoops@jeffborzello@TheFieldOf68
Want to know what Wyoming coach Sundance Wicks thinks about the national discussion about Miami (OH)'s strength of schedule?
“There’s a lot of idiots out there that have no idea how scheduling works, and they’re all over Twitter,” Wicks said. “(They’re like), ‘Well, why don’t you guys go do two-for-ones? Why don’t you just not take the buy-game money and go over to their place?’ Why would you go play a game for free when they’re not returning it back to you? None of this stuff makes sense.
"For people out there to sit there and say, ‘Oh, it doesn’t seem that hard. I don’t understand (why it’s so hard to schedule high-major teams).’ Yes, you do. Everybody knows why.
"As coaches, we’re paranoid. We’re paranoid to the nth degree that you scheduled the wrong team. If you buy the wrong team and you lose, you’re gonna get a @JonRothstein Tweet, ‘The epitome of brutality.’ You don’t ever want to be on those, but that stuff happens. Nobody wants to schedule Miami (Ohio), because they have a high level of retention.
“... I’m telling you, man. Scheduling is hard, because nobody wants a blemish on their resume versus a mid-major or a low-major. Not one team.
“... It takes a real confident, secure coach in his contract to be able to schedule (low- or mid-majors), and most of these guys nowadays with the way NIL is going, I don’t think anybody’s secure in their contract because you’re seeing these exorbitant buyouts, and they’re still getting rid of coaches, because they’re expecting you to win if you have enough money to win. They’re expecting you to win, so if they’re giving you enough money and expecting you to win, well, why would you take the risk as a high-major? Why would you take that risk?
“Why do we get so upset when a team is 30-0? I don’t understand why people get upset about that or why Bruce Pearl is talking (down on Miami, Ohio). Why are we not celebrating the fact that there’s a low-major team or a one-bid league team that is 30-0 right now and being like, ‘That team’s body of work is awesome, regardless of who they played?’
"It’s so hard, no matter who you play, to win that many games in a row. So, I don’t know why we’re not sitting here talking about this and celebrating this versus having the discussion of why nobody will schedule anybody.
“If nobody will schedule you and teams end up winning all these games, you should just get a pass, because you know what? You beat the system. Everybody said no, and you still beat everybody.”
Great article and story. It’s definitely obvious how much players love Coach Tomlin but this story could and should have been kept private…
100% let that be a moment for the guys inside the locker room and members in that organization. #HereWeGo#SteelersNation
“Some of us will be here next year; some of us won’t.”
Inside Mike Tomlin’s final team meeting as Steelers head coach, where there was “shock,” guilt and a standing ovation.
https://t.co/lLCH9oCtxv
I’ve really considered how to respond to this. As you criticize publicly our media team; who went in this direction after carefully considering a few options; please make sure you are ready for the return.
1. How active is your teams media presence and has it produced content with this many views this summer?
2. Did this take time and effort to collaborate on, and did it is also allow them to spend time with some other teams and sports as well?
3. As you made yourself the judge, jury and executioner of what content is acceptable, is your content buttoned up, professional, above board and ready to be scrutinized as well.
I defend Austin and our entire media team to the end, they crush it for us.
Happy to announce that beginning this month I will open full time my basketball skills training academy! I will begin training in both the ATL area and in the Middle Georgia area too. More details to come but if you want to book a session DM for more info
Happy to announce that beginning this month I will open full time my basketball skills training academy! I will begin training in both the ATL area and in the Middle Georgia area too. More details to come but if you want to book a session DM for more info
When I took over last March finding athletes that cared about their academics was the goal. Been a pleasure coaching this group and I am very happy with how the year ended. Buckle up…Year 2 underway!
#RideTheWave
@GoodmanHoops Lawyers are contacting players with no eligibility and having them get in the portal. They are convincing them that if a college wants them bad enough, the college will pay for the lawyer to sue the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility.
Good players hope to rise to the occasion.
Great players just trust their training.
Greatness doesn’t wait for the bright lights; it’s built daily.
🎥 @MasterClass