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Cultivating a Strong Head Coach-Assistant Relationship · A Quick Timeout

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  Welcome back to the next installment of The Next Move presented
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  by QuickTimeout and
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  SPEAKER_00: Coach Portal,
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  the job search
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  they deserve.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today,
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  a topic that may not immediately come to mind when thinking
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  about the next career
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  SPEAKER_00: move,
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  SPEAKER_00: but one that is obviously important,
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  and that is building a strong foundation and a strong
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  relationship with your head
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  SPEAKER_00: coach.
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  SPEAKER_00: One of the best coaching duos I know is the staff at Emanuel College,
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  SPEAKER_00: led by Coach TJ Rosene and Associate Head Coach Graham Maxwell.
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  SPEAKER_00: They've won multiple championships,
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  SPEAKER_00: and since moving to NCAA D2,
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  SPEAKER_00: they've won a conference championship,
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  SPEAKER_00: maybe two,
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  SPEAKER_00: and made appearances at the national tournament.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not only are they great coaches,
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  SPEAKER_00: but they're great people,
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  SPEAKER_00: and today we're honored to have back on the show Coach Maxwell.
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  SPEAKER_00: Coach, thanks for coming back on.
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  SPEAKER_01: Man, Coach, I appreciate it, man.
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  SPEAKER_01: Thanks for having me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to ask for the secret sauce right off the bat.
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  What do you feel like are some of those foundational elements
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  that you found to
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  SPEAKER_00: contribute to not just a healthy relationship between the two of you,
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  SPEAKER_00: but also a productive relationship?
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  SPEAKER_01: I think it starts on both parties.
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  SPEAKER_01: So like the head coach and the assistant coach,
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  SPEAKER_01: I think first off,
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  SPEAKER_01: it starts with the head coach.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think you get this question a lot.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think head coaches should probably lean into this, too.
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  SPEAKER_01: But I think the question is, like, are you a leader worth following?
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  You know,
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  and if you're not,
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  how do you become that leader worth following?
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  SPEAKER_01: Because I'll say this forever.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know,
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  TJ Rosine is a leader worth following and it makes it a lot
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  easier to follow
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  SPEAKER_01: somebody and work for somebody when they really care about you.
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  And,
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  you know,
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  they are that leader worth following in every every way,
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  shape or form.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you both just have to be able to lead yourselves.
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  SPEAKER_01: And a part of that, you have to understand each other as well, too.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like, I know I know what I am good at and TJ knows what he's good at.
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  SPEAKER_01: Can I like kind of fill in the cracks?
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  I guess you can say where TJ might not be great at or where he
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  doesn't want to be great.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  Because this time and attention and energy needs to go to other
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  places like can I
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  SPEAKER_01: fill in and step in there?
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  SPEAKER_01: And then also I'm not great at everything.
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  And so can TJ also fill in the areas and weaknesses or just
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  growth opportunities
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  SPEAKER_01: that I have that maybe he might need to step in and fill in those areas.
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  And so just being able to to cover for each other and also
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  enhance those areas that
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  SPEAKER_01: were not great,
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  but also put us in positions and roles where Graham's really
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  good at this.
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  SPEAKER_01: So let's get him to do more of this or TJ is really good at this.
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  SPEAKER_01: So let's get him to focus in.
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  on that but i think it all starts with that question like as
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  the head coach like
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  are you a leader worth following as you look back on your
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  career and then you've
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  also had multiple guys come through be on that staff and then
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  go out and do some
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  really great things things to proactively demonstrate your
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  value and then also to
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  SPEAKER_00: build trust with that head coach
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
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  And it starts with what exactly like providing clarity,
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  I think,
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  from a head coach.
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  SPEAKER_01: So so much of this, I do believe, is on the head coach.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now,
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  SPEAKER_01: a lot of this is on the assistant,
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  SPEAKER_01: but obviously the head coach,
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  SPEAKER_01: they it starts and stops with them.
