Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs talk about their various athletic director and state organization meetings. They also discuss Mike's disgust about last week's episode, Uncle Bill's Corner, Urban Meyer, home runs, the difference between mandatory meetings in each state, professional development in AD meetings, a guest intrusion, safe driving practices, avoiding a couple other discussions, Mark's favorite type of phone call expanded, Empire Carpet, a great basketball scene in a classic funny movie, Mark and Mike giggling for ten minutes, Ryan's clever pronunciation of a beverage, disbelief about ignoring Deschutes Brewery, our zero balance Go Fund Me, and throw pillows.

The Off Duty ADs talk about their facility checks before the fall seasons start. They also discuss the MLB trade deadline including Mike's White Sox complete lack of action, a much different Uncle Bill's Corner, highly paid coaches, checking the integrity of both stands and bus seats, missing flags and partial announcements, forgetting the details, pulling out the old bleachers, AD duct tape, more problems at Ryan's soccer field, Mark's Year of Tom content, a return to New Belgium brewery with a not-recommended selection, and again managing the ending without Mike.

The Off Duty ADs discuss hiring coaches at the last minute. They also discuss Ryan recording on location, recap Mark's trip to Baltimore, NFL tickets, packaging teaching and coaching jobs together, processing new hires as quickly as possible, factors that reduce applicant pools, the absolutes to get a new coach started, an insect attack, prioritizing the non-message message, the Year of Tom, Mike admits to a bad Tom movie, Heavy Seas beverage selections, pirates in North Dakota, and suspect timekeeping.

The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting pre-season parent meetings. Despite poor audio, they also talk about a missed opportunity with the national group, the new segment called Uncle Bill's Corner, office windows, scheduling parent meetings, filling the content of those meetings, ways to receive those elusive verifications, a lack of common sense, normalizing bad behavior, using other ADs to pass along a message, Ryan laughing at Mark's fandom, the Hoosier gym, Mike's method of counting, Cleveland radio misery, Ten Pin Brewing in Washington, and Ryan's role as a taskmaster.

The Off Duty ADs talk about returning to the office after their summer "breaks." They also discuss Mark's inability to do math, Mike's new income suggestion, potential changes to the podcast logo, serving as your own athletic trainer, way too much fandom, Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, Colorado's mental health initiative, the Eisenhower productivity principle, managing the fire, deciding what's really important, Mike's dorky color coding, Netflix ruining our nights, and swapping new show ideas.

The Off Duty ADs talk about a recent video ad that revolves around a fictional parent support group. They also discuss the lack of one of our hosts, pretending to not work, correspondence from Bill NE, Mike's love for the Kardashians, stereotyped youth sports parents, the purpose of our programs, effectively run youth programs, the attrition rate of youth participation, eating an elephant, our fake football teams, and traveling to Indy.

The Off Duty ADs talk about their athletic trainers and sports medicine programs. They also discuss listener feedback, the beauty of rally scoring, managing athletic trainer coverage on multiple sites a night, taking injury decisions away from coaches, parents running the Return To Play end around, Ryan's more traditional fake basketball team, and a mini-Big Ten minute to finish the episode.

The Off Duty ADs talk about sportsmanship in athletics. They also discuss feedback from previous episodes, angry Little League parents, live Cubs/White Sox reporting, World Cup blowouts, mercy rules, adults being adults, their movie outfields, and Ryan's dessert beer.

The Off Duty ADs talk about their summer facility usage. They also talk about Mike's past absence, little league baseball rules and the current state of baseball, weight room etiquette, a celebrity visit by Joe from WA, increased penalties for fan conduct, balancing outside rentals with in-house facility use, chasing off non-renters, the quality of Ohio vs. Colorado grass, our movie-based baseball infielders, Mike's trip to Minnesota, and some recommended beverage selections.

The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting interns and the curriculum of advanced degrees. They also try out a new introduction, cover for a missing Mike, the Cubs addition, answer listener mail, faulty state brewery rankings, sports management and athletic administration degrees, unsuccessfully avoid generation generalizations, learning by doing, the problem with short internships and shadowing, Ryan foolishly figures out his hourly wage, Mark and Ryan have two very different interpretations of a fan suggestion but place the blame on our attempt to set rules.