Andrew Lachenmayer

Fall 2026 AHS Football Schedule

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office. Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known. He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions. Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?" I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well." The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year. Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there. But at game time, the tires were flat. I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands. Now it was time to reset. "Shower well" means exactly this: • Watch the frustration circle down the drain • Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind • Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight. Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization. I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball. Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home. You can carry all of that through your front door. Or you can shower well. I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them. The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up. Either we win. Or we learn. The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day. So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well. Tomorrow is a new at-bat. What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

Redbird Youth Football Camp is back!!!

Incredible take from Charles Barkley on Tom Izzo: "The media, who don't know anything about sports, say 'Why is he yelling his players?' That's called coaching... if parents & friends get mad because you're getting yelled at, get better parents & better friends."

"Words are energy, and they cast spells!" - Bruce Lee What you tell yourself matters. Speak wisely.

“If they ever put me in, they’re never gonna take me off the field.” - Tom Brady 🔥 The mindset of a GOAT. Not entitlement. Not complaining. Not waiting for opportunity. Earn it. Then refuse to give it back.

Congrats to @NLaquara for being selected to compete in the North South All Star Football game!! #🐦💪🏻 @ATownRedbirds @Coach_Lach

Hang it in the Louvre

@readswithravi John Harbaugh said, "The only failure in life is not getting back up. When you get knocked down and stay down then you're a failure. But you're never a failure if you get back up." "The only person who can make you quit is yourself." Resilience is choosing to persist.

“Most people don’t want be pushed that hard. They want to be pushed to their level of comfort. You need coaches that push you outside your comfort zone because that’s how you grow and that’s how you develop self confidence and self esteem. They push you to deal with failure,” Tom Brady 🎥 @dc_mma

Gregg Popovich said, “It’s your job to make me play you.” Playing time is earned. A victim mindset says…I didn’t play because coach doesn’t like me. A winning mindset says…I didn’t play because I haven’t earned it yet. Don’t be a victim.

Every person in this program is important. @CoachBobChesney #4sup

Everytime I get mad at my sports team for losing, I remind myself of what Giannis said. Arguably my favorite response to a reporter ever.

Tom Brady explains his mental edge and why practice (not gameday) creates separation. "There was a part of me that was a psychopath out there. I was extremely hypercompetitive every day. I didn't feel like let's get to Sunday and now it's the time...Every day is the time to give your best, even in practice." Every day your standards are either reinforced or lowered by how you treat practice. You don’t flip a switch into excellence. You rehearse it daily. 📹: Impaulsive Podcast

Go to quarterback school with @KirkCousins8 🤯

Fernando Mendoza's speech after winning the Heisman 👏

“If you’re not changing as coach, adapting, then you are falling behind. You have to continually grow with the game.” - Dan Lanning

"You don’t need the most stars, hype, or rankings. You just need discipline, heart, and people who believe in you, and you need to believe in your own abilities. I hope this moment shows you that chasing your dreams is worth it, no matter how big or impossible they seem.”

Bill Walsh’s definition of Leadership for the Quarterback Position: “What players look for is a Quarterback with poise, a calming effect, so they can converse with him in the most frenzied moments… Leadership is communicating under the most difficult circumstances.”

“First you form your habits, then your habits form you,” Curt Cignetti The standards of a winner are grounded in habits shaped by goals, not emotions.