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Discipline and Focus – the Stories with Sweeney podcast
John Sweeney is an exceptional interviewer with a contagious sense of humor, and a knack for getting guests to open up regarding their personal experiences on the subject at hand. I was delighted to be invited as a guest on his Stories with Sweeney podcast. John asked me to talk about my approaches to leadership…
The 2024 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship
NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball finally gets its long awaited storyline. For the first time, a female head coach will be crowned the national champion as Katie Schumacher-Cawley’s Penn State University Nittany Lions take on Dani Busboom-Kelly’s Louisville Cardinals. Since the NCAA began awarding women’s volleyball titles, the champions have been led by male coaches.…
A Rare Heisman Year
College football’s greatest beauty contest, the Heisman Award, will challenge this award’s voters more than it has in many years. Like kids at a toy shop, voters have tended to reach for the shiniest toy on the shelf when casting their ballot. Add in a dash of recency bias, and you have the recipe for…
Part Man, Part Machine
Communication between the dugout, catcher, and pitcher used to be an art form. Pitching coach signs wipes, taps, and touches that could easily be mistaken for parking a plane. The catcher’s fingers twitch freakishly between the legs; savvy catchers paint fingernail polish on their nails to ensure the pitcher’s view of the sign. A dissenting…
Let “The Game” Solve the Problem
The best college football rivalry has added spice this season. I’m not talking about the Bedlam series; there’s nothing rival about a game where one team has a 91 to 19 advantage over its opponent. It is not the Iron Bowl, although the Auburn/Alabama games have produced some entertaining results. The 2023 Egg Bowl was…
NFL Quarterback Conundrum 2023
Dramatic departures, attention grabbing hold outs, and a few smart signings will punctuate the NFL quarterback carousel of 2023. The league and the individual QBs themselves have successfully parlayed this off season’s quarterback shuffle in to a media blitz. This year’s QB shuffle has been more compelling than most, but it has also shined a…
Respect. Does Kevin Durant Really Deserve It?
For years and years, the adages ”Respect is earned, never given”, and ”Let your actions do the talking”, have been taught as words to live by. Many top pro athletes are taking the exact opposite approach to these philosophies. The result has fostered a generation of players who appear more as prima-donnas rather than the…
The Rules of Kindergarten Still Apply
There was a time when conflicts amongst athletes, coaches and their administrations were held behind closed doors. Opposing parties said their peace, and even if unsatisfied, came out on the other side mostly unscathed. Nowadays those classy meetings are few and far between, making way for conflict resolution held in the court of public opinion,…
A Rose by Any Other Name…
Commitment means everything in college sports. Coaches will tell you that buy in means the world to the success of their programs. Without buy in, practices have less energy and focus, and ultimately teams cannot meet their potential in competition. College athletes are asked to sign a National Letter of Intent committing to play a…
Is There Room for the Good Guy in Pro Sports?
Professional sports is being overrun by the bad guy. Social Media, Television, and Talk radio fuel the flame for pro sport punks. Turn on any sports show and you will learn about one guy who said this, one other guy who wants to leave his team because of that. Is there still room for the…
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