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  SPEAKER_01: I really believe that.
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  But they the head coach has to provide like what a win looks
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  like in a win just
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  SPEAKER_01: means like clarity.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because so many times coaches will want,
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  SPEAKER_01: well,
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  I want somebody that's really good and they just kind of leave
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  it open-ended.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like I want you to be good at anything, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: But as assistants, like we need clarity.
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  And if I have clarity and if other assistants have clarity on
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  what a win looks like
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  SPEAKER_01: or what their expectations are,
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  SPEAKER_01: then that is,
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  SPEAKER_01: I think that goes a long way.
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  And I feel like that should be understood,
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  but I actually don't always believe it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  Like that communication pieces is so big and just providing
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  that clarity and and
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  SPEAKER_01: clarity is is huge.
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  SPEAKER_01: But you have to provide that.
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  SPEAKER_01: What does a win look like?
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  And a win meaning a whether that's in scouting reports,
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  whether that's in player development.
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  as a head coach like it's your program now can you give
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  assistance leeway and
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  freedom to be able to do some things inside of that for sure
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  but you know if you
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  have expectations as a coach as a head coach and how you want
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  your program to be
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  run then i would say you give those expectations you give those
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  things to your
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  assistants and they'll be able to fill in those roles or those
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  areas that would fit
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  SPEAKER_01: what you want best
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  SPEAKER_00: You just mentioned communication.
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  And one of the things that is always interesting to me is that
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  dynamic between the
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  head coach and assistants in the moments when they may not
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  necessarily agree with
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  SPEAKER_00: things.
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  SPEAKER_00: How have you handled that?
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  And how have you seen others either handle that well or maybe
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  not handle that so well?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, man, that's a really good one.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I've been an assistant here for TJ for 13 years, and I played for TJ.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so I would say the first five or six years,
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  SPEAKER_01: honestly,
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  this is probably something I still work through or struggle
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  with whenever you get
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  SPEAKER_01: TJ back on here.
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  uh maybe he'll disagree with me on this and that's okay but i
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  feel like that's
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  something i i still have to work through but i i am so i played
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  for him and so as a
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  player i was one of these guys that always just thought like
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  everything he said was
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  like the gospel right like this is the truth and i had to work
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  through that as an
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  assistant because i never like gave pushback even if maybe some
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  of the ideas
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  weren't the best ideas like looking back i was like oh man this
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  is awesome like
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  SPEAKER_01: yeah incredible idea
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  SPEAKER_01: And it didn't work out.
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  SPEAKER_01: I was like, oh, that's their fault.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's not your fault.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, so I had to I had to work through that.
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  SPEAKER_01: But these conversations have to be behind be behind like closed doors.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I know we hear that a lot, but it is so true.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like me and TJ won't always agree.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, we won't agree on recruiting.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, right now we won't agree on our style of play all the time.
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  SPEAKER_01: But TJ didn't bring me on staff.
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  And head coaches don't bring their assistants on staff to just
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  be yes men or yes
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  SPEAKER_01: women or just to have someone they agree with.
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  SPEAKER_01: They need people to be able to poke holes and things.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we have to be a sounding board.
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  And so the best thing to do is that you just speak with truth,
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  love and transparency.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's our expectation in our program of how to communicate.
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  We speak to each other with truth,
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  but there has to be love behind it as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: If I'm only given truth and there's no love, then
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  SPEAKER_01: That's not that's not a healthy relationship.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm just trying to get my point across.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so behind closed doors,
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  SPEAKER_01: even when we disagree,
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  SPEAKER_01: like there has to be that transparency factor,
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  SPEAKER_01: but it's got to be done with love.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now,
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  SPEAKER_01: if I'm disagreeing with something TJ may say,
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  SPEAKER_01: then and we come to an agreement,
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  SPEAKER_01: TJ is like,
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  SPEAKER_01: I really feel passionate about this.
