For my first six years of coaching, I was an assistant. During that time I could hide behind the apron of the head coach. The exact micro-second I took over my own program things changed. I could no longer hide. Everything I did was magnified. Everything. My strengths, my faults, become wickedly visible. I was […]
Coaching Under The Microscope, Your New Reality
Wisdom can come from the strangest places. I’ve written about finding “coaching smarts” at parties, blogs, and growing up. Now here’s a new one … bottle caps. Specifically, the sayings under the tops. An example: Dose Of Wisdom That quote got me thinking, something clicked, I played with a few words, and came up with this […]
Down The Dark Road Of Demeaning Coaching
Sitting in the audience, I waited for the stand-up comedian to get us laughing. He didn’t. He was having an off-day. Not even a giggle. I could see the frustration building on his face. After a few minutes of joke-after-joke failing, he stopped. The place went dead silent. Then he unleashed a tirade — screaming and cussing. […]
Good Coaches, Bad Coaches, And Who Do We Think We Are?
Mike Rice, the ex-Rutgers basketball coach, has many troubles right now. This post is not about him. It is about me and you, and the vocation of coaching. I’ve been struggling all week on how to respond (or if I even should respond) to the video clips, stories, and subsequent firing of the Rutgers men’s […]