Topics:

-The Henry Ford Razor

-With enough space, character reveals itself

-The difference between do-ing and be-ing

-Examples of Level 1 Coaches w/ high character: Warsofsky and Muse

-Being who you are is the best way to find your true fit

Article: https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/4-lessons-from-sineks-coffee-cups?utm_source=publication-search

Topics:

-Why 'what got you here won't get you there' is bad advice for a Level 1 Coach

-Ryan Warsofsky and Joe Mazzulla lean into 'personal edge'

-Why Level 1 Coaches should be 'perceptually' more attractive than central casting coaches but aren't

-Brian Kight's 10,80,10 principle and how it can give you an edge to fish in a different pond in recruiting people or players

Topics:

-Naurato's quote about not matching lines and why dictating is better than reacting

-Getting out of your players' way as a coach

-Getting out of your way as a coach

-How mental weakness creates physical weakness

-What you think about is what you bring about

-A filter question to ask yourself before speaking to a player

Jesse Marsch Article: https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/one-coach-to-study?utm_source=publication-search

Topics:

-A quote from Michigan Hockey HC, Brandon Naurato to begin the discussion

-Dusty May's hypothetical question: Would you rather make it to the Final 4 10 years in a row and not win the championship or win in once and never go back again?

-It isn't working or it isn't working 'YET'

-How to know if you have a Power or Force Coach based on win percentage trajectory

-T.J. Manastersky's mental model or Smoothie vs. Steak for making changes to team play

Dusty May Podcast Link

Topics Discussed:

-The LA Kings best players speaking public on their lack of interest playing a system

-How not giving players self-determination principles of autonomy and relatedness can lead to division between coaches and players

-How the best forecheck is one the players want to do

-The Barry Sanders Razor: Assume players are closer to quitting on you than you think they are

(Article Link:https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/the-barry-sanders-razor)

Topics:

-Buffalo Sabres recent firing of Power Coach Granato for Force Coach Ruff

-Infinite vs. Finite Mindsets

-Letting 'The Process' Compound

-Fear and it's nature

-Chicago Steel, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, and other Infinite organization talk

@drewcarlsonhp on Twitter

@Mikhail Twitter

Topics Covered:

-Hunter Charneski's 'Personal Inventory' and it's application to coaching choices

-What is important and what is not and valuing those things

-How big rocks have longer feedback loops which is why we love focusing on the cookie bags (small things)

- Personal stories and tactics Mikhail has used in his current position

-Sam Hinkie, Simon Sinek, Greg Powers, Detroit Red Wings and the Infinite Game

Link to Hunter's Video Teaching on Personal Inventory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRtAgddvFOk

Catch Part 1 of this convo here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/02pMSzKTnyBPm62EKV6PK6

Topics Covered:

-Intro to Power Laws

-How they apply to players, coaches, and teams

-The Podcast Razor

-Insecurity vs. Security

-How 2 D1 coaches model this razor

Links:

Morey Pod: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cSWAVJ5VehOBFrMrwGcjw

Power Laws: https://medium.com/@quantvc/power-laws-in-venture-capital-why-the-long-tail-matters-22e057c6fa34

Topics Discussed:

-Why certain industries attract certain archetypes

-Why coaching attracts the uncoachable even though every coach will say they are

-Pride vs. Humility

-What a displacement behavior is and why coaches should become aware of it

-Each player has a perceptual reality and you have to live in theirs, not yours as a leader

-Why "driving 100 miles and hour" as a coach creates problems addressing the 'real problems'

-Power Laws: Everyone says they are coachable but we can't all be... because the math doesn't math on that

Topics-

-Judging people on a page in their massive story book

-Learning regardless of 'liking' a person

-Antithesis Principle

-Mike Babcock Columbus situation takeaways you won't hear most places

-Coaches being self-promoting is seen as 'bad'

People to dive in on

-Shreyas Doshi

-George Mack

Article Referenced:

https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/a-thought-experiment-featuring-deion