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  SPEAKER_01: Then I trust him.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, I have to he's not actively trying to lose games.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know,
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  SPEAKER_01: I think sometimes people may disagree because they're like,
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  SPEAKER_01: well,
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  SPEAKER_01: they're trying like I'm not sure who does that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like no one wants to lose games.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so I have to just say like,
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  SPEAKER_01: well,
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  SPEAKER_01: he's doing the best he can with the knowledge or information that he has.
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  SPEAKER_01: And that's how I have to approach it.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so outwardly in front of everyone, man, I got his back.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, I got it.
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  SPEAKER_01: We say this all the time in our program, you know, like.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, it's not about you.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we say this joke all the time.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's like I got over myself a long time ago.
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  SPEAKER_01: If I'm still thinking so highly of myself in front of everyone,
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  SPEAKER_01: then I'm not a very good assistant.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's OK to disagree behind closed doors,
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  but it's got to be done with truth and love and that
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  transparency and then
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  SPEAKER_01: outwardly in front of everyone.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like, no, we made this decision as a staff, not a man.
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  SPEAKER_01: Our coach does this.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't agree.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like you're going to have a broken culture if that's coming from the top.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is an audio podcast, so people can't see it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But I think the outwardly is even something that you just did,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is the facial expressions and the body language.
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  I think that sometimes coaches don't necessarily think about it
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  or what their face
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  SPEAKER_00: is communicating to the players out there on the court.
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  But you can't have your head coach say something and then you
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  roll your eyes or
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  make an offhanded comment or even show it on your face or with
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  your body that you
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  SPEAKER_00: don't agree with him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that probably speaks,
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  SPEAKER_00: I think that speaks to like a bigger piece,
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  which is just the loyalty component of it that which you
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  haven't mentioned yet.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if you're not loyal to your head coach,
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  SPEAKER_00: there's going to be a problem like you said,
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  SPEAKER_00: not just for your immediate culture,
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  SPEAKER_00: but also for your future potential job opportunities.
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  There's no head coach out there that's going to give you a
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  great recommendation if
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  SPEAKER_00: you're not loyal.
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  And this is just I think one of those like small ways that you
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  can you can show that.
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  SPEAKER_01: No doubt.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I agree.
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  SPEAKER_00: Talking a little bit more about straining the relationship potentially,
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  but some other things that maybe can come to mind that people
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  should avoid or
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  assistants should avoid when it comes to either outright things
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  that could strain
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  SPEAKER_00: the relationship or maybe even like misunderstandings.
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  SPEAKER_01: I've thought about this for a while and I actually have...
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  A list of things here that might that might help out because I
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  am actually very
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  SPEAKER_01: passionate about helping out other assistants and like,
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  SPEAKER_01: hey,
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  SPEAKER_01: how can you like just be the best version of yourself?
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  SPEAKER_01: Because it's hard.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's not many things out there on the second seat over.
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  SPEAKER_01: Right.
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  SPEAKER_01: That first seat over like for assistance.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is hard at times to be a head coach, but also it's really hard.
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  to be an assistant so i think to answer that question there's
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  like a couple things
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  that should be like no-brainers but like how can things that
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  could potentially
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  strain the relationship and a lot of it is like how you show up
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  for even little
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  SPEAKER_01: things is like practice
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  SPEAKER_01: But I'll give I'll give one quick example.
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  SPEAKER_01: My first year, I think it was my first or second year into coaching.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, my coach or TJ just gave an idea.
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  SPEAKER_01: He's like, man, we need our players to be more flexible.
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  SPEAKER_01: And he may have even been talking about our best players, guys like.
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  an all-american at the naia level and and i was thinking like
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  okay he wants him to
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  be more flexible so i did this youtube research of course that
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  was the only thing i
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  knew what to do and before practice i'm stretching him out like
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  30 minutes before
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  practice come to find out like i heard him like he got hurt and
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  so we ended in he
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  did play the next game like we had a game the next day it was
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  the last game of the
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  SPEAKER_01: season the biggest game of the year but
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  SPEAKER_01: He was hurt like he couldn't play that much and it was my fault.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I just I didn't.
