A Pen And A Napkin

This week, we have a great two part episode with two up and coming mid major coaches in Northern Illinois MBB HC Rashon Burno and Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Bart Lundy. Coach Burno discusses his background from the legendary St. Anthony's (NJ) program and his relationship with the Hurley family, along with Billy Donovan, rebuilding the Northern Illinois program and much more! Coach Lundy comes on in the second half of the pod to chat about his own journey, lessons learned along his journey and how he's developed as a coach, game day procedures and how he and his staff evaluates a game and much more. You're really going to enjoy these two terrific coaches!

The number one thing (in my opinion) that we can control as a coach is our practices; what we teach, how we teach, the habits we create and the culture we cultivate. This week, Tony and I break down how we develop our practices, what we do in practice and how we try to carry over those concepts day to day. Along with that, we preview the NBA Pacific Division and find a way to weave Tom Selleck's moustache and Joe Namath into the conversation . . . enjoy!!

As we close in on the start of most of the high school seasons, alot of times we get confused or distracted on what we should or should not be working on. Tony and I decided to take the week and write down what we worked on this week, and then share our lists with you; what we were working on and why! Of course, we have trivia and TWIB, including the WNBA Finals reaction and the NBA Northwest Division preview!

Excited to have Oregon State MBB AC Marlon Stewart on the podcast this week! Coach Stewart comes from the Bennett/ Montana coaching tree, and he shares with us alot of his philosophy. We discuss half court defense, recruiting against the "Blue Bloods", being involved in your community, building a great culture and much more. Great stuff to mine from this podcast!

People have certain stereotypes when it comes to coaching; inspired by a tweet by Greg Berge, Tony and I break down six major coaching myths into either truths or myths and discuss why. We also have our TWIB segment, discussing the WNBA finals, Olympic basketball and more!

Jason Kern, boys basketball HC at West Branch (IA) comes on the podcast this week for a great conversation! Coach Kern and I discuss a variety of topics, including growing up in a basketball family, his basketball influences, helping your players with the recruiting process, BLOB'S, half court defense and building a playbook. Terrific conversation!

A bad case of the flu pushed back the podcast to today, but Tony and I are back, just a little delayed!!Our decisions are usually difficult enough during our seasons, especially when it comes to playing time, but most of us would love to have some sort of statistical baseline to help us make those decisions. However, we're often limited by time and manpower at the high school level, so what can we do to meet this concept halfway? Tony and I talk about that this week, along with a deep dive in our TWIB segment on the WNBA Finals, the latest NBA trades, and the NBA Southeast preview.

Penn Wood (PA) GBB HC and well traveled camp coach Mo Boykins jumps on the podcast this week to discuss a variety of different topics, including S.U.C.C.E.S.S., microbiology (???), team defense, being a strong female role model, working camps all over the country, and much more. You're going to love Coach Mo's energy and enthusiasm!!

One of the toughest jobs that we have as coaches is getting our individual players to play very well as individuals while also keeping the goals of the team at the forefront. it is a formula that is very difficult to crack, because you need both, but in many ways, these are two things that are going in opposite directions. In this pod, Tony and discuss how to find this balance, while also throwing around some trivia and our TWIB predictions (pre-Dame trade) . . . Enjoy!

Really excited to have Dave Schlabaugh, the head men's basketball coach at Cornell College (IA) on the podcast this week. Coach Schlabaugh has had a great career at both the high school and college levels, and we discuss his career, including his involvement in Snow Valley. We also discuss culture, offensive basketball and much more, so enjoy this podcast!