I get asked frequently from people I know or strangers online what it’s like producing content. There are flickers of dreams out there hoping to get ignited. I have the inability to ignore a question or help someone who asks. I take hour long phone calls with people from across the country, respond to as many DMs as I can, and try to remember to go back and check in on previous conversations. This is the summary of what I share about why this particularly evasive dream of thousands of people is so darn hard.

Week 1 of the NFL season did not disappoint. I’ve watched more football than I’d care to admit this weekend. With that comes an influx of different thoughts. One of them… Who does each of these football stars remind me of? More specifically, let’s narrow it down to one field. Which NBA player, past or present, do these NFL players remind me of?

Staff picks for the NFL season. Super Bowl, MVP, OPOY, DPOY, Riser, Faller, and Fantasy MVP.

I know there are dozens of fantasy football experts out there you could go to rather than me. But I have a website and tons of fantasy football thoughts so I’m putting them here. I’d like to say I’m in the upper echelon of fantasy football players. My personal accolades involve zero losing records in 20 years of playing, somewhere around 8-ish championships, and playing in every kind of league. With drafts coming up in the next two days, here are my tips, hot takes, and sleepers for this season.

I have bad news for you, then I’ll follow it up with some good news. The bad news: You’ll never be fully understood by people. Won’t happen. Humans weren’t designed to be able to see your inner workings. People will never be able to understand my nature. It’ll always be considered discontent, bored, critical, not serious, insensitive or overly wishful. I don’t know what your thing is. I don’t know where you feel unseen. I know there’s somewhere that you do. If you’re married or dating, at some point this week you probably asked to be understood about an interaction you had.

After almost a year of basketball centric discussions on my podcast, 11 years of coaching basketball, and 6 years of playing competitive basketball; I have gathered and processed a significant amount of information on basketball development. As a society we seem to be at an impasse. That brings me to my purpose in writing this article. I’ve asked a few guests on my podcast this, and have often thought about it myself. “If you were named the Youth Basketball Czar for a day, what changes would you make?”

I reached out to rising star coaches, in hopes of being able to have myself, and others, learn from them. These three wonderful human beings responded and gave incredible insight. A young gun football coach, a college assistant coach, and a vet with tons of experience.

Most of my life was wasted by comparing my situation to everyone else’s. After a lot of Bible reading, wise counsel, hard experiences, and simple maturing, I was finally able to utter a life-changing phrase: Life’s not fair, and that’s OK.

I used to wonder if God had a hand in the wins. Did he choose for my team to win those playoff games? At times it sure did seem like it. Then I settled on, there’s no way. Now, as a I look back and really think about it. I think so. Not because he wanted me to win. But because he knew that there was a much bigger plan for me. It was going to be bringing a message of salvation to coaches across the country. Do you know what’s helpful for that? Influence. And being successful definitely helps your influence. I’m not sure anyone would listen to me if I was a terrible coach. So is it possible God was creating favor for the future interactions I’d have? Definitely, I believe so.

I’ve worked with teens going on 10 years now. A major passion of mine is bridging the generational gap between the younger and older generations. There are differences in preferences, lifestyles, and hobbies. One thing stands true in almost any generational tension, misunderstanding. We’ve all heard it. Younger people saying the older people are stubborn and over-critical. Older people saying the younger people are lazy and sensitive. The issue is that these people are simply not doing two important things.

I get asked a lot by younger coaches what they should do to “break in” to the industry. My answer every time is that they need to start building connections. Coaches at any level who are emerging into the field should focus on this immediately.

Coaching is really hard. That’s not to discourage you, as hard can be fun. Just like anything in life, the output can’t be greater than the input. Before you get into the job you need to know what you’re in for. There are “have-tos” and then there are “get-tos”. If you’re on the side of “get-tos” then you’re off to a good start.

The Top 5 Things I’ve Learned About Fatherhood.

You have seen personality assessments before, but none for coaching. In this blog is the break down the different type of coach archetypes.

Authoritarian. Delegator. Players’ Coach. Hype Man. Steady Eddy.