Category: sports
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Vince Lombardi – Speech 1970
SO “back in the day” (in another lifetime, in a small town in southwestern Ohio when I might have described myself as an “athlete”) a high school teacher gave me a mimeograph (“ditto sheet”) copy of a speech by Vince Lombardi. Yes, that is the “Vince Lombardi” for which the “Lombardi Trophy” is named. The…
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Talking Football – August 2023
Back when the B1G was actually 10 teams – “two yards and a cloud of dust” was sometimes used to describe the offense philosophy of most coaches in the conference. The forward pass might have been added in 1906, but to paraphrase a coach “three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two…
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Simple Fitness part 2 – the interval trainer
Google tells me that the “fitness industry” was forecast to pass $32 billion in 2022. Which means that “personal fitness” is more than a New Year’s resolution for a large number of people. Elite Athletes “Exercise Science” has become a more rigorous academic discipline than the old “physical education” catch all. My guess (100% me…
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talkin football
The NFL “divisional playoffs” were this weekend (January 22, 2023) – I thought the “better teams” all won today (Cincinnati beat Buffalo, San Francisco beat Dallas) Bengals The final score was Bengals 27 – Bills 10. To my eyes the Bengals are playing like a championship team – I’m not predicting anything, just saying that…
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Simple Fitness
“Fitness” does not need to be complicated and time consuming. The amount of exercise required to “prevent disease” is relatively small – but there are enough variables to make the subject confusing. SO I’m going to try to boil the subject down as much as possible. I will start by saying that I am NOT…
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“Leadership”, “Teaching”, and “Education”
Just some random thoughts – Starting off with a famous quote attributed to Albert Einstein – If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough Albert Einstein Leadership The Einstein quote came to mind for a “2 drink story” reason that I will not relate here. I’ve been a “student of leadership”…
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statistics vs analytics, sports in general and bowling in particular
what a title – first the youtube video demo/pitch for the “bowling analytics” product … statistics vs analytics Yes, there is a difference between “statistics” and “analytics” – maybe not a BIG difference but there is a difference. “Statistics” is about collecting and interpreting “masses of numerical data.” “Analytics” is about logical analysis – probably…
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leadership is communication, “winning”
I wrote a long post that either needs editing or deletion – but at least it served as “pre writing” for this post. status quo If you want to be precise the “status quo” is simply the “current situation.” Which technically means that whatever is happening at the moment is the “status quo.” Usually the…
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programming, teams, and the limits of automation
It is always worth pointing out that (as a general rule) human beings are terrible at predicting the future. This isn’t a harsh condemnation so much as recognition of the human condition. It wouldn’t take much effort to fill up a small book of quotes/proverbs/sayings that all boil down to “it is out of our…
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situational leadership, reciprocity, football?, Hamlet?, random thoughts …
Random thoughts …I find myself wondering this morning if saying “I’m a proud Gen Xer” is an oxymoron. Kind of like saying someone is enthusiastic about apathy. hmmm – I’m usually TRYING to be funny when I say “proud Gen Xer” – a line from “Chinatown” comes to mind “’Course I’m respectable. I’m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all…