Pete Thamel nails it as usual, with great stuff on how Greg Schiano is spending his time after being fired by the Bucs. “Can I be just as demanding of people, but make their quality of life better?” – How about asking yourself that question as a coach? http://mmqb.si.com/2014/11/04/nfl-greg-schiano-year-off/

AmericaEast.TV asked us how we are going about building our championship culture at UMaine. http://www.americaeast.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3509853&db_oem_id=14000

A great look inside Bill James by one of the best writers out there, Joe Posnanski.  Really interesting self-analysis by James and some great stuff to make you think about your approach. http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/bill-james-statistical-revolution/

Mike McNeely scored a big touchdown for Florida on a fake kick on Saturday.  On Sunday he went back to work at Publix. http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/92592/floridas-mike-mcneely-fake-kick-folk-hero

Austin Hatch’s story is an incredible one.  How good is this quote? “I can hear their voices in my head when I face a difficult situation,” he said. “My dad and mom raised me to be an uncommon man. The uncommon man gets up at five in the morning to go work out, to get […]

A really good look at the personality and approach of NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard. “How hard was it to guard Lebron James in the Finals?  You know when you don’t want to run that extra lap?  Harder than that.  But it was worth it.” http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/16/sdsu-basketball-kawhi-leonard-contract/?

Mark Emmert from the Portland Press Herald with a look at Shaun Lawton, one of our returning players at UMaine. http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/31/umaine-mens-basketball-has-an-old-face-as-part-of-a-new-look/

I’m excited to be preparing for our first exhibition game at the University of Maine.  We are heading down to play Southern Maine this weekend, the first time we’ll put on the Black Bear uniforms as a group.  Playing the game at their place will give us an opportunity to play in front of some […]