Justin Wiley

Congrats to @Bryson13Daily on receiving the National College Quarterback of the Year Award at the National Quarterback Club dinner on Friday night 👏👏👏

The 2 most important languages you speak every day? Body Language: It tells the world (and your brain) if you're confident or defeated. Mind Language: The way you talk to yourself. Negative self-talk weakens you, while positive, empowering thoughts prime you for success.

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn’t playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.” Coach replied, “Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don’t worry about what you’re doing.” Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you’re going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.” And then he recommended that Brady meet Greg Harden, a counselor who worked in the athletic department. Brady went to Harden’s office and whined, “I’m never going to get my chance. They’re only giving me 2 reps.” Harden replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.” “So that’s what I did,” Brady said. “They’d put me in for those 2 reps, man, I’d sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. ‘Let’s go boys! Here we go! What play we got?’” “And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.” Soon, he was getting 4 reps. Then 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, “with this new mindset that Greg had instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you’re getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it’s the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.” Takeaway 1: Greg Harden telling Brady to focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban. “People come to me all the time and tell me they’re stuck,” Cuban explained. “They’re stuck in a job they don't like. They’re stuck working for a boss they don’t like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.” “I just tell them, ‘Be great.’” “The reality of life is that you can’t just always quit your job. You can’t just always go to your boss and say, ‘Give me the promotion, or I’m out of here.’” You can’t just always go to your coach and say, ‘Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.’ “So when you’re stuck, you’ve gotta find it within yourself to say, ‘Ok, this is where I am. And if I’m going to be here, I’m going to be great.’ Because if you’re great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.” Takeaway 2: In the field of strategic management, there is a distinction made between “lead measures” and “lag measures.” Lag measures are the results you’re trying to achieve: getting a promotion, winning a championship, being the starting quarterback. Lead measures are the actions that predictably drive those results.  The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of “The 4 Disciplines of Execution” write, is that “a lead measure can be directly influenced by you.” To achieve your goals, they write (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), “apply a disproportionate energy” to the things that are in your control. Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did. After he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”  Brady said he was aware of that, “and I know he’s a heck of a player. But I’ve always concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.” - - - “I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It didn’t. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

Here's another great example of the 1997 Steelers running the "QB Solo Screen" Watch Dermontti Dawson get out to lead 😤😤😤

Congrats to our very own @KeltonCarver55 and @jackson_ra12 for being selected to the 2024 Padilla Poll 2A-D1 All-State Team. @padillapoll @AbernathyISD @coachjwiley @CoachWhiteDB1 @CoachBloskas @HScoach76 @Adamfaith10 @EasterwoodShay

Cool Head, Hot Heart #13out🖤

Being a Head Coach is HARD Work. Many parents do not understand the work it takes. I have talked to MANY coaches over my career. Here are 9 Things Coaches Want Parents to Understand. [THREAD] 🧵

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman says they don’t love leaders who lead by example because they need leaders who are willing to hold people accountable. Every great team has culture-builders who keep people connected and truth-tellers who hold people accountable.

Red Area Favorites📝 High Red (+30 - +21)

We lost the 🐐 2 years ago today In honor of his legacy, I’m starting a 🧵 Highlighting some of the unique plays that set his version of the Air Raid apart. Many know the basic/core plays, but coach had his own distinct twist and signatures in the system #MikeLeach #AirRaid

John Wooden said, "It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it." Most people want excellence, but they aren't willing to commit. It means getting clear on what you want and pursuing it. 5 Things Stopping You From Your Goals👇

Philadelphia Eagles LB coach DJ Eliot - Key Drill (Run Fits) - Backfield flow key + blocking scheme key - LBs must have vision for both - Highlights on backfield flow, lowlights on the blocking scheme - Work two back gap & zone schemes - Add DTs for light box runs so LBs can get feel for DTs in run fit. @LFGfootballcamp LB Development Bundle = 65% Off coachtube.com/bundles/20240p…

Throwback to the 1st Tatum OL Clinc. Preview of he greatest OL Coach I know @CoachNPearson talking about "Truck" Pin & Pull aginst Odd Front!! Link to the full Clinic below⬇️

Dan Lanning uses circuits often as part of his practice drills in which players will rotate but the drill is modified by position. Utilize some of these! Game like scenarios 1⃣bend surf drill for dl and blitzers 2⃣scramble drill 3⃣ buddy tackle, dl vs LB version 4⃣ gator roll

My 10 favorite formations As a play caller, I tried to limit plays but have as many formations as possible by constantly: - Making it hard to declare strength - Run both ways w/ jet motion - Run the box - Throw verticals - Throw horizontal Here were my 10 favorite formations...

The 10 Unbreakable Laws of elite Linebacker play: 10. Always maintain your LEVERAGE. 9. Stay SQUARE when moving in the box. 8. PURSUE to the whistle. Never take a play off. 7. You don’t need to TAKE ON every block. 6. Create VICE TACKLES whenever possible. 5. Read the PULLERS. 4. When BLITZING, timing is everything. 3. Perfect your STANCE. Start the play right. 2. Dominate on SPECIAL TEAMS. 1. Never hesitate. Once you know, GO.

Linebackers: As you move LATERALLY, work DOWNHILL. Gain ground. Take the air out of the play.

Kliff Kingsbury wants to run GT Counter and he has a bunch of ways to protect it

Linebackers: Details matter when taking on a block. HAND POSITION is key. Strike the near shoulder and midline. Cut the blocker in half and they’re much easier to defeat.