The Chris Rawle Show

In a world defined by urgency, patience can exist as both blessing and curse. Part of the championship puzzle for many teams (like the Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, and Arizona Cardinals) is trying to find a harmonious balance between patience and urgency. This extends to individual athletes like Josh Allen, Ryan Tannehill, and especially Tony Finau, whose recent victory at The Northern Trust represents the perfect case of patience rewarded.

The process of improvement in the game of golf mimics the team-building process in the world of professional sports. Both revolve around three foundational principles (constant self-assessment, identification of truth, and belief) and how they work in unison dictates the terms of improvement.

Speed is an essential component of the NFL, both on and off the field. Players running at warp speed comprise a sport where teams can jump from first to last (or vice versa) in the blink of an eye. As philosophies continue to move quickly, what is the most straightforward path to contention in 2021?

For the most part, fans and media alike subscribe to a certain mindset within the world of sports: winners win, losers lose. This raises a lot of questions about the impact one individual can have on winning a championship. Should losing always be considered failure? And is it possible for the best player ever to go championship-less?

The NBA regular season is about your strengths and the playoffs about your weaknesses. The Utah Jazz and Rudy Gobert are in the offseason, trying to bridge the gap between their league-best regular season and 6-game playoff flameout against the Clippers. What are realistic expectations for this particular Jazz roster and Gobert as one of their foundational pieces?

From 1969-2001, Nebraska had one of the most successful runs in the history of college football. Since then, not so much. How does the program balance expectations against reality, while not falling victim to past success?

Nothing is more valuable in the NFL than a quality starting QB on a rookie contract. Many NFL teams (like the Bengals, Chargers, Jaguars, and Jets) are seeking to find a balance between patience and urgency in order to maximize the financial flexibility of having a rookie under center.

There has never been a more relevant time to reflect on the past, present, and future of college football than now. As struggling blue bloods (like Tennessee, Michigan, Nebraska, Miami) try to find their way back to relevancy, successful upstart programs (like Kansas State, Virginia Tech, Boise State) try to understand their place within the sport. At its best, college football has always been a game of thrones scenario: a blend of blue bloods fighting for power versus up-and-comers eager to take their spot.

How do you establish a culture that is conducive to winning? Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche are in the process of establishing themselves as a Stanley Cup contender. As the best player on the team, MacKinnon is both a tone setter and responsible for demanding the best from himself and his teammates. What is the most effective way of maximizing the abilities of the team?

Over the last decade, college football has undergone a philosophical shift: passing wins championships. Nobody represents this transition more than Alabama, who has won 6 national championships since 2009 playing two drastically different styles of offense. Two other sports, golf and basketball, are also grappling with recent changes and whether or not those changes are positive. In the words of Bob Dylan, “The times they are a-changing.”