Roman Foore

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Being a base coach in today’s game and hearing what comes out of dugouts is really disappointing…

In 2026 things are being said out of dugouts that if you said them in 1999 be prepared to never see the field again. I can tell so much about a coach & their program by what they allow their players to say and do. Culture does matter.

Why invest in college sports? College presidents, board members, athletic directors, admissions offices, and fundraising teams know that successful athletics enrolls students, fills beds, and builds new buildings. Florida Gulf Coast’s admissions applications increased over 27% after their Sweet 16 run. Visits on the FGCU admissions page jumped from 2,280 to 42,793. Butler’s applications nearly tripled after two Final Fours while the university was able to build, expand, and upgrade $255M in campus facilities including a business school and a new arts center. George Mason’s admissions office inquiries went up 350% after their Final Four run in 2006 including a 54% increase in out-of-state applications. In the 1980’s, John Chaney’s men’s basketball program changed the landscape of Temple University as a whole helping increase freshmen enrollment by 18.1% and transfer enrollment by 6.1%. Nick Saban’s football program helped propel the University of Alabama. Between 2007 and 2022, enrollment at Alabama increased by 51%, from 25,580 to 38,645 students. In that same time, the college more than tripled its endowment, surpassing a record $1 billion in 2022. It also has nearly doubled its physical footprint, adding an engineering quad and state-of-the-art dorms and recreational facilities.

Kinda hard to build emergency funds when everyday is an emergency.

“Administrations win championships. Coaches win games… if you’re not totally into it and they’re not committed, you’re not winning. You just can’t.” True at the high school level as well… x.com/slancehoops/st…

D1 is a 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜… D2 is a 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜… D3 is a 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜… NAIA is a 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜… JUCO is a 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜… Don’t let social media fool you. Find your fit & embrace it 💪

@austinlagesse Not in the “budget”

Maybe they do it already, maybe not and depends on Indiana HS basketball schedule. But for schools that don't travel a pep band, would love to see DIII schools reach out to local HS to see if they want to be their pep band for the weekend. Adds to the atmosphere for sure

2-4% Salary increase is NOT a raise.

Winning isn't accidental... Every move matters ♟️

Mason Miller freshman year at Waynesburg: 7.03 ERA Mason Miller sophomore year at Waynesburg: 7.16 ERA Just closed out the Dominican Republic during the World Baseball Classic If DIII is your best option out of HS, it's unlikely you are "too good" for that

I really dont think 95% of society realizes how hard it is to play any sport at any level in college.

I watched a guy run a sub-six-minute mile pace ... uphill ... on skis while I ate a Reese's Blizzard from Dairy Queen (with extra Reese's)

Who America is cheering for in the Superbowl

Learn to hit first then think about what kind of bat you would like.

Add budget that represents expectations and this is golden!!

"Why does our top performer get the worst reviews?" the boss asked. I was reviewing their annual performance data. "Show me," I said. She pulled up the ratings. Diana: 2.8 out of 5. Below average on "collaboration." Low marks for "team player." "What's her actual performance?" I asked. "Exceeded every target. Landed our biggest client. Trained three new hires." "So why the low scores?" "Her peer reviews are dragging her down." I scanned the comments. "Too direct." "Challenges ideas too much." "Not supportive enough." "Let me talk to Diana," I said. "I used to give honest feedback," Diana told me. "Said our pricing model was broken. Got dinged for 'negativity.'" "What happened with the pricing?" "They finally fixed it six months later. After we lost two major accounts." "What else?" "I questioned why we needed eleven approvals for a simple contract change. Manager said I wasn't being collaborative." "Are you still giving feedback?" "No. I learned my lesson. Now I smile. Nod. Say everything's great. My reviews are improving." "But nothing's actually improving?" "We're making the same mistakes. Just with better vibes." She chuckled. I went back to the boss. "Your review system doesn't measure performance," I said. "It measures compliance." "That's not true." "When was the last time someone got promoted for challenging bad ideas?" Silence. "When did someone get rewarded for preventing a mistake?" More silence. "You've trained your best people to stay quiet. And your mediocre people to stay nice." A few months later, they redesigned the system. Added a category: "Constructive Challenge." Points for identifying problems early. Rewards for preventing costly mistakes. Diana got promoted. "What changed?" I asked the boss. "We stopped confusing agreement with alignment. Stopped mistaking silence for harmony." "And?" "Turns out our 'difficult' people were our most valuable. They actually cared enough to speak up." Here's the truth about performance reviews: Most companies don't reward performance. They reward performance theater. The person who says the meeting was great beats the person who says it wasted an hour. The person who agrees with bad ideas beats the person who prevents disasters. You think you're measuring contribution. You're measuring conformity. And your best people? They've already figured out the game. They're just deciding whether to play it or find somewhere that values truth over comfort.

Athletics matter even if others don’t want to admit it or support it!!

Great episode today with @RFoore !! Give it a listen, a like and share! So many great takeaways!! The latest episode of the From the Coach's Mouth podcast features Roman Foore, former men's player and National Pro Fastpitch coach, current USA Men's coach, and current assistant women's softball coach at Bethel University in Minnesota. Coach Foore shares his experiences playing and coaching at the international level, what it was like coaching professional athletes on the women's side (and how that impacted his recruiting efforts), what he looks for in a potential student athlete, and the joy of coaching alongside his wife Penny, the head coach at Bethel. open.spotify.com/episode/7pcpvx…

An employee walked into boss's office and asked for a 20K raise. He'd just finished a project that saved the company 200K annually. He did the math on his napkin before the meeting. Felt bulletproof. Boss looked at him and said "we really appreciate your work. But there's no budget for that right now." Employee : "No budget? I just saved you $200K." Boss : "That's a different budget." Employee went back to his desk and decided something: They were gonna get exactly what they paid for. Nothing more. No more staying late. No more volunteering for extra projects. No more "team player" BS. 40 hours a week. Not a minute over. Suddenly employee had all this free time. He started cold calling businesses from his car during lunch. Trying to sell websites. Four months later his side hustle started to make some extra cash on the side. Two months after that, 15K. Now, he is a full-time entrepreneur. If your company says there's no budget for your raise, believe them. Then take all that extra effort you were giving them for free and put it into something you own. Companies will take everything you give them and call it "being a team player." Then act surprised when you leave.