John Bothe

@SOLmateStables @BQuillmanQcast You see a large number of Academic All Americans at the so-called “non fancy” schools and a large number of regular All Americans come from the “fancy” schools. Across all D3 sports.

@BQuillmanQcast 100% agree and at those ‘fancy’ schools typically the best players that start and play the most minutes are not the top students at the school and are just trying to survive in classes with perfect score SAT type kids so their GPA is not what it would be someplace else.

There are great basketball players who are also great students at a bunch of schools across #d3hoops…not just the fancy ones.

The last throw has landed. The last stadium walk is over. There are a total of 8 National Meet Appearances and 6 track All American awards in this photo. Not equally distributed though…thanks for the ride Jenae. It’s been a blast.

@BreakthruBball He will never make the NBA with that attitude!! Kidding...

Parents! Chill out… Your child’s ability to play sports doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. I have a son who isn’t very good at basketball. He likes to fish! I don’t care as long as he’s happy. I’m living my life and I’m letting him live his.

@PratikxPatel Do you cook or soak the oatmeal?

This will make you forget about cereal forever -1/2 cup oats -Pinch of cinnamon -1 sliced banana -2-3 TBSP cacao nibs -1 TBSP raw local honey -Milk of your choice Pair with ~50g of protein of your choice and you've got a proper fn breakfast, pre, or post training option Enjoy!

@CoffeeBlackMD @Lauren_Southern Thank you for this post.

One of my first posts on X that got some notice years ago (re-posted by @Lauren_Southern I think) was on exercise and depression. I know depression medications are currently taking a beating here. Perhaps rightfully so. But. The best data looking at depression and exercise can best be summarized by exercise is equivalent in mild cases and probably moderate cases. But severe cases are their own beast. Exercise helps with severe cases. An adjunct. But we do not have great data on equivalence. Severe depression is not a moral failing nor an exercise deficiency. It is its own thing. The physiology of which I’d argue we still do not understand that well yet. And treatments for it more of a hammer than a scalpel. The overuse of SRRIs (which is undoubtedly true) is not a lay person’s license to ignorantly suggest someone abruptly stop an SSRI and simply exercise. The dark end point of severe depression is suicide and attempts at it. So. Mind your business.

@ihymacc One pound packages of ground beef.

visiting my grandpa check out his freezer

@LogHanRatings Welcome to modern youth sports.

Had my first experience last night with a youth baseball team (kindergarten tee-ball!!) that was clearly some sort of "all star" team. I would be surprised if >1/2 of the team were even kindergartners. My son is 95%ile for height, and he was only taller than 1 of their players.

@PratikxPatel If you just keep it in your pocket is it accurate? Or do you need to attach it to a belt?

The best fitness/health wearable/tracker on the planet A pedometer -Runs on batteries -No EMF -No Bluetooth -No needed app -No shitty AI recs -Always reliable -Cheap -No estimation equations -Keeps you accountable -Can lose and replace quickly -Accurate honest data you don’t need to be afraid of Having worked with elite athletes I’ve had access to and demoed every health wearable for over a decade and this is the only one I universally recommend to ALL athletes and clients and really the only you need

@CoachBrewster50 Center is a unique position IMO. Ball handling and the DL is closer to you than any other position. OG has more in common with OT than with Center.

CENTER VS GUARD. ENTIRELY DIFFERENT OR EXTREMELY SIMILAR? WHAT’S YOUR TAKE⁉️ 🫡☠️

@LogHanRatings I wondered. Both tenures dropped off at the end. The highlight was getting Northwestern to the Rose Bowl.

@amboymoose I sincerely like where your head's at, but I'm not sure Coach Barnett would even rank as a net positive for his tenure at either Northwestern or Colorado.

Does anyone have other ideas for coaches who engineered a great turnaround? Any coach in FBS/D1-A history. Doesn't have to be a huge name (who would've thought Bill Clark would be so high?) I came up w/ one last night: Matt Campbell. Fit into the list between Stoops/Harbaugh.

@TheChiefpigskin Here.

Who will design the honorary pin for all the coaches that physically drove to meet a coach personally on a Saturday morning to exchange film? How many of you are there that have earned this pin?

@LogHanRatings Bob Reade Augustana College (IL)?

If I use this same formula to rank coaches at every Division (NCAA+NAIA), Larry Kehres has a "Greatness" score of over 2,000. There will never be another run at any level like what he accomplished at Mount Union.

@Coach_Kee The recruiting/admissions/financial aid process in D3 coaching is tough.

It feels like this cycle we’ve seen more D2 & D3 head coaches leave to take D1 assistant position than ever before. Is the salary differential the biggest factor, the size of D1 staffs or just a change in mindset?

@rockpoltrock It becomes more evident once a coach becomes a sports parent.

I’ve spent more years on the sideline coaching/officiating than I have as a parent. The actions of parents and the need to express their opinions about everything that happens in the game is unsettling. To the parents that seek the far corner and keep to yourself, I salute you!

@nate_albaugh What school are you working with now?

How do you help your players work with jobs and still join team events and lifting in the summer? I'm looking for some good ideas to encourage attendance. I'm at a new program that has struggled and summer attendance isn't great.

@CoachTatum90 Train initial techniques early in season or summer. Stance, drive, down, etc. In season use Indy time using the techniques in the setting of running the plays in your offense. Have at least 2-3 players working together and often all five. Who and how to block at same time.

Offensive Line Coaches! You’ve got 15 minutes of INDY with your OL… what are you getting done?

@coachwwest @EastlandStrong The guy who sets up EZ camera.

Some of the most underrated jobs in football❗️ The guy making sure the headsets are connected. The one hunting down an extra mouthguard. The one fixing a helmet 30 seconds before kickoff. And of course the one who somehow always knows where everything is, everyone has one of those guys lol These guys are the real MVP!

@realEstateTrent It's true the older they get, the less the craziness. Still some crazy, but a lot less.

This morning I was talking to one of the attorneys we work with. He’s also been a high school basketball referee for years. I brought up this topic, and his response was interesting. He said you barely see the parent craziness in high school. By then, everyone already knows which kids are actually elite, and which ones aren’t. There’s no illusion left. It’s really just a younger kids phenomenon where every parent thinks their kid exceptional. Reality shows up eventually.

@hjluks Is Genicular Artery Embolization (GAE) a viable treatment for osteoarthritis of the knee?

Knee Osteoarthritis... Thread #2 ! Your knee hurts. Your instinct is to rest it. Please don't. That instinct is very often wrong — and following it makes osteoarthritis worse, not better. Movement is one of the best evidence-based primary treatments for knee OA. Here's why. 🧵