Create Your Shot

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz talk with Brandon Linton, the head men's basketball coach at Nichols College. Brandon talks about his playing career and coaching career at Clarkson, coaching at West Point and the interview process to get the job at Nichols. We also go through techniques to prepare yourself for head coaching jobs, best ways to break into the biz and Brandon tells a crazy story about how he ended up in coaching in the first place. Coach speak this week features Dabo Swinney and Lane Kiffin and the city review is Dudley, MA. Follow Brandon Twitter @Coach_Linton!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz are joined by Josh Merkel, Head Coach of the Randolph Macon Yellow Jackets. Josh stops by to talk about his path in coaching, from his playing days at Salisbury to working for John Beilein at West Virginia, to his time as an assistant at Eastern Kentucky. We then discuss how he got the head job at his alma mater and then his now job at Randolph-Macon five years ago. We discuss tips for interviewing and tips for young coaches trying to break in. This weeks city review is Ashland, VA and coach speak features Chris Beard! Follow Josh on Twitter @JoshMerkel4

On this weeks episode of Createyourshot, Tyler and Smallz talk with Jordan Fee. Jordan is an assistant coach of the Nova Southeastern Sharks, the defending champions of the Sunshine State Conference and currently the 5th ranked division II team in the country. They talk with Jordan about his journey in coaching, his own playing career from prep school to division I and then to division II, coaching an incredibly difficult system and what his ultimate career goals are. This weeks coach speak features Baylor football coach, Matt Rhule and the city review is sunny Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Follow Jordan on Twitter @CoachJordanFee!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz banter about Smallz' pregame routine before his game on Thursday night, talk about the Centennial conference being the best conference in Division III and throw it back to one of their best interviews with Landry Kosmalski, whose Swarthmore team is currently leading the centennial conference and ranked as the number one team in Division III by D3hoops.com. The coach-speak in this episode features Matt Painter and the city review is the Main Line in Pennsylvania. Follow Swat hoops on Twitter @SwatMBasketball!

On this week's episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz chat with their old buddy, Ryan Nemetz. Ryan coaches Cardinal O'Hara in the Philadelphia Catholic league and is entering his second year. The guys touch base with Ryan on what went right and wrong in his first year, how to build relationships with players, handling the maturity gap between players and managing all levels of your program. They also talk a little about this years Philadelphia 76ers and Smallz gives his prediction for Thursday night football!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz welcome back old friend Bart to the show for some thanksgiving football picks. The guys open the show by talking through The Philadelphia Eagles struggles, if the Jaguars would trade Carson Wentz for Nick Foles and if Jason Garrett is the worst coach in the NFL. Then Tyler talks about watching Smallz coach this past weekend and the cluster that is Division two officiating crews and finally the guys give you 15 football picks for this Thanksgiving weekend!

On this weeks episode of Create You Shot, Tyler and Smallz welcome on Kevin Sweeney of CBB Central to talk the early goings on in the college basketball season. Kevin talks about Florida's early season struggles, some takeaways from the first three weeks of the season, if any team is good before going into some mid-majors. We talk about which Mid-Majors will make you money on Bovada, which coaches Kevin makes a habit to watch and how Kevin's early career misses have led him to adapt his process for predictions. Finally we get Kevin's final four and have the much anticipated return of Rothstein's! Kevin can be found on Twitter @CBB_Central and his podcast is CBB_Central on The Underdog Sports podcast network!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz check back in with Mike McGarvey, the head coach of the Lycoming Warriors. Mike was on the show back in Episode 54 while he was an assistant at Colgate so the guys catch up to speed on how his first year as a head coach went. They discuss his interview process, why Lycoming was the job for him to take, what it was like watching Colgate make the NCAA tournament and win The Patriot League and much more. They also dive into some deeper topics like substitution patterns, how to make pick-up more competitive and what is a large enough sample to determine if your scheme is working or not. You can follow Mike on Twitter @MikeMcGarvey_ and Lycoming @LycomingHoops!

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Jim Fenerty of Temple Men's basketball stops by for his second chat with Smallz and Tyler. Tyler and Smallz start off talking about the National's world series win, what its like to be an adult and have to skip big moments, discuss daylight savings time and then kick it over to Jim. Jim talks to us about getting a new job at Temple, what it was like leaving Lafayette after five years, what he learned from Fran O'Hanlon and more. They also discuss Temple's opening season win over Drexel, how Jim prioritizes his day between recruiting and scouting and if he is too nervous to sit back and enjoy his life. Follow Jimmy on Twitter @TU_CoachFen and follow Smallz and Tyler @ChrisAngelos88 and @CYSTyler.

On a special edition of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz talk about Tyler going to game 5 of the world series and finding out Max Scherzer wasn't going to start, then talk about scouting and analytics in basketball and finish off by talking about self-scouting during the season. Follow Smallz and Tyler on twitter @Createyourshot!