matt jackson

Defensive Coordinator Zephyrhills High School

[BCP SPORTS @BigCountyPreps1]

2027 ATH @iiam5star in action in Week 0 for #Zephyrhills @_CoachCarroll_. This kid is going to be one to keep an eye on this season. Very active in the secondary and makes plays on both sides of the ball!

#QwikCut below 👇

[Roosevelt”Roe”Miller @ROEMILLER07]

this the year AGTG ✝️ @BigCountyPreps1 @_CoachCarroll_ @Andy_Villamarzo @DauntaPeterson

[BCP SPORTS @BigCountyPreps1]

More from @_CoachCarroll_ #Zephyrhills with a look at a talented 2026 CB with size. College coaches get a look at @Deori_5 in action below and hit up coach for info on his kids.

#QwikCut below 👇

[Azuri Jackson @ajdiesy]

Blessed to receive my 4th D1 offer from the university of Ball State AGTG🙌🏾 ❤️🤍

@CoachShaqV
@_CoachCarroll_
@DauntaPeterson

[Azuri Jackson @ajdiesy]

Spring Game Highlights 🗽🤌🏾

https://t.co/QkjjYFBKrC

[THE PLATFORM @THEPLATFORMDR]

2026 ATH Azuri Jackson has put on a show on the DR7 circuit ⭐️

@DR_SPORTZ #TheCrown this weekend in Dallas! Settle it on the Turf 👑

🎥 : @UnLockYourGame

[Jaden Jones @JadenJones_5]

Jaden Jones 2025 Ath
-6’1 180
-3.2 📚
-70 tackles (44 solo)
-1 forced fumble
-4 PBU 🔒
-2 sacks
https://t.co/mvXZYawIkt

[matt jackson @mattyj076]

@PascoCountyFB @damien_pickett @iiam5star It would be interesting to see the list at the end that’s all I’m saying. Easy to put up stats with a negative strength of schedule

[matt jackson @mattyj076]

@PascoCountyFB @damien_pickett @iiam5star So based off stats?

[matt jackson @mattyj076]

@PascoCountyFB @damien_pickett Well @iiam5star has a power 5 offer now. How many else on the list with P5 offers?

[matt jackson @mattyj076]

#ZHS AKA DBU

["EJ Holland" @EJHollandOn3]

Michigan has extended an offer to rising 2027 ATH Saniiyn Black. Teammate of five-star target DJ Pickett. #GoBlue

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

KOBE BRYANT ON MENTAL TOUGHNESS

💬 “Being mentally tough means you can take your mind someplace else.

Concentrate on that other thing to the point where the thing that was bothering you is no longer a focus and you don’t feel it anymore.”

[Alejandro Tamayo @AlexTamayo22]

REMATCH

3S-7 District Champions - Zephyrhills Bulldogs

The Bulldogs will host Cypress Creek

[Tom Blazer @TBlazer5AS1]

The amount of literal 💩 talking I’ve seen from HS players to other Players, Coaches, & Officials this year is outrageous.

IMO this is not how the game should be played.

It’s disrespectful to those that played before you to act like that.

Shut your mouth & let your game talk.

[BCP SPORTS @BigCountyPreps1]

Recruiters snooping around the Bay...

Looking 2024 OL

Put a challenge out to @sunshinepreps to find a top Pasco talent.

His response👇

[John C. Cotey @JCCotey]

THE big moment arrives for Cypress Creek. Should be a great game Friday. https://t.co/CPHSXyD7Qw

[matt jackson @mattyj076]

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[Davey Vera @verad23]

@Andy_Villamarzo @FlaHSFootball Final
South Sumter 40
Vanguard 20

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

��I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Pasco Pirates Football @PascoPirates_FB]

9 Mile War!! #WalkThePlank

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

Coaches can get exhausted if they constantly have to motivate and lecture you. Eventually, they may give up on you and focus on kids who actually want to work hard, learn, and improve. You'll regret your immaturity once you have no one helping you.