Sam Tramel

[Xavier Knoll @XavierKnol48373]

I’d like to thank @wwuowlsFB and @troyk21 for giving me and my brother @connor_kno5783 our first offers and a wonderful opportunity to play for them in the coming years.

@CoachSonne @CoachEstrada65 @Joebrandt20222 @CoachSamTramel

[Coach Billy Sonnemaker (Coach Sonne 🌞) @CoachSonne]

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ The Bash Brothers!!! #Cat2OwlPipeline

[Connor Knoll @connor_kno5783]

After a great conversation with @troyk21 I am excited to announce I have received my first offer from @wwuowlsFB! I am extremely grateful and excited for this opportunity.

@CoachSonne @CoachEstrada65 @CoachSamTramel

[Coach Billy Sonnemaker (Coach Sonne 🌞) @CoachSonne]

I love jujutsu I love the fact that a local jujutsu school took the opportunity on our Football program. Thank you Herron BJJ in Jeff City for sponsoring Linn Wildcats Football 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[Coach Billy Sonnemaker (Coach Sonne 🌞) @CoachSonne]

First clinic put on as a head coach! 20 youth coaches showed up! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[Coach Billy Sonnemaker (Coach Sonne 🌞) @CoachSonne]

⛽️ 🛒 ReStock!!! We go with the Current! #FeedTheKids Captain Ozzy’s crew is fed

[Coach Billy Sonnemaker (Coach Sonne 🌞) @CoachSonne]

S&C Coach vibing today at weights!

[Kevin Saunders @kevinsaunders55]

Want a tougher team?

Start here:

1. Stop rescuing them
2. Stop repeating yourself
3. Stop negotiating the standard
4. Stop accepting half-effort
5. Stop waiting for buy-in

Toughness isn’t talked about.
It’s built.

[Brenton Cates @brentcates20]

If 95% of your teammates are showing growth and development, and you’re not… don’t come complain to me.

You won’t like that conversation.

You get what you put into the weight room every single day. You can’t hide from the process. You can’t cheat the weight room.

Eventually, it will expose you!

[Chris Coulter @CoulterRecruits]

The kid who lifts when the season ends is the kid who's bigger, faster, and stronger when the season starts.

There is no other path. There is no shortcut. There is no offseason program that gets around the work.

You either do it or you don't. The film tells the truth.

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

Something to consider. You get one time in your life to be a HS baseball player.... give it your all, you will not regret it. Promise. What you will regret (one day) is not giving your best when you had the chance to. You can be a frat boy any day. You can surf any day, you can play golf or tennis or pickle ball any day. You only get one time to be the best HS baseball player you can be!

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Lane Kiffin with an outside the box philosophy on culture building, the concept of environment as a strategy, and how people don't "buy-in" more than they 'belong':

🔓 The fastest way to change behavior isn’t motivation, it’s environment. Leadership is about creating the conditions where people feel safe, valued, and inspired. When the environment is right, performance doesn't need to be forced; it’s unlocked.

🌅 People don’t commit to a job, they commit to a feeling. If your environment makes them feel like they belong, they’ll want to show up. If it makes them feel managed, they’ll only show up when they have to.

🎨 The trajectory of a team is set long before the results show up. It’s shaped in the culture you tolerate, the standards you reinforce, and the environment you DESIGN every single day.

The environment you create doesn’t just influence behavior, it determines identity. Once people see themselves differently, they develop different habits to align with that belief and push them toward their goals. 🎯

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

“Are the habits you have for today on par with the dreams you have for tomorrow?”

- Sean McVay

[Coach McCann @CoachMcCannJSG]

You should not be missing school workouts…. School workouts come before your trainer, 7v7, or anything else!

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Your body language is a billboard for your mental toughness and maturity.

[Mike Hoffmann @MikeHoffmann]

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:

Two kids. One rich. One poor.

Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.

The rich kid has two choices.

Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.

Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.

The poor kid has two choices too.

Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.

Or outwork everyone in the room.

Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.

Same choice for all of them.

Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.

The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.

The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.

Greatness doesn't come from where you start.

It comes from which kid you choose to feed.

Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

[Missouri Helmet Project @HelmetMissouri]

All shined up 😍

[Jim Shapiro @jimshapiro]

33 years coaching high school football, all at the same school.

If I cloud go back to my 21 year old self, I’d tell him to relax. It’s less about X’s and O’s and more about Jimmy’s and Joes.

Make practice fun and competitive.

Make practice the best part of their day.

Celebrate the little wins.

Enjoy each day. Someday it will be your last.

[Tiger Vibes @Tiger__Vibes]

My favorite thing about the Kiffin era so far is that the whole team is encouraged and allowed to have fun.

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

"When you're building a staff:

1. High IQ
2. High Character

Don't look at the logo.

Are they intelligent? Are they a good dude?"

- Will Stein