@jenteach13@shirley_kohl Nevermind that sports and extra curricular activities enhance the school experience, providing opportunities, and teaching important skills necessary to building individuals. Has nothing to do with being unimportant
If they are missing too much that is a master schedule issue.
I've been fired.
I've been blacklisted.
I've started over from nothing — more than once.
At 68, I'm still building. Still coaching humans and coaches. Still relentless.
Not because I'm special.
Because at some point I made a decision that most people don't make:
I decided that the setback was part of the story — not the end of it.
Every organization I've worked with has people sitting inside it right now who've been knocked
down and haven't fully gotten back up.
Not because they can't — because nobody has told them that the comeback is both possible and required.
That's the talk I give. Not motivation — framework. Not a feeling — a decision.
The decision to treat every fourth and long as a reason to go for it, not a reason to punt.
If your organization could use that talk — I'd welcome the conversation.
On April 3rd, Milwaukee was 5-22 and one of the worst teams in the country.
Some of their losses:
Run-ruled 21-7 by LSU
Run-ruled 20-3 by Duke
Run-ruled 14-4 by Minnesota
Run-ruled 12-2 by SEMO
Run-ruled 17-1 by Purdue
Run-ruled 14-1 by NKU
Run-ruled 13-2 by Wright State
Run-ruled 16-2 by Notre Dame
Run-ruled 14-4 by UNLV
They finished the regular season 22-31, but won the Horizon League tournament and earned an autobid to the NCAA tournament.
Milwaukee beat #4 Auburn 13-8, beat UCF 13-6, and is now in a regional final, one win away from going to supers.
College Baseball.
Summer Coaching Challenges:
1) Bored: u create a 100 new plays, concepts, and can’t fail schemes:they work every time against paper(then u waste a week of practice in August when u realize u are playing against other humans, not paper)
2) Your back up QB is magical in 7 on 7 and outperforms your starter…The parents and some players begin to stir a controversy and u begin to wonder if he is actually better…Then u put on pads and 11 on 11 and blitzes, and DL surround them both and you are reminded why u never make QB decisions based on 7 on 7…Real football requires live action, pass rush, scrambles and getting hit in the mouth…There are a million 7 on 7 freaks who can’t play “dead in a western “ when it comes to real football
3) Your starting 198 pound right guard pulls a hamstring at a camp of D1 prospects when the big time D1 OL and DL coach get in a pissing contest of who’s the better coach and have him go 8 straight reps against a top D1 recruit( whom your 198 pound guard whips his ass repeatedly) and now misses first 4 games of the season…( coach your players on how to say NO at college camps or you’ll lose games because of a moron unethical college coach not caring about the fact that your season matters to!! ( I’ve seen this hundreds of times).
4) Get most of your Gameplanning finished!! The season is so much easier when u have an idea about the schemes and issues you’re going to face in season and have a plan to fix those problems in the summer…Overwhelm easily happens in season… do as much as possible in summer
5) Don’t ask your players to do more than u… if u need time off ( and u do)… give them time off
6) Work “Go To” routes with “must have” GL and third down situations ( have starting qb master knowing and reading body language of his best receivers)
Summer is an amazing time for rapid improvement…Use it well
"OK, Gina, we've got their money. We'll make 4 million dollars per second. As soon as I get the arm, tap like Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and we'll be hugging and kissing five times as long as the "fight" lasted before the suckers can feel for their wallets."