JDart

Husband, proud father, and Husker fan. Opinions are my own.

[QUANTUM GUARD ™️ @QuantumGuard17]

🚨 WOW! Rep. Wesley Hunt just made the Democrats SPEECHLESS after dropping straight truth nukes

"My own father, who grew up in a segregated South, had to walk around to the back of a restaurant just to order a sandwich because of the color of his skin."

"THAT was Jim Crow, and THAT is precisely why it is so offensive to compare that era of legalized discrimination and racial terror to showing a PHOTO ID in a voting booth!"

"And it's just as offensive when groups and organizations like these manufacture faux hate and racial tension, requiring identification of vote."

"It's not oppression. It is not segregation. It is not racism."

"It is a basic standard that applies equally to every single American citizen, regardless of what you look like. You need an ID to board a plane. You need an ID to cash a check."

"You need an ID to buy alcohol. You need an ID to enter these very federal buildings. And by the way, attaining an ID in this country is an extremely low bar."

"But somehow showing an ID to vote in America is now considered to be Jim Crow 2.0. This is NOT about civil rights. This is about political theater. And the Democrat Party survives on manufacturing grievance."

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[John @MagaGrunt1]

🇺🇸If you what the truth, I just posted some more facts for you. I never want to hear about reparations again.🇺🇸

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

8 Mistakes Coaches Can Make

1. Being disorganized
2. Unclear role definition
3. Not leading by example
4. No plan to build leaders
5. Ignoring team dynamics
6. Not addressing locker room issues
7. Failing to communicate effectively
8. Not remembering "Why you coach"

[Coach Hines 🇺🇸 @CoachKurtHines]

Hills I will die on as someone who has coached high school football for over 29 years:

1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to coach, this profession is not for you.

2. As much as we need to know our trade, getting to know (and to love), our players is far more important.

3. This is an INTENSE game, and it’ll never be “just a game”, but it IS a game. Remember that when you’re with your team, and more importantly, remember that when you’re with your family.

4. Just as we teach our athletes to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our athletes better than they were when they first entered into our program. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every individual.

5. Life is complicated enough, let’s not complicate the game in such a way that we take the joy of it away from others. In other words… Keep it simple.

6. Our words carry little (or NO), value, if we don’t practice what we preach. WE as coaches should be learning and growing each and every day, just as we expect our athletes to.

7. As much as we all want to win those championship rings for our athletes, make sure you don’t lose your wedding ring in the process.

8. The athlete that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive.

9. Be where your feet are. Don’t fall into the trap of chasing logos and thinking that a higher division, a bigger school, or going from HS to college, or even college to the pros, is going to be more rewarding or fulfilling.

10. The legacy you leave as a coach will never be determined by your wins and losses, but by the lives you were able to change for the better!

[Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree]

Daily reminder 🩷

[Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 @ProudElephant]

Perfectly said!

[James Purchin @JamesPurchin]

"Be on time" isn't one of Pete Carroll's rules.

"Be early" is.

He won a Super Bowl with 3 rules total.

Rule 1: Protect the team.

Not the slogan. The mindfulness.

It's pulling a teammate out of a fight.
It's not hitting the guy late in practice.
It's the call you make when nobody's watching.

Rule 2: No whining, no complaining, no excuses.

Stolen from Coach Wooden

The point isn't to be upbeat.
The point is your self-talk runs the show.
Words come first. Behavior follows.

Rule 3: Be early.

Not on time. Early.

You can't be early by luck.
You thought about it the night before.
You set the alarm.
You knew the commitment.

Being early is a sign of respect you can see.

3 rules to run an NFL locker room.

Most teams have 12 values nobody can recite.

[Derek Deprey @derekdeprey]

"She's a great shooter, but..."
"He's really athletic, but..."
"She's a solid defender, but..."
"He's a great teammate, but..."

For over 20 years, I've worked at different levels of basketball. Elementary school. Middle school. High school. AAU. Division I. Even the NBA.

I've heard some version of those comments hundreds of times. And I'm as guilty as anyone.

Sometimes I wonder if we spend so much time focusing on what players AREN'T that we forget to appreciate what they ARE.

Not every player is supposed to be great at everything! That's why it's called a team.

One player spaces the floor. One player rebounds. One player communicates. One player defends. One player brings energy. One player makes everyone around them better. 

The magic happens when those strengths come TOGETHER!

Of course we should help players improve their weaknesses. But let's not become so obsessed with fixing what's missing that we overlook what's already special.

I've seen talented players lose confidence because people only talked about what they lacked. I've also seen average players become really good players because someone recognized what they brought to the table and helped them build from there.

Confidence grows when people know their strengths matter. Read that again.

Great teams aren't built when everyone becomes the same. They're built when everyone brings something valuable to the table.

