Glen Hall

Engineering - Manufacturing geek & #Recruiter | @OJTTulsa board | #Illini #GoPokes #BBN | #BBQ snob

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

James Clear: It only takes five minutes to break the cycle.

[Cover3 @Cover3_mx]

One of the most underrated parts of Michael Jordan’s greatness was something incredibly simple:

He showed up.

No scheduled rest. No load management. No treating random Tuesday nights like they didn’t matter.

If Michael Jordan was healthy, he played.

He played all 82 games nine different seasons. He played through bumps, bruises, fatigue, back-to-backs, long road trips and everything else that came with being the face of the league.

And that matters, especially now.

We live in an era where guys sit for “maintenance,” workloads are carefully managed, and somehow we’re still told this is the toughest era ever.

Jordan’s era didn’t come with that luxury.

Fans bought tickets to see Michael Jordan, and overwhelmingly, Michael Jordan was there.

Teammates could count on him. Coaches could count on him. The league could count on him.

Greatness isn’t just what you do when everything is perfectly optimized around you.

Sometimes greatness is simply being available, night after night, year after year, and still delivering.

Jordan did that better than almost anyone.

No load management. No carefully curated schedule. No preserving the mileage so the career totals would look prettier 20 years later.

You bought a ticket to see Michael Jordan?

He showed up.

And then he tried to rip somebody’s heart out.

That was the deal.

[Chuck Sizzle @notcharliejones]

Big Ten Football Power Rankings (so far)

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Andy Reid shares the 4 things that players crave the most - and it's not what you think.

"They want consistency. So I try to make it as consistent as possible."

"But most of all, in your relationship with them, they don't want you to tell them a lie. They want the truth."

"Sometimes the truth is good. And sometimes it's not so good. But they want that."

You can't build a strong relationship without consistency and honesty.

"I've found over the years that's the best way - as tough as it is for a coach - to tell somebody that's giving you their all every day, and they're making a living at this, that listen... you're not going to make it here."

The hardest conversations are often the most important ones.

"I try to give them the whys."

Don't just deliver the news. Explain it. Help them understand.

People want to be respected and they want to trust you. Give them:
1. Direction
2. Consistency
3. The Truth
4. The Why's

By doing this, you build connection, trust, and a strong relationship as a result.
(🎥@HeadCoachU with Bronco Mendenhall)

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

‘SportsCenter’ premiered 47 years ago today 📺

This is what the first telecast looked like.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Crazy but true

Wilt Chamberlain would dunk his Free Throws leading to a rule change banning it in real games

[Soul Power & the ABA @abathrowbacks]

Reshare this if you agree the NBA should include ABA stats in its official records

[Wayne Dunlap @wdunlap]

What does this graph say to you?

[Dave Wischnowsky @wischlist]

New time zone in the Midwest.

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Shirts outside Lambeau for tonight’s Notre Dame-Wisconsin matchup.

(via @jimbos1980)

[RetroNewsNow @RetroNewsNow]

🍴On September 5, 1955, the first Waffle House opened in Avondale Estates, Georgia

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Trying hard is cool. Giving your all is cool. Seeing what you're capable of is cool.

The only way to find out how good you can be...and who you are...is to risk something and give it your all. It's true in sport. It's true in life.

Go for it. Take the risk.

[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

This field temperature is crazy before @TulsaFootball's game today

(via @jeremiepoplin)

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

Oklahoma State has a player named BLAKE HOGSHOOTER.

And they play at Arkansas next season!!!

[Eric Bailey @EricBaileyTW]

Bixby 49
Stillwater 28
6:39, 4Q

Touchdown Stillwater, the third score in 57 seconds in this game. This time, Taptto hits Cyrus Johnson with a 78-yard TD on a middle screen.

This was a 7-6 game after the first quarter.

#okpreps

[Anadarko Athletics @awathletics]

Final: Anadarko 24, Kiefer 48. #OkPreps

[Anadarko Athletics @awathletics]

Half: Anadarko 0, Kiefer 38. #OkPreps

[Eric Bailey @EricBaileyTW]

Bixby 28
Stillwater 6
Halftime

Jack Gill with a 6-yard scoring run right before halftime to extend the Spartans' lead.

Stillwater with only 1 first down in 1H via a pass interference call.

Pioneers only score was scoop/score

Total yardage: Bixby 296, Stillwater 3

#okpreps

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

"They have to want it. They have to make the choice. Sometimes it's at 16yrs old. Others it's at 20" A coach in Norway on youth to elite transition.

You can NOT force success. It has to come from within. And if you are pushing your kid at age 8, you are DESTROYING that drive.

[TouchdownFridayNight @TDFridayNight]

Bixby holds on for a 35-27 win over Owasso in an exciting Battle of the Burbs. #tdfn #okpreps @OwassoAthletics @BixbySpartanFB