LEADERSHIP

Today, I read chapter 5 of John Maxwell's book "Good Leaders Ask Great Questions." I think it should be required reading for all coaches, especially head coaches. There are all kinds of great tips on how to develop as a leader. I have read most all of his books on Leadership & Attitude. This is one of his best. His tenet is that 'Leadership is Influence.' He wrote a book years ago with that title. In addition, he states, "Your ability to influence others will be the single greatest factor in your success as a leader."

Coaching Point

Sorry that I have not been posting here. I have been on my EQualizer Facebook page. I will try & re-post here as well.

So I read 'RED PLATOON' by Clinton Romesha, a Medal of Honor winner, about a battle in Afghanistan. A very good read. In the book he talked about playing platoon-on-platoon football before deployment: Brad Larson proved to be astonishingly fast. In addition, 'Whenever the QB drew back his arm to throw, Larson knew exactly where the ball was heading . . . Just by looking at the QB's eyes & angle of the QB's forearm & with his speed was able to make a beeline for that spot & destroy whoever was the target.'

Advice:

Keep this in mind when coaching your free safety next season.
Interesting what you can pickup when reading a totally unrelated football book. 

MISSION

You can't make people listen to you. You can't make them execute. You have to lead them & it's all about the mission. Question is: How can you best get your team to most effectively execute the plan in order to accomplish the mission.
EXTREME OWNERSHIP How Seal Teams Win.

What is your mission? Do 'they' know what it is? Everybody wants to win, Are you all aligned? Do you know what it truly takes to make a winner with what you have to work with, to take what everyone thinks is impossible & make it possible?

THE FOG of -

THE FOG OF WAR is real. Just ask the Tillmans. Every endeavor has a FOG to cut through. In football intelligence & feedback from the men on the field to the OCs/DCs provide the necessary intell to help the team perform better.At the end of my carrier, I went up into the pressbox too out of the rain. Things look much different up there where the field lays out in front of you. One can just call plays & defenses so much better that's the vast majority of college & Pro OCS are in the box and away from the FOG OF FOOTBALL that rages on the sidelines.

PASSION

EQuote of the Day: 04.15.2016

We should only do those things 

We can get passionate about. 

Jim Collins

Question of the Day:  

 

What can you be best in the conference, state, nation, world at?

Are you passionate about that?

Galatians 6:9

 

BRUTAL FACTS

EQuote of the Day: 04.14.2016

Leadership does not begin with vision.

It begins with getting people to confront the

Brutal Facts & to act on the implications.

Jim Collins

Question of the Day:  

 

Does your staff have their heads buried in the sand?

Galatians 6:9

 

FOCUS

EQuote of the Day: 04.13.2016

  Develop a simple unifying concept

Focusing on the few things that have the greatest impact.

Jim Collins

Question of the Day:  

 

How can you be sure their eyes are 

Seeing what they are supposed to be seeing?

Galatians 6:9