Matt Haas

10 Things Great Teams Do: 1. Stick together 2. Take ownership 3. Show resilience 4. Build relationships 5. Respect each other 6. Focus on the process 7. Commit to each other 8. Learn from losing mindset 9. Have a WE > ME mentality 10. Hold each other accountable Be Great.

How not to be average is a must watch speech by Curt Cignetti, Indiana University

@ScoutWithBryan So here's the best answer I can give you . . . "When the celebration does not delay or interfere with play, the celebration shall be ignored" Since NC State called timeout, play was not interfered with.

In the situation last night 10-e-1 & 10-e-2 would both apply. So a warning would be issued for the first offense & a technical foul if it occurred again. What we never saw on camera was the official warning the Texas bench & then noting it in the scorebook. I guarantee you that occurred during the stoppage of play!

We’ve got freakin assistant coaches running on the court w time on the clock. Coaches: TALK TO YOUR TEAM/STAFF about this. Have a staff member in charge of keeping everyone on the bench. College has an epidemic of this!

@CoachDonlon CONGRATS BILLY!!!

Ready to Soar with the Eagles! Honored and Humbled!

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Agree 100%! A technical foul would NOT be called there, but a warning issued to the Texas bench yes. There will be those that say "But he was all in the way in the lane" Yes he was, but it would have resulted in a warning NOT a technical foul. The officials stopped the game to check how much time should be left on the clock. I'm sure during that stoppage in play the Texas bench was issued a warning & informed that IF it happened again then YES a technical foul would be issued.

@ZachDimmitt7 Please cite the rule you think could have been enforced here. At best it’s delay of game warning. Prove me wrong.

Sean Miller absolutely lost his mind on Texas assistant coach Ryan Anderson for running on the court after Tramon Mark’s game-winning shot. Credit to the officials for not letting that ruin a great ending, but probably could have been a technical foul.

10-80-10 Leadership Principle Ohio State head coach Ryan Day discusses the 10-80-10 principle with behavior and how he maximized his 10% elite players to lead the middle 80% to win a title in 2024. 10% are elite, 10% are defiant, and then the rest are the 80%. How are you using your leaders to build culture?

Kelvin Sampson shares what separates good programs from great ones. It comes down to 3 things. "The best teams come from the coaching staffs that are the best demanders. There are certain non-negotiables." "We're not going to sit down and talk about this...This is the way it's done and we expect this effort." No debate. No negotiation. Just the standard. "And those eventually will be called standards. So - standards, accountability, and then we've raised our expectations." "Here's our expectations, and our expectation is probably a little bit higher than most people's. We don't talk about them." The standard is how you operate every day. "We practiced this morning at 6:00. Probably our best practice in the last 6 or 7 days. But that's because our standards are raising. Our kids are holding each other accountable now." Then he said the line that defines a great program: "That's when you know you've got a great program." When the players hold each other accountable not just the coaches. That's when you've built something real. The formula is: 1. Standards 2. Accountability 3. Raised Expectations. A great team isn't made of individuals seeking personal glory - it's made of people who hold each other accountable and work towards a common goal (🎥 March Madness)

@owensiebring Owen, obviously as many have stated you've made a tremendous impact in Eastern Iowa covering athletes & telling their stories to everyone. You will be hard to replace & I wish you all the best! Thank you for all your coverage over the years!

