Dan Hurley shares a blunt reminder about what it takes to be great.
"If you can't sit through an hour and 15 minute video session...get out of this industry because this is only for the most competitive people."
The film room isn't glamorous. It's tedious, repetitive, and easy to zone out, but that's exactly why it separates.
The ones who consistently work even when it's boring are the same ones who execute when it matters.
Greatness isn't for the interested - it's for the ones who embrace the boredom of consistency.
(🎥@CollegeGameDay)
A serious organization would make changes after a weekend like this. Beginning at the top with the bozos who constructed this team.
Unfortunately, the #Reds are an unserious organization.
If Krall survives this year then I really just don’t know what we’re doing here.
-Trading Sirota for a noodle
-Candelario
-Hayes
-Pagan
-Offering McLain a crazy extension (thank god)
-Tito
-Valaika
-A completely f’d bullpen
-Mid farm system
-Ran out of money to extend Sal
I could keep going but the last couple of years have been a disaster and this isn’t turning around without another rebuild and he can’t get another crack at it.
I just watched the sandlot again a few days ago.
Remember Smalls?
Smalls couldn’t catch the ball.
Didn’t know who Babe Ruth was.
The kids laughed at him and called him a “goofus.”
He was embarrassed.
Uncomfortable.
Out of place.
But he kept showing up.
There’s a scene where his mom asks him if he made any friends yet…
Imagine if she stepped in and told the kids:
“You HAVE to be nice to him.”
“You HAVE to let him fit in.”
“You HAVE to make him feel comfortable.”
What would that have taught Smalls?
Without the struggle:
• he never improves
• never builds confidence
• never earns his place
• never builds real relationships
• never discovers who he is
And honestly…
he never becomes part of the group.
That’s what made the story powerful.
Sometimes kids need the chance to struggle, fail, feel uncomfortable, and figure out they’re capable of more than they thought.
Max Strus had 0 d1 offers and won the Cavs game 5 last night but PLEASE by all means let me know where your 7th grader is ranked and all the offers he has .
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Most high school teams focus on scoring.
The ones that win championships obsess over:
- Defensive rotations,
- Proper box-outs,
- Crisp screens,
- AND passing up a good shot for a great one. The little things aren't little. They're everything.