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  SPEAKER_01: I just thought I was trying to do the best I could.
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  Like I was trying to run with something,
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  but I didn't have the correct information.
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  SPEAKER_01: I didn't know.
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  actually how to go about it and so that really hurt him and
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  hurt our team now I
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  SPEAKER_01: think we ended up being fine and like winning a bunch of games after that
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  thankfully otherwise I wouldn't have a job still probably but
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  it is good to like
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  take some information and then kind of run with it but also you
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  have to you got to
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  know your stuff and if you don't know your stuff and you're
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  just kind of throwing
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  SPEAKER_01: things at a wall then that could be
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  SPEAKER_01: That could be problematic.
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  But I want to share a couple of things here really just for for
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  coaches and just
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  SPEAKER_01: kind of being surprised.
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  SPEAKER_01: These are things I've seen when I go to practices.
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  SPEAKER_01: These are and this isn't just, you know, college.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is every level.
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  SPEAKER_01: But just showing up for practice.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like I think these are things to like avoid is or do or avoid.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the first thing is, I think assistants should show up with a whistle.
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  And that just kind of goes like being prepared,
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  like it seems like an easy one.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, different programs, maybe assistants don't need that.
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  But yeah,
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  show up with a whistle,
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  like be prepared to be ready to do whatever.
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  SPEAKER_01: A lot of times assistants,
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  SPEAKER_01: like their body language in practice,
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  SPEAKER_01: like you just alluded to,
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  SPEAKER_01: was like,
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm disinterested and I don't want to be here.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like players, they read all of those things.
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  SPEAKER_01: This might be like a simple one,
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  SPEAKER_01: but you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: like have actual like shoes on,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: like ready to do things versus like slides or like,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  if you're like showing up and you're like more worried about
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  being comfortable than
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  SPEAKER_01: like,
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  actually jumping in there and impacting I think that could
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  cause a rub as well and
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  this I mean maybe I see people do this as well too but checking
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  their phone or like
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  on their phone like in meetings or practices where it's like
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  what I have going on
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  is like more important we already talked about this one like
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  backing the coach like
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  if you don't back the coach I think that's a that's a big one
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  kind of like a no-no
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  SPEAKER_01: Knowing what's going to go on.
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  SPEAKER_01: So like the practice plan, you know, what do we want to get out of today?
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  Like knowing what that is and like being very sure of what what
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  does how can I
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  SPEAKER_01: carry out my job the best today?
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  SPEAKER_01: And like knowing the plan, how can I be successful?
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  SPEAKER_01: Another one is like showing up on time.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think this one probably rubs the head coaches wrong.
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  SPEAKER_01: Maybe I don't know about the most, but it's up there.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know,
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  SPEAKER_01: if like assistants are always like they're always that,
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  SPEAKER_01: hey,
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm not going to be there on time or I'm not going to.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now things come up.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, I get that.
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  But like timeliness is it shows everyone else how much you
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  actually care and then
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  SPEAKER_01: not not like throwing everyone else under the bus.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so.
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  SPEAKER_01: I see this happen all the time with coaches as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: Hey,
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  SPEAKER_01: you're kind of like you're you're pegged in between two players like,
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  SPEAKER_01: yeah,
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  SPEAKER_01: so and so they don't pass you the ball.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's all right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Go get yours.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like you're kind of undercutting the culture.
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  And I think all of these things fit under the umbrella of like
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  as an assistant.
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  I'll put it to this like your your job really is to be the
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  culture keeper of your program.
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  And those things take away from the culture and they don't add
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  to the culture.
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  SPEAKER_01: And those are like some tangible things to do or not to do.
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  But that at the end of the day,
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  man,
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  like our job is to be the culture keeper.
