Is Craig Counsell the Best Manager in Baseball? His Brewers could win 100 games and his players can’t believe he’s never won the Manager of the Year Award. That he’s doing it at home in Milwaukee is icing on the cake. By James Wagner Sept. 15, 2021, 6:45 a.m. ET MILWAUKEE — The last time the Milwaukee […]

In my third year as a head coach at Rhode Island College we had a young, inexperienced but very talented team. We had just come off a 27-4, Elite 8 run season with a group of six seniors who had all moved on. That RIC team in 2007-08 – the year after the Elite 8 […]

“A value isn’t a value until it’s been tested.” – Bob Richey, Furman Basketball I highly recommend this podcast, hosted by Chris Oliver, with Bob Richey, the head coach at Furman: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-basketball-podcast/id1398261897 Bob Richey makes a great point about your values. He uses the example of ball movement being a core value at Furman. But […]

“Success is not something you own; it’s something you rent, and the rent is due every day. When you stop paying rent on success, you start paying the rent on failure.” ~Tom Black

High school athletes are three times more likely to play college sports if they come from money. https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/schools/study-from-the-oho-state-university-says-money-helps-if-student-athletes-want-to-play-in-college

I found this piece in The Atlantic very interesting. It will make you think about your management style as a leader and how you evaluate production. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/work-from-home-benefits/619597/

Can you be demanding as a coach while also showing empathy to your players? It’s a great challenge for any head coach. When I was the head coach at Maine I learned to coach with empathy. I took over a program that was in a terrible place, and as I set about changing the culture, […]

Fourteen minute video from Simon Sinek on leading with empathy – worth the time. “You are not in charge, you are responsible for those in your charge.”