The Object Of This Game

Don Coryell:  "The object of this game is to break your opponent's will as quickly as possible."

I Believe In You

In all forms of leadership, whether you are a coach, a CEO, or a parent, there are four words that, when said, can bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family.

“I believe in you.”  Mike Krzyzewski

 

Daily Thought - Bob Knight

"Coaching is a great balance between demand and patience. The coaches who are demanding -- constantly demanding -- are not particularly good coaches. The coaches who are extremely patient are not particularly good coaches. There's a balance between the two that I think is really important. Patience allows for development; demand brings about development at a rate that you have to have.“  Bob Knight

Difference Between Good Player and Great Player

"To be a good player on your team, you have to affect someone else on the team. You have to cause them to play better by the way you play. You affect other players with character and attitude. To be a great player, you have to affect your entire unit. If you are a great player, every player on that unit plays better when you are on the field."  Nick Saban

Daily Thought - Roy Williams

During practices I want to show my team everything that they an possibly be exposed to in a game and what to do against it.  I try no to do anything that doesn’t correlate directly to our next opponent.  I kid Jerod Haase all the time about how he and his former high school basketball coach used to run basketball camps and start out with a figure-eight drill.  I told him, “Why would you practice the figure eight?  That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.  You don’t do that in a game, do you?”
Roy  Williams, Hard Work

Daily Thought - Jack Welch

“You are not a leader to win a popularity contest - you are a leader to lead.”

 Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric

Daily Thought - Tom Moore

Someone asked the Colts great Offensive Coordinator Tom Moore if he was going to install any new plays for the playoffs.  He said, Hell No, if he such good plays for the playoffs he would have installed them during training camp.

Qualities of an Elite Coach

Qualities of an Elite Coach

Chris Petersen – Boise State

Integrity - Behaviors are choices.
         Honesty - Free from Deception

Humility - No sense of entitlement

Respect - Treating all people like they are important

Courage - Follow your conscience, not the crowd

Patience - Show self-control

Forgiveness - Let go of resentment

Commitment – Stick with your choice

Quest for Constant Improvement - Always try to find a better way. Have a passion for football, and for recruiting.

Positive & Enthusiastic - Bring people "Up." Have a sense of humor.

A Great Teacher - Become an expert in fundamentals and details. Be prepared, clear and concise.

Poised - Control your temper when frustrated. Be consistent.

Be Demanding - Hold people accountable, and be composed doing it.

Self-Starter - Be low maintenance. A head coach loves a guy who is one step ahead. High output.

Work Ethic - Grinder, but work smarter, not harder.

Organized - Simplify. Meeting room, office area is clean and functional.

Leader - Vision for your group. Be a role model.

Boise State Program Objectives

Become the Best Version – of ourselves, our program.

Add Value – to our players lives, help them become a better person.

Teamwork

Have Fun

Win

Building A Successful Program

7 Elements Important To Building A Successful Program

Bob Stoops

1.ESTABLISH TRUST – Players have to trust and believe in one another.  You have to find different ways to get the players close.  When I first got to Oklahoma, if we had eight players in the dining hall, we would have them sitting at seven different tables.  Now, you walk in our training table and you will see eight players at a table that only seats six people.  You have to find ways to get the players to care about one another.

2.ESTABLISH DISCIPLINE – All players want to be disciplined.  The coach has to be strong enough to give it to them.  I do not believe that all players should be treated the same.  You treat them the way they deserve to be treated.

3.ESTABLISH A WORK ETHIC – You must have a good effort.  To me the best compliment you can receive is when someone tells you “Coach, it is fun to watch your team because of how hard they play.”  I value that comment more than any other.  We grade effort.  We watch the tape of the game.  After we critique the film for assignments and fundamentals, we will go back and go through it quickly to see who is playing hard and who is not playing hard.

4.BE CONSISTENT IN HOW YOU TEACH YOUR SYSTEM – We want to let players hear the same terms over and over.

5.CREATE A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT – Make sure players have fun while they work.  Talk confidently and positively to players.  Eventually they will believe you.  You want the guy that isn’t so good to think he is great.

6.ACKNOWLEDGE PERFORMANCE NOT POTENTIAL – We are going to play players that play hard and make plays.  Don’t play potential – play players!

7.BE SURE THAT PLAYERS TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF WINNING AND LOSING WITH THE COACHES  - Coaches take all the blame in the media.  I am talking about in the meeting room and one-on-one. 

Daily Thought - Kevin Eastman

Kevin Eastman, assistant coach Boston Celtics
"If your not beating your competition you better be learning from them.  What are they doing that you should/could be doing?"

Daily Thought - Geno Auriemma

“It’s about doing it in a way that it can’t be done any better.  That is the goal every day.”  Geno Auriemma