This is part of Head Coach at Northern Illinois Thomas Hammock's presentation at the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Virtual Clinic. In it he talks about how football and the stock market have similarities and that when there is a dip in the market it is time to invest in the process. He shares NIU's unique approach which helped them go from 0-6 to 9-5 and a MAC Championship with the 2nd youngest team in the country.

Shownotes:

-What is the Dip?

-2 choices - portal or high school

-Investing in players and culture

-Getting over the hump

-Best til proven otherwise

-Invest in relationships

-Got younger before we got better

-Why the portal is cyclical

-Building with high school players we can develop

-Place high value on evaluation

-Being the youngest

-Find kids who fit

-Not into the star recruiting

-Too much supply in the recruiting process

-Philosophy on walk-ons

-Academics - the guys doing it right in the classroom normally can help on the field

-The weight room

-Making gains during the season

-Developing young guys

-Complementary football

-Game management meetings

-Situational football

-Analytics

Related:

Thomas Hammock on the Home Team Series

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/home-team-podcast-thomas-hammock-head-coach-at-northern-illinois-university

State Association MegaTicket

ihsfca.coachesclinic.com

IHSFCA page on CoachTube:

https://coachtube.com/users/ihsfca1

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