A cool look at Jon Coffman, the new head coach at IPFW, and the interesting path he took to get there. http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140703/SPORTS0304/307039963/1008/SPORTS
Desirable Difficulties
In his latest book “David and Goliath” Malcolm Gladwell discusses in depth the idea of “desirable difficulties.” The idea is that not all difficulties that we face are negative. He talks at length about some of the most successful people who are dyslexic, and how, for example, an obstacle such as struggling with reading made […]
Motivation and Abuse
I got into an interesting discussion with Gary Parrish on twitter this week about the difference between motivation and abuse. He had written this article about the situation at the College of Charleston with Doug Wojcik: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24604463/situation-at-charleston-shows-fine-line-between-motivating-and-abuse Our twitter conversation went like this: https://twitter.com/CoachBobWalsh/status/484422612806680576 I don’t know Gary Parrish. I enjoy reading his stuff because unlike many […]
Internal Process
Efficient organizations are set up with internal processes that make life easier. Everything set up within your team or your organization should be done so with that in mind. There are enough obstacles to overcome externally without having to overcome the inefficiency of your own internal structure. It can be very frustrating to have to […]
UMaine Recruiting Prep
A look at the preparation we are doing for the July recruiting period from the local NBC affiliate in Bangor, ME WLBZ. http://www.wlbz2.com/story/sports/ncaab/2014/07/02/umaine-coaching-staff-prepares-for-recruiting-trip/12111277/
20 Things Great Leaders Do
“Listen more than speak.” http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/20-proven-things-all-great-leaders-always-do/
Thinking
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” ― John Locke
The Work Speaks For Itself
Kevin Arnovitz on the true essence of the Spurs. http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=truehoop&id=68957&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FJd5kZ8JQWL%22%7D&wjb
The First Two Months
On Friday, May 2nd I was in the RiRa in Portsmouth, New Hampshire meeting up with some friends around 5:30 PM when I got a phone call from Karlton Creech, the athletic director at the University of Maine. I had left campus at UMaine after completing my two-day interview around 2:00 that afternoon and stopped […]