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  SPEAKER_00: of our entire program last time you were on here you gave some other
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  characteristics of an assistant coach and if people didn't hear
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  that i'll uh link
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  that down below so they can click on that episode that was a
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  good one too beyond
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  the on-court duties how do you feel like an assistant can
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  support their head coach
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  whether that's you know recruiting player development team
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  culture what are some
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  SPEAKER_00: maybe some practical things that assistants can do to be a help
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I also think this depends on the level.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like, you know, some levels recruiting might not be a thing.
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  Obviously,
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  for this level,
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  recruiting is a big thing on how we can support the head coach.
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  I always believe as an assistant,
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  you should be really good at player development.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, really good doesn't mean you actually have to be really good.
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  SPEAKER_01: I just think you have to care about it.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, when I was, I'm still, I like to think I'm a young guy.
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  SPEAKER_01: I don't really know, but maybe I am, maybe I'm not.
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  SPEAKER_01: But my first couple of years coaching, I didn't know what else to do.
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  SPEAKER_01: So I took pride in like being the best rebounder in the country,
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  SPEAKER_01: meaning I just,
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  SPEAKER_01: you know,
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  SPEAKER_01: 30 minutes,
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  SPEAKER_01: 45 minutes before every practice,
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  SPEAKER_01: I just focused in on rebounding for our players.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, that was my way of like adding to the program.
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  So you have to the all the head coaches schemes and plays and
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  defenses look better
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  SPEAKER_01: when your players are better.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so as an assistant,
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  SPEAKER_01: that's a great way to add value to your coaches,
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  SPEAKER_01: just be really good at player development.
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  And there's so many other things like taking paperwork off off
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  their plate or
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  SPEAKER_01: whatever all that looks like.
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  SPEAKER_01: As long as you're you just want your head coach.
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  SPEAKER_01: I learned this from a mentor of mine that I worked here, Derek Mason.
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  SPEAKER_01: He's a Hebrew Christian now here.
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  SPEAKER_01: But he told me,
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  SPEAKER_01: he's like,
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  our job as assistants is to make sure our head coach can just
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  focus on basketball.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so whatever that looks like, the role, I think that's a good one.
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  SPEAKER_01: But this one does get forgotten.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I'll name drop again here,
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  SPEAKER_01: but one of my really good friends,
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  SPEAKER_01: Jonathan Maddox,
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  SPEAKER_01: he's now the head coach at Moorhead State.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, he played at Emmanuel.
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  SPEAKER_01: We coached together.
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  SPEAKER_01: I learned so much from Maddox.
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  SPEAKER_01: over the years,
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  SPEAKER_01: but I called him several years ago and I was like,
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  SPEAKER_01: hey,
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  SPEAKER_01: I want to be a better assistant.
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  SPEAKER_01: Like, what can I do?
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  SPEAKER_01: What are some things you think a really good assistant does?
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  And he thought for a little bit and he said,
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  you know,
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  I think people miss this one.
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  SPEAKER_01: He said, your job as an assistant is to help your head coach win games.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I think we get so enamored with all these other things,
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  SPEAKER_01: but no,
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  SPEAKER_01: we're supposed to help them win basketball games.
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  SPEAKER_01: Does that mean more film?
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  SPEAKER_01: Does that mean coming up with something that we're not even looking at,
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  SPEAKER_01: like charting offensive rebounds or defensive deflect,
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  SPEAKER_01: whatever it is,
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  SPEAKER_01: and bring that to them?
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  I think that is a big one that gets forgotten is we just do
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  whatever we can to help
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  SPEAKER_01: them win basketball games.
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  SPEAKER_00: As usual, awesome stuff.
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  I'm going to put several links down in the description so those
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• 16:42
  SPEAKER_00: Coach, I appreciate you making some time for us today.
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  SPEAKER_01: Appreciate it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll talk again next time on a quick timeout.