I was a head coach for 20 years. We won a lot of games. But I'll tell you exactly what made our state tournament teams different. It wasn’t our best player. [THREAD] 🧵

Every player I ever coached was asking me the same 3 questions. They never said them out loud. It didn't matter what the lineup looked like. It didn't matter what the scoreboard said. They just needed to know 3 things. And every leader, every coach, every parent is being asked the same ones. Here they are. Question #1: Can I trust you? Trust isn't given. It's earned. You earn it through transparency and honesty not when things are going well, but when things are hard. How I built it: • Do what you say you're going to do • Tell them what they need to hear, not what they want to hear • Show up the same way whether you're winning or losing You lose trust fast. You build it slow. Question #2: Can you make me better? This one is on you as a leader. They're not just asking about their swing or their stats. They're asking: do you see me clearly enough to help me grow? Question #3: Do you care about me? This is the most important one. And you can't fake it. You can't lead anybody if they don't believe you care about them beyond what they produce on the field. Three questions. No stat tracks them. But they determine everything.

What a moment when @mattfurtado33 started his first collegiate game and hit a 💣 for his first hit. So proud of his work ethic, determination and the way he plays the game. Dream it, Wish it, Do it! ⭐️ Go Fightin’ Engineers 🐘

All things considered, Nick Dorning. Hands down.

The Geno/Jim Day reunion 🫶

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Glad we got all of these conference champions in the playoff…

“Those guys are really good guys.” The Northern Kentucky Baseball Coaches Association steps up to lift a man's spirits during a tough time. linknky.com/sports/baseball/…

Being a high school multi-sport athlete should be encouraged, not discouraged. As a varsity coach, I support players competing in other sports. The problem isn’t multi-sport participation—it’s coaches expecting year-round priority. That’s control, not development.

It's beginning to look a lot like Redsmas Day 7! 🎁 Repost this for a chance to win a Reds HOF MVP Membership and a Great Eight Statue Set! Enter by 12/8 at 1 PM ET. Rules ➡️ atmlb.com/2GALeNF

Build the statue

Anthony Coppola, Ryle HS. George Washington commit. Last session before 🏀 season (@ACoppola2026)

RT @JacobTamme: Mark Stoops reset the culture of Kentucky football. He brought toughness, physicality, and grit at a time when the program…

HS Baseball Players Here's my 1 month challenge for YOU, good luck💪 1) Run a mile a day 2) Only drink water 3) Create a ⚾️ journal 4) Put the video games ⬇️ 5) Practice 1 hour a day 6) Strength train 4 days a week 7) Read the Mental ABCs of ⚾️ 8) Tell your parents, thank you, daily

By popular demand here is the Bengals defense with the Benny Hill theme song courtesy of @BengalScoutJoel

And he’s 1-3 because of the defense

“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops. Today, November 2, a Sunday of rain and broken branches and leaf-clogged drains and slick streets, it stopped, and summer was gone.” - A. Bartlett Giamatti (with a small change from October to November)

What’s one game you’re positive wasn’t rigged by the mob or Terry Rozier? I’ll go first: That ass whopping Ryan Day & OSU put on the Vols in the play. Definitely not rigged.

🚨 BREAKING: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) says as soon as Kamala Harris called President Trump a "fascist" - "I KNEW we LOST THE PLOT." "This extreme rhetoric makes it easier for these extreme actions, like what happened to Charlie Kirk. And now they can't allow people to GRIEVE?!" "I LOVE a lot of people that voted for the president. They aren't fascists, Nazis, trying to destroy the constitution. They just have different priorities and love our country. I refuse to do those things." "We're forgetting that we need each other." "Comparing people to Hitler and those things - if that's what's required to win, then I REFUSE to."

By far the coolest sports moment I’ve ever been present for.