A Pen And A Napkin

As we celebrate episode #500, we decide to sit down and have a little breakfast with two of "The Committee" members, Tom Krehbiel and Marc Kruger, to discuss a bunch of different topics. We chat about the Nebraska Prep Classic, our teams and where we're at at this point of the season, what we want and should be working on, and discussing our approval rating of the new foul system. Words cannot express how grateful I am that this many people still want to listen after 500 episodes, but here's to 500 more!

In the last week, we've seen the resignations or retirements of three legendary football coaches; Pete Carroll, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban. These three legendary coaches are intertwined in so many ways, so in this episode, Tony and I break down what made each one of these coaches great, why it's important to learn from other sports and much more!

On the Keith Olberman/ Dan Patrick/ halfway to Danny Darwin (if you get all of this, you're my kind of people) episode, we welcome in Trevor Mickelson from ADM (IA) high school. In this episode, we discuss building a system, being an offensive coordinator and how they made it work at Waukee, along with implementing a system and much more. Plus, a tribute to Charlie, my four legged son . . .

@gb1121 (Greg Berge) has some great stuff on Twitter, and this week we dive into some of the major elements that could destroy a team. Early to mid-January is the time of the season that players (and parents) can become frustrated with various issues, so what are some steps that you can take to try to prevent this issues from escalating? Tony and I discuss that, along with trivia, the return of Draymond Green, team that are up and teams that are down in the NBA and more!

We're back with our interview series this week with Amherst (NE) Boys HC Eric Rippen. Coach Rippen has had a great run recently at Amherst, but not without its challenges. Coach Rippen discusses coaching his program through great tragedy, special situations, lessons learned as an AC, scouting philosophy, pressbreaks and much more. Great discussion with one of Nebraska's up and coming coaches!

It's been a crazy couple of weeks, and I wanted to update everyone on a few things, including why I haven't been posting pods and Twitter postings, a retrospective on one of Nebraska's greats, Brad Feeken, who recently lost his battle with cancer and announcing the date for our 4th Annual "A Pen And A Napkin" Coaches Clinic!!

The winter moratorium is a great time to make adjustments to your team, whether that's line up adjustments, schematic adjustments, cultural adjustments or how you structure your practices. This week, Tony and I discuss what you should be looking at when it comes to adjustments, how to implement them, and we also discuss some of the adjustments that we've made with our own teams. Along with trivia, we also take a deep dive on the Draymond Green situation and how it has affected both him and the Warriors. Have a great holiday break, and safe travels to everyone!

Kasey Krager, the GBB HC at Sioux Central (IA), is our guest this week! Coach Krager is back at his alma mater and has built a very solid program. We discuss his career path, building off of a disappointing ending to last season and how that has benefitted this team, playing a tough early season schedule, BLOB's, practice setup and much more. Enjoy this terrific conversation!

"Rebounding wins Rings" is a popular slogan amongst teams, and there's alot of truth to it! This week, Tony and I break down the importance of rebounding, methods that we have used to teach rebounding, and some of our favorite drills . Along with that, we have trivia and our TWIB segment, so enjoy!!

Brandon Schwab, the GBB HC at Algona Biship Garrigan (IA) comes on the podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics on the pod this week. We discuss being a farmer while being a basketball coach, his influences, learning how to win a state championship, coaching a Top 50 national recruit, offensive and defensive philosophy in the half court and much more! Great conversation with one of Iowa's best!