-Is the player '6'4 period' or 6'4 AND'
-Scouting for what matters vs. what doesn't
-Having the courage to be 'contrarian and right'
-Our bias to 'scout what we can see' (linear)
-Negativity Bias (we focus on what they can't do instead of what they can
-The edge is in the non-linear aspects
- A quote from Owen Eastwood's book
- It's undervalued because you can't see it and it's difficult to measure
-Start with Belonging
-Florida Panthers and Western Michigan players post-championship, "This is the closest team I've ever played for."
Topics
-The downsides of systems (longer feedback loop, fragile)
-Principles teach the why both implicitly and explicitly
-The use case for inverted offensive games to focus attention and intention
-Examples of teaching OZP and entry using constraints and incentives
We connect the common thread between both of our philosophies, talk 'Power' and 'play' culture
Mikhail talks about his coaching philosophy
-Ownership
-Compete and Growth Mindsets
-Embodied Culture as a Leader
-Player relationships are more about ‘who you are’ not ‘what you do’
-Being available, making space for conversations to take place and acting on those affordances
-Organic vs. Forced Interactions w/ Players
Topics:
-Tua talks about the 2 HCs he's played for and the differences between Power vs. Force Coaches
-Why knowing a player's mental training age is as important as the physical training age
-Different ideas and ways to unlock potential
-How to identify 'sleeping giant' players
Link to Tua video: https://youtube.com/shorts/6FozH5KXmn8?si=PWPI2C15jPtjVPjq
Topics Include:
-Dusty May's critical point with Michigan Basketball
-What button Joe Maddon pushed when taking over the Cubs
-When culture is really needed and what it's for
-Mike McDaniel: "I can't wait to go on our first 3-game losing streak"
-How a lack of range creates a smaller inventory of possible solutions
Articles: https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/in-powered-coach-dusty-may
https://coachingidaho.substack.com/p/takeaways-from-dusty-may?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5546921/2024/06/07/dusty-may-michigan-basketball-roster/
The Pivot Pod with McDaniel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXxYQj5S0M
Topics Include:
-A quote on growth and fixed mindsets
-Everyone is always right because the truth is perceptual
-How environments limit or unlock players (ie. Josh Ho-Sang and Pierre-Luc Dubois)
-Looking at who players have played for and why there's edge there -How Anthony Noreen increases his confidence interval with his hiring process
Topics Discussed:
-Paradox of what we think matters to results (hard skills) and what actually matters to results (soft skills)
-Understanding where the critical point is within your team. Where you can exert the least amount of effort for the most change
-A personal story where ownership was identified as the critical point within a college hockey team
Topics Include:
-The application of that to getting coaching jobs or not
-Trust and honesty in recruiting
-A thought to open source each GM's confidence interval for draft picks
-Random recruiting stories and other topics
Topics:
-The Henry Ford Razor
-With enough space, character reveals itself
-The difference between do-ing and be-ing
-Examples of Level 1 Coaches w/ high character: Warsofsky and Muse
-Being who you are is the best way to find your true fit
Article: https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/4-lessons-from-sineks-coffee-cups?utm_source=publication-search
Topics:
-Why 'what got you here won't get you there' is bad advice for a Level 1 Coach
-Ryan Warsofsky and Joe Mazzulla lean into 'personal edge'
-Why Level 1 Coaches should be 'perceptually' more attractive than central casting coaches but aren't
-Brian Kight's 10,80,10 principle and how it can give you an edge to fish in a different pond in recruiting people or players
Topics:
-Naurato's quote about not matching lines and why dictating is better than reacting
-Getting out of your players' way as a coach
-Getting out of your way as a coach
-How mental weakness creates physical weakness
-What you think about is what you bring about
-A filter question to ask yourself before speaking to a player
Topics:
-A quote from Michigan Hockey HC, Brandon Naurato to begin the discussion
-Dusty May's hypothetical question: Would you rather make it to the Final 4 10 years in a row and not win the championship or win in once and never go back again?
-It isn't working or it isn't working 'YET'
-How to know if you have a Power or Force Coach based on win percentage trajectory
-T.J. Manastersky's mental model or Smoothie vs. Steak for making changes to team play
Topics Discussed:
-The LA Kings best players speaking public on their lack of interest playing a system
-How not giving players self-determination principles of autonomy and relatedness can lead to division between coaches and players
-How the best forecheck is one the players want to do
-The Barry Sanders Razor: Assume players are closer to quitting on you than you think they are
(Article Link:https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/the-barry-sanders-razor)
Topics:
-Buffalo Sabres recent firing of Power Coach Granato for Force Coach Ruff
-Infinite vs. Finite Mindsets
-Letting 'The Process' Compound
-Fear and it's nature
-Chicago Steel, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, and other Infinite organization talk
Topics Covered:
-Hunter Charneski's 'Personal Inventory' and it's application to coaching choices
-What is important and what is not and valuing those things
-How big rocks have longer feedback loops which is why we love focusing on the cookie bags (small things)
- Personal stories and tactics Mikhail has used in his current position
-Sam Hinkie, Simon Sinek, Greg Powers, Detroit Red Wings and the Infinite Game
Link to Hunter's Video Teaching on Personal Inventory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRtAgddvFOk
Catch Part 1 of this convo here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/02pMSzKTnyBPm62EKV6PK6
Topics Covered:
-Intro to Power Laws
-How they apply to players, coaches, and teams
-The Podcast Razor
-Insecurity vs. Security
-How 2 D1 coaches model this razor
Links:
Morey Pod: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cSWAVJ5VehOBFrMrwGcjw
Power Laws: https://medium.com/@quantvc/power-laws-in-venture-capital-why-the-long-tail-matters-22e057c6fa34
Topics Discussed:
-Why certain industries attract certain archetypes
-Why coaching attracts the uncoachable even though every coach will say they are
-Pride vs. Humility
-What a displacement behavior is and why coaches should become aware of it
-Each player has a perceptual reality and you have to live in theirs, not yours as a leader
-Why "driving 100 miles and hour" as a coach creates problems addressing the 'real problems'
-Power Laws: Everyone says they are coachable but we can't all be... because the math doesn't math on that
Topics-
-Judging people on a page in their massive story book
-Learning regardless of 'liking' a person
-Antithesis Principle
-Mike Babcock Columbus situation takeaways you won't hear most places
-Coaches being self-promoting is seen as 'bad'
People to dive in on
Article Referenced:
https://drewcarlsonhp.substack.com/p/a-thought-experiment-featuring-deion