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

Colorado’s Jefferson County Public Schools had 61 male athletes on girls’ sports rosters.

Not one. Not a handful. 61.

Biological males taking roster spots, wins, scholarships, and safety from actual girls, all while the district cheered it on.

This isn’t “inclusion.” It’s erasure of girls’ sports.

How many more districts are hiding the same numbers?

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Mick Cronin talking about the lack of accountability young people have in Youth Basketball

“Letting them do whatever they want is not helping them”

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Tom Brady shares what he tells every college athlete he meets and it's not what they expect.

"I hope this experience is hard for you. I hope it's not easy."

"I hope today in this game you're losing in the 4th quarter and you look at each other in the eye and try to figure out solutions to how you're gonna win the game."

"That's how you're gonna find out what you're made of."

You find out who you are when you are challenged. Expect adversity. Expect tough moments.

"Life is hard. The challenges of life are hard."

"This program is hard. It's built on toughness. It's built on resilience. And that's what I wanna see from this team."

You can't wish for easy or hope for easy.

Adversity is a gift if you let it be.
(🎥 Fox)

[William Payne @TweetsbyCoachP]

One of the biggest misconceptions in high school sports is that coaching is primarily about practices, games, and wins.

The reality is that coaching has become one of the most challenging roles in education because coaches are expected to wear dozens of hats while being evaluated from every direction.

Every parent, player, administrator, and community member often has a different expectation of success.

One family wants college recruiting to be the priority.

Another wants playing time.

Another wants winning.

Another wants player development.

Another wants discipline.

Another simply wants their child to enjoy the experience.

The challenge is that those goals frequently conflict, and coaches are often expected to satisfy all of them simultaneously.

Most coaches are balancing far more than what happens between the lines. They manage team culture, player conflicts, parent concerns, academics, transportation, fundraising, budgets, equipment, scheduling, eligibility, social media issues, and the emotional needs of teenagers.

At the same time, every roster includes athletes with different abilities, goals, motivations, and commitment levels. Some dream of college athletics. Some are trying to make varsity. Some simply want to belong. Building one program that serves all of them is incredibly difficult.

Perhaps the greatest challenge is decision-making.

Who starts?

Who plays?

Who sits?

Who travels?

Who gets moved up?

Who gets cut?

Every decision creates opportunity for one athlete and disappointment for another. Even well-intentioned decisions can be viewed as favoritism or politics when seen through the lens of an individual family.

Recruiting adds another layer of complexity. Coaches are expected to help athletes pursue college opportunities while also managing the needs of an entire team. Supporting one athlete can sometimes raise questions from another family about their child’s opportunities.

Social media has amplified many of these challenges. One lineup decision, one difficult conversation, or one emotional moment can quickly become public discussion, often without the full context.

There are also pressures many people never see.

Pressure from administrators to represent the school well.

Pressure from parents to provide opportunities.

Pressure from athletes to help them achieve their goals.

Pressure from communities that often measure success by wins and losses.

Pressure to retain athletes in an era of increasing transfers and movement.

And all of this occurs while coaches are trying to develop young people, not just athletes.

What makes coaching difficult is not that people don’t care.

It’s that everyone cares deeply, but often about different things.

Parents focus on their child.

Players focus on their opportunities.

Administrators focus on the school.

Communities focus on results.

Coaches must somehow balance all of those interests while making decisions they believe are best for the team.

As a former college coach, athletic director, and high school administrator, I’ve learned that most coaches are not trying to hold athletes back, play favorites, or make life difficult for families. Most are simply navigating competing priorities, limited resources, and difficult decisions while trying to do what’s best for kids.

Because at its core, coaching has never really been about managing games.

It’s about managing people.

And that’s what makes it both incredibly challenging and incredibly important

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Talent gets you there.
Process keeps you there.

Nick Saban said it best:
“You must focus on the things that have made us good all season long.”

Championship teams don't chase the moment.
They live the process.

🎥 Watch the clip.

[Coach Tony Miller @tonywmiller]

The best coaches are comfortable with some chaos in practice.

If your practice looks perfectly organized, clean, and mistake-free, your constraints are too easy. You're building robots, not basketball players.

Embrace the mess. That’s where the actual learning happens.

[Nebraska Men's Basketball @HuskerMBB]

Taking on the Tigers. 😤

[Nebraska Softball @HuskerSoftball]

There Is No Place like Nebraska.

Thank you Husker Nation for an incredible season, we can't wait to see you next spring. #GBR

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

~ via @CoachBobStarkey

[Old Salty Marine @BamaSaltyMarine]

We constantly hear about social security running out of money.

Why don't we ever hear about welfare running out of money?

[Unite_Republicans_Lets take back America. @Sunkized01]

This is true 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️