Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs give listeners a throwback episode in order to spend time with their families. Enjoy Episode 1 as The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the more frustrating aspects of being an athletic director and their favorite interview questions, Ryan suggests that pessimism is the best optimism as a sports fan and relates to the Big Lebowski, Mike vents about the Friday at 5:00 conversation and makes a mess in the recording room, and Mark introduces Stone's Throw from the Fargo Brewing Company and quotes John Calipari's thoughts about putting poop in ice cream.

The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting events in their buildings over the holiday break. They also discuss Big Ten Minute without Mike, the benefits and detriments of playing games over break, Jan. 1 practices, mandatory or optional holiday practices, Kona Brewing, and wish a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all of our loyal listeners.

The Off Duty ADs talk about youth and middle school feeder programs. They also discuss Uncle Bill's new slogan for the podcast, rental agreements, the varying structures of youth programs, unicorns dancing on rainbows, pushing your philosophy, and keeping Mike on a timer.

The Off Duty ADs talk about the greatness of the National Athletic Director Conference. They also lack editing in this episode because of the timing of recording, spend some extended time in Uncle Bill's Corner, listen to Mark correct last week's mistake, heap mountains of praise on the NADC committee, discuss urgency in our email replies, and various burger joints.

The Off Duty ADs talk about all of the stuff that routinely sits around in their vehicles. They also talk about the best week of the year, feedback about middle school students, scheduling various levels, Uncle Bill's Husker ticket sales, random keys, using our cars as storage units, Ryan's caffeine problem, things freezing in Mark's car, an odd stop at McD's, learning the key rings, port-o-potty issues, Mike avoiding IKEA, Heavyweights, and the purchase of craft breweries.

The Off Duty ADs talk about advancing middle school students to high school teams. They also discuss the new addition to Mike's family, Mike's technical difficulties, a double dose of Uncle Bill's Corner, varying middle school policies in states, a lengthy and extensive advancement process, the thoughts that come along with an anonymous envelope, coaches getting sued for coaching, winter beverages, and winter facial hair.

The Off Duty ADs bring in two guests to discuss their experience with athletic specific degrees. They also talk about the continued growth of the pod despite Uncle Bill's disbelief, lots of feedback from last week's episode, Philly fans, learn from Jordan from Maine and Matt from Ohio, different paths to an AD job, differences between some masters programs, lessons learned on the job, and our guests' selections for movies and beverages.

The Off Duty ADs talk about balancing the hours of being an AD while spending time with our family. They also talk about kicking Mike off of today's episode for understandable reasons, avoiding our own fandom, Uncle Bill's Corner, dragging the family with for game supervision, responding to coaches' texts, trying to trade out some work time, estimating the end of the workday for your spouse, prioritizing some family time, lending equipment to the public, Terrapin Brewery, more from Surly Brewing, and our continued inability to read news articles.

The Off Duty ADs discuss making coaching changes on short notice. They also talk about the early snow days of the year, limited gym space, Uncle Bill's Husker struggles, an interruption to dissertation work, ERO from Focus 3, pausing to temper an emotional response, managing the domino effect after coaches move on, knowing that our coaching jobs are a small piece of a bigger puzzle, economic problems with Carl's Car Wash, other kids' shows, and Mark gets his OJ coaching suggestions mixed up.

The Off Duty ADs talk about vetting new vendors for their athletic departments. They also discuss the NIAAA Strategic Plan, experts in our field, tennis tournaments during a blizzard, hiding ineligible athletes, the cream of the crop in the B1G, a lawsuit against a bankrupt company, accepting credit cards in your school, getting agreements on paper, cleaning out portable toilets, good questions to ask your vendors, Tommy Boy, more field shoveling, and physically aging while being mentally well.