(Defensive Pointers)1)Alignment,Assignment,Execution,2)Be tougher than your opponent,3)Understand opponents offense,4)Stop Best Player,5)Stop best play,6)Win short ydg & GL,7)Be Disruptive(Turnovers&Negative Plays),8)No free gifts(long plays),9)Always Hustle

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If you want to observe a well organized classroom then go observe a well organized ‘football practice’! Discipline, structure, no wasted time & teaching at all positions! Teaching is critical in the success of coaches, players & the team!

Lisa & I under a shade tree with good breeze at the ballpark watching grandsons play ball! Awesome way to spend Father’s Day! Get to go coach MS football tomorrow! Tell them I’ll treat them as my grandsons (discipline, structure, Love um up)! Blessed Life!

Life’s about relationships with people (good/bad). People we associate with (good/bad). Who we let influence us (good/bad). Who we listen to(good/bad). Choices We make(good/bad). People influence Choices(good/bad). Choices influence People (good/bad). Choose wisely(good not bad)

You know it seems most people don’t know what they don’t know and that leads to lots of problems! It also seems that people who know what they don’t know avoid lots of problems! Bottom line ‘Know It All’s’ don’t ‘Know It All’! Learn to ‘Know what you Know’!

Enjoy what you’re doing while you’re doing it! Play and work with the ‘Enthusiasm of a Kid’ and the mindset of a pro!

Play with the ‘ENTHUSIASM of a KID’ and the ‘Mindset of a Pro’!

Teach and preach fundamentals everyday! Don’t get so caught up in your opponent’s scheme that you ‘Slack Up’ on your team’s fundamentals! A poor blocking & tackling team (etc.) is a poor team!

‘Things a (Cowboy) taught me’ 1) Choose your friends wisely 2) Listen More, Talk Less 3) Don’t do stupid stuff 4) Keep mind-body active 5) Look around, be aware

Reminders to Me: 1) Choose friends wisely, 2) Don’t do stupid stuff, 3) Listen more/Talk less, 4) Look around/Be aware, 5) Keep learning, 6) Be understanding, generous & kind when needed, 7) Be stern and forceful when needed, 8) Never Lie, 9) Active mind/body

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I Thank the Lord for my family and coaches who were put in my life as a kid growing up to tell me ‘What I needed to hear and not What I wanted to hear!’ I didn’t grow up ‘Soft’ and I am now so ‘Grateful’ for it!

Just because you don’t know how doesn’t mean you can’t learn how!

Failure will either Defeat or Inspire you! Don’t ‘Give up or Give in’! Get over it, Get up & Try again! (Our Choice) Get up or Give up!

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Seems to me ‘Good ideas with Bad plans = Bad results/Good ideas with Good plans = Good results. Do what your players do best! Systems work when your players can work them! Find the ‘Right Fit’! Seems common sense/Is it?

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