Friday will be my last day at KGAN. Our station is going through some transitions, and I (along with some of my colleagues) was given the option to either sign a new contract... or have March 20 be my last day. And I chose the latter. Frankly it has less to do with the change, and more to do with my current life status. I'm in a serious relationship with a wonderful women who lives in Michigan. So the next step was already going to be a relocation closer to her... this just pushed that decision forward by several months. The most difficult part of these last days is knowing how many stories I wanted to tell, but will be left unfinished. I won't get to cover the Hawkeye women's team in another NCAA tournament... I won't get to cover Quentin Nauman's final State track meet... I won't get to see the next chapter of Hawkeye football. This makes it painful to say goodbye, but it is necessary. It's been a tremendous honor over the last 4 years to cover sports in my home market. Every sports anchor dreams of doing big things in the world of broadcasting... but if you can't make it big, then working in your home market is a special honor that not a lot of people get to enjoy. I've worked for almost 9 years in this state, and I've had the pleasure of working alongside some of the greatest journalists Iowa has ever known. Calling myself a colleague of guys like Keith Murphy, Scott Saville, Brad Pautsch, Ron Steele, Chad Leistikow, Scott Dochterman, Jeff Linder, Mike Hlas... that has been an honor that I'll never forget. What's next for Owen? I have no idea. And frankly that's frightening... to be face-to-face with not knowing where my next paycheck will come from; I haven't had to deal with that in over a decade, and it terrifies me. Next week I'll be going to Kenya for a couple of weeks to visit some of the locations where my girlfriend runs a non-profit. After that, I'll likely be sticking around Iowa a little while longer before relocating to Michigan. But what I'm doing to make a living? I really don't know. I'm hoping to pick up some freelance work here or there; I have a few leads on that front, but I'm not sure what that might actually look like. I love this job, and deep down I believe this is the line of work I was built for. But it's entirely possible that this is the end of my television career, and a time for a transition to something else. Again, it's a frightening perspective, and one that I didn't think I would be facing at this stage of my life... but here we are. If anyone reading this has any connections in western Michigan, or knows of any places to pick up some freelance writing, shooting, reporting, or anything in a related field-I'd be happy to hear about it! I'll post more when my last day comes this Friday. But for now, just know that every day on this job has been a joy, and I'll miss eastern Iowa dearly.

The unification of greatness is character. “When you have that kind of character 1. They can be coached 2. They’ll care about one another. It’s the only way you build a team. If they aren’t that way and they don’t care about anybody else but themselves, you can’t build a team,” John Calipari

"Defining success for us is getting everything we can out of each individual in our program individually and as a team." Great teams aren’t built by accident; they’re built by maximizing every person in the program

Agree, but kids & their parents don't see that. Well they also don't see that they will be sitting on the bench as a FR either & then get discouraged & end up in the portal. Where at DII, DIII, NAIA or JUCO they would play as a FR & get the experience. They also don't understand the $ at the lower levels is just as green as the $ at the D1 level!

@JoshuaWhite1479 @CoachJoMcKinney @MattMajkrzak I know right D2 is a FULL RIDE & exactly where the D1 teams will be looking for U a year Later Same w NAIA & NJCCAA w the Added Benefit that your Year THERE won't count against your Eligibility

That D2 Coach that you weren’t texting back just went D1! Congratulations Coach! @MattMajkrzak

Most assistant coaches avoid tough conversations with their head coach. Then wonder why they're not developing or advancing. Here are the conversations you need to have (even though they're uncomfortable): 🧵

Former @KCC_WBB player @JennaTwedt with the well deserved honors! #Panthers

Coaching is full of paradoxes. Things that seem opposite… but turn out to be true. The longer you coach, the more you see them. Here are 7 Coaching Paradoxes every great coach eventually learns: [THREAD] 🧵

Jon Gruden shares the greatest lesson about mental toughness that he learned from his dad. It came down to one line: "Not everything is gonna be perfect every day. There's gonna be losses on Saturday. We might not be able to get a pair of Nikes this week. You gotta work for everything." Nothing is handed to you, everything is earned. Then he connected it to Bill Belichick's coaching philosophy: "Everybody's gotta do their job. You hear Bill Belichick say that...Your job might be cleaning the dishes. Your job might be taking the garbage out. You might have to work a little bit after school so you can pay money to go to college." It's not glamorous. But you and your role matter. "Those are the things I remember growing up. We all had our own jobs to contribute to the success and the progression of the family." Mental toughness requires a willingness to go beyond your current limits. It requires flexibility and adaptability. But here's what makes it easier: knowing your effort serves something bigger than yourself. When you see how your role helps others - that's when the hard work has meaning. (🎥It's All About The Team ) (🎥@BarstoolGruden)

"Doing something exceptionally well and doing it every day that you have to do it is way, way, way more difficult than people think." Geno Auriemma was asked about @nyuwomenshoops winning their 89th straight game: