Chad McFarland

Husband | Dad | Real Estate Pro | Timepiece Real Estate | Financial Education | Youth Sports | At-Risk Youth | ❤️ to Fish | #listenlonger

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Classroom management doesn’t begin when your student walks through your classroom door. It begins when they exit their car door or get off the bus. How are they greeted when they walk in the building...by morning duty, by admin, by front office, their peers?

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Until then, hit the dinger, hustle your ass around the bases and celebrate with class in the dugout.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

For the “let them celebrate” crowd. Umpires are all for celebrations. We love the emotion. There is a stark difference however in celebrating with class and taunting. Taunting is not celebrating. Taunting comes with retaliation.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Unfortunately, kids today don’t have the discipline to simply “put one in his back” and move on. They want to continue running their mouth which eventually leads to a benches clearing fight. When you’re on a pro contract, go for it.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Very uneducated post here. It is possible to celebrate without getting the hook. Taunting the opponent on your way to 1B however deserves the heave-ho.

[Sam @sthorn_23]

We have to stop tossing stars and coaches in postseason play. Tre Phelps and Wes Johnson tossed on this homer. Ejections all over the place this weekend.

Every day umpires look in the mirror and say “how can I make today about me”

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

_100% the correct call on any field.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

@trelyday23 Textbook NFHS interference.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

@mjeichinger Harsh, probably for the 12 year old. However, the culture needs to change. We’ve become a “soft” society out of fear of taking an opportunity way from someone. Drastic measures help instigate change. Hopefully other parents see this and it curbs poor behavior.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

There is more value in this post that most will ever know.

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

My wife mentioned a nice private school over dinner this week
She said the campus was beautiful
I asked what's the tuition
She said we should look at it as an investment in him not a cost
I made a note
She said don't make a note
I said I always make notes
She said this isn't a deal
I said everything is a deal
She closed her eyes

She said we'd discuss it Saturday
I agreed

Saturday 7:02am
She came downstairs in her Saturday robe
Coffee in hand
I had my cargo shorts on

The dining room had been cleared
The projector was on
The analyst was at the head of the table
Quarter zip on, three iced coffees, a legal pad, and two laptops
He had been there since 6:44am

I texted him at 11:14pm Friday
The text said dining room 6:45am bring the model
He sent a thumbs up

My wife stopped in the doorway
She said what is this
I said you said you wanted to discuss it
She said this is not a discussion
I did not respond
She sat down anyway

The analyst stood
He said good morning ma'am
She did not respond
He sat back down
A printed deck in front of each seat
A fourth copy in case

Slide 1 Tuition Schedule
$38,500 per year
Thirteen years
$500,500 nominal
Before escalators
The school has raised tuition 4.2% per year for a decade
With escalators $648,000
My wife said okay
I said I'm not done

Slide 2 Opportunity Cost
Even before escalators
$38,500 invested annually
10% nominal return
S&P long-run average since 1928
By his eighteenth birthday $944,000
My wife said we can afford it
I said I know that's not the slide

Slide 3 Terminal Value at Age 65
$83 million
She was quiet

The analyst slid the sensitivity tables across the table
8% return $31 million
10% return $83 million
12% return $222 million
She did not look

She said this isn't about money
I said it's always about money
She said no it isn't
I said then what is it about
She did not answer

She said you can't put a dollar value on his teachers his classmates his environment
I said I can the analyst already did slide 6
He flipped to slide 6
She did not look

She said the school is the best in the city
I said best is a feeling
She said it produces the best students
I said the students were already the best before they got there

She said our son deserves it
I said our son deserves $83 million

My son walked in
He is five
Dinosaur pajamas
He looked at the projector
He looked at the open deck on the table
He looked at slide 3
He said are we modeling pre-tax or after-tax
The analyst opened a new tab
My wife looked at the ceiling

He said what's the discount rate
The analyst set down his pen
She closed her eyes

He said is this the same return assumption from the 529 conversation
The analyst stopped typing
He looked at me
I did not say anything

She stood up
Sat back down

He said dad can I help
I said yes
He pulled up a chair
The analyst handed him a printout
He started reading

My wife watched him read
She watched him for a long time

She said his name
He looked up
She said do you like school
He said the work is too easy and the kids don't ask questions

She did not respond
She looked at the ceiling
She walked out of the room

The analyst started packing up
He said should I follow up Monday sir
I said no follow up needed

He'll be fine

Sent from my iPhone

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

I’m bringing him back too.

[Blake Gardner @_BlakeGardner]

Unbelievable scene in Greenville. @SamfordBaseball took the lead in the 10th on this HBP, but after review, the umpires bring Hayden Perry back to home plate and call it strike 1. The Bulldogs could be on to the title game already, instead this semifinal is in the 12th…

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Umpires understand this. Fans do not.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Far too many people still don’t understand the strike zone. The way a catcher receives the pitch drastically impacts how the fan interprets the pitch. The “zone”includes left to right, up and down for the entirety of the plate dimensions. That means front to back as well.

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

To the naked eye this wasn't even close... 0.2 inches from being a strike seems crazy.

This zone might be too big.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Not just education, my friend. Corporate as well. Some people just don’t like being questioned. Egos get in the way. People feel threatened. The threatened get defensive. Those who question, get fired.

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

In my teaching experience…

Teachers who never question administrators’ decisions often get labeled as “good teachers.”

Teachers who do ask questions often get labeled as “difficult.”

Have you seen this too?

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Well, at least it wasn’t at a youth sports event this time 🙄🙄🙄

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Brawl at a kindergarten graduation ceremony in Toledo.

Question: Where do students learn to be violent with others?

Answer 👇

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

@KSportsChatter @KSHSAA @goody_scott Thanks for having me on! Always a good time talking about officiating! Appreciate what you do for Hugh school sports!!

[Kansas Sports Chatter @KSportsChatter]

Today's show is released at 7 p.m. on YouTube and includes baseball umpire Chad McFarland @coachmac24 talking about how officials approach the game and determining the ⚾️ strike zone. @KSHSAA @goody_scott #strikezone #baseball

"There's some debate on the height of the strike zone. A lot of us will use that belt, that belly button area for the high end of the strike zone."

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[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

Parents fighting over a foul ball to return for a quarter because they spent all their money on the newest bat and now need beer money.

[Kansas Sports Chatter @KSportsChatter]

On tomorrow's show...

- Logan Stockwell - @CGroveBraves track & field
- Blaise French - Council Grove track & field
- Jadyn Picolet - Council Grove track & field
- @RickieKSHSAA - @KSHSAA Covered
- Cory Beougher - Lakeside golf
- @coachmac24 - ⚾️ umpire

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

@RepJackKimble #sarcasm at its finest.

[Coach Beede @CoachBeede]

I have watched too many families spend three years and $50,000 chasing a Division I dream that was never realistic.
Not because the athlete wasn't a baseball player. He was.
Because nobody around him was honest enough to say: "Your son is a great D3 player. That is a wonderful thing to be."
D3 baseball is real baseball. Real coaches. Actual competition. Real degrees that open real doors.
The lie is not that your son isn't D1. The lie is that D1 is the only finish line worth running toward.

[Chad McFarland @coachmac24]

@JimmysSeafood @Polymarket If the outbreak was at sea, contained on a ship, why in the world were they allowed to dock anywhere? The math ain’t mathin’…again 🤦‍♂️