Dave Mencarini

Co-Founder of ARC Advisory Group. Guiding student-athletes and families through the recruiting process with a strategic, education-first approach.

[Dave Mencarini @coachmac_arc]

I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become. #resilient

[Marshall @MarshW_7]

My sons get JD5 and Dybantsa. I got Kwame Brown and Rex Grossman.

[Herb Vincent @herbvincent]

Just saw three @WVUBaseball players walking through the crowd on the way back to their hotel from the stadium in the midst of throngs of fans going to the night game at the @CWSOmaha. No one was bothering them. No police escort. No armed security. Just three ball players in dirty uniforms laughing and strolling home after winning a ballgame. That’s not something you see at other major sporting events. That’s the charm of baseball. That’s the charm of Omaha. Never change. 

#MCWS

[Dave Mencarini @coachmac_arc]

@FreddieTheOsFan Yep.

[Greg Chimera @Greg_Chimera]

ARC Advisory Group is here to help families navigate the recruiting process from start to finish. The only goal is to find each student athlete the right fit for college. Check us out!

[Coach Mac @CoachMac8740]

I view High School the same way. If we aren’t trying to use our best players as many snaps as possible and on Specials we are idiots.

[Zack Mills @zmills720]

We back!!!! #Wizards

[Maryland Sports Blog @MDSportsblog]

Orioles need to turn back on the analytics and go back to good old baseball. Get real coaches, a real GM and a real manager.

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

The three teams that the Big Ten added to their conference during the 2010s are the teams with the three worst win percentages against ranked opponents in the CFP era.

Since 2014, Maryland, Nebraska, and Rutgers have the worst win percentages against ranked opponents among all Power 4 schools.

Maryland: 4-38
Nebraska: 2-34
Rutgers: 0-37

Maryland has 4 ranked wins during their 12 seasons in the Big Ten. They once had 4 ranked wins in one season while they were in the ACC (2008).

Nebraska has 2 ranked wins in the past 12 seasons. In their final season in the Big 12 (2010), they had 2 ranked wins.

Rutgers has never beaten a ranked opponent as a member of the Big Ten. They once had a stretch of four consecutive seasons with ranked win in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 when they were in the Big East.

2010s conference realignment and the decision to join the Big Ten has led to major trouble for these programs.

[Will Compton @_willcompton]

To my undrafted players looking to make the team and stick around…

Here’s my best advice on work & study habits when I think back on my career:

WATCHING FILM:
Don’t just watch film in meetings after practice. Try to review your practice reps during the window before meetings start —that way you can have a conversation with your coach when your plays come up. Next, I’d watch EVERY snap on your own time once you get back to your hotel room. Take notes and be hard on yourself. Then, at the end of the day, review it all again before bed so that way you will have seen & visualized each snap at least 3 or 4 more times outside of practice. The key here is taking that feeling of urgency in your brain, where you’re trying to remember everything, and turning it into active processing

(IF YOU’RE A DEFENSIVE GUY —you should actually breakdown what the offense is doing because they will run the same shit the next day. And I’m sure it’s the same, offensively.)

STUDYING THE PLAYBOOK:
Don’t try to learn the install in real time —you’ll be behind & cramming shit in your brain all day. Understand which install is being taught next —then study, take notes, and anticipate questions or gaps the night before. Make sure to review those notes in the AM before everything starts. That way you’re prepared and ready to have questions versus preparing & faking it during the meeting.

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING:
Show up early to warm up before the warm up. Don’t follow the veterans (they’re playing a different game than you). What you should do is seek out the good ones that have been on the team for a minute —the ones you notice having a full routine throughout the day. Those are the ones you want to surround yourself with. Another move —> ask the strength coach who the best workers on the team are. Find them and follow their lead.

UNIT/POSITION MEETINGS:
Don’t be a know-it-all and answer every question like you’re trying to be the team’s valedictorian. Find a potential problem with what is being taught and ask a good question. It shows that you not only understand the install, but that you are someone who thinks about “level 2” details.

SPECIAL TEAMS!!!!!
This is honestly where you make the team. Get to know the Special Teams Coordinator because he will ultimately be the final boss. What not to do —don’t think your play as an offensive or defensive player will be enough. It won’t be unless you’re a Day 1 starter. Something that was taught to me —don’t be one of those groupies and immediately ask questions following a meeting. Instead, find him in his office during “off hours”, ask him to pull up a rep that you have a question on, and allow him to teach you what he wants. Then you’ll be talking ball, watching film, and having your own personal meeting.
(Another sleeper play is to always be talking to the Assistant Sp. Teams Coach.)

And my last piece of advice —be consistent, man. Pull the fucking trigger and pour everything you have into this opportunity because it might be your only one.

“You owe the process everything, and it owes you nothing in return”

Go be great 🐺🐺

[Sean Salisbury @SeanUnfiltered]

If you are a high school Quarterback and you cannot get up on the white board in front of the room and draw up 6-8 basic coverages, identify who the defenders are and their assignments, and tell me how to attack them, your coach is doing you a disservice and you are WAY behind!

[Chris Hummer @chris_hummer]

1st Round Draft Picks by recruiting ranking, per @247Sports:

5⭐️: 6
4⭐️: 12
3⭐️: 14

Remember, only around 1% of players each cycle are 5-star recruits and around 10% are 4-star prospects.

Blue-chips accounted for 56.3% of 1st rounders tonight.

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

Coaching is not about what you know, it’s about what you can teach.

[Mark Tyler (Hogs Haven) @Tiller56]

Washington lacks blue-chip talent. This draft lacks blue-chip talent. Mendoza is not a blue-chip QB. He’ll go #1. None of the OTs are what I’d consider blue-chip talent. One, maybe two, will go in the top 6.

If we are sitting at 7 and a blue-chip talent is there, YOU TAKE HIM!

[Tyler Barberis @tylerbarberis_]

May give Pete Alonso the Trea Turner treatment at the game tomorrow.

Pete is an amazing player and just needs a bit of his confidence back.

If you’re going to the Orioles game tomorrow, join me in helping Pete get his swagger back.

#Birdland

[Jay Paterno @JayPaterno]

It’s been great catching up with football alumni —hats off to @PennStateFball & Matt Campbell & the new coaches for bringing back guys who were such a big part of the history here….. @RealRobReport @zmills720 @Michael_Mauti Jordan Hill

[Preston Troyer @CoachFBInsights]

The scariest play callers aren't the ones with the biggest playbook.

They're the ones who know exactly what they're calling before they walk out of the locker room.

Two or three answers per situation.

Repped until they don't have to think.

That's the whole system.

[COLLECTIVE FOOTBALL @QBCollective]

A story you've never heard Brian Fleury talk about.

Before becoming the Seahawks Offensive Coordinator, before the coaching role with the 49ers, there was a year with the Dolphins where Fleury wasn’t on the sidelines at all.

Adam Gase and Mike Tannenbaum brought him into Miami’s Football Research Department. No position group to look after, no daily task list. Just time to think, study, bring nuanced insights to the staff, and develop his overarching football philosophy.

Fleury wasn’t thrilled to not be coaching that season. But, it turned out to be a seminal year for his development that couldn't otherwise have happened.

Seattle got a good one!

[Kerry Slone(Stilettos&Shotguns) @thereal_SnS]

I decided to watch the Yellowstone spinoff “Marshalls”.
I have secondhand embarrassment for the actors and writers.
It’s terrible.

[Ben Acker @b_acker70]

A lot of people have given Carlson crap over the last few years, but two things remain absolutely true:

John Carlson is the greatest defenseman in this franchise's history and should have his number retired

We do not win a Stanley Cup without John Carlson.

[Coach McCann @CoachMcCannJSG]

Parents please care about your child’s ATTENDANCE and ACADEMICS like you care about them getting the ball….