1 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: You don't have to beat the best on the best team. 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: You just got it. Every day, go out and beat 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: the very best that you can beat. And then I 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: think that will translate into their academics. I think it 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: will translate into there being a good son, They're being 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: a good brother, They're being a good husband, eventually them 7 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: being a good businessman, or a good doctor, a great lawyer, 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: or a great fireman, or whatever it may be. This 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: is the Reformed Sports Project, a podcast about restoring healthy 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: balance and perspective in all areas of sports through education 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 1: and advocacy. Hi, this is Nick Bodicoort from the Reformed 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: Sports Project podcast. Joining me today is the new head 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: football coach off the University of Connecticut, Jim Mora. Described 14 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: as a true coach on and off the field. Coach 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: Mora brings thirty one years of coaching experience in both 16 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: the college ranks and the NFL to the Huskies. Jim 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: and I discussed team culture and getting kids to buy in, 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: the controllables, and what kids need to do to be seen. Man, 19 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: I am freaking fired up. I got another just awesome 20 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: guests can't wait to jump in with him. I've been 21 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: chasing the room around for a while. I'm glad you 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: didn't follow restraining order on me. For God's sakes, I 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: feel like I've been harassing the poor guy. But he 24 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: just took over a big job. I'm really excited to 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: get into it with him a little bit. New head 26 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 1: coach University of Connecticut Yukon football coach Jim Moore. Coach Moore, 27 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: thanks so much for hopping on, man. It's great to 28 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: be on here with you. Nick. No, no restraining order you. 29 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: I wouldn't say that you were harassing. You were persistent, 30 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,320 Speaker 1: and I'm glad you were because it gives us this 31 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: chance to talk well. I appreciate that. And I saw 32 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: around Thanksgiving time you were getting around Before we get 33 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: into the whole topics here, so you're getting around the 34 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: state of Connecticut. I grew up there playing in the NVL, 35 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: played at stake a Round High School, Waterbury. And I 36 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: saw you getting around the state of some some traditional 37 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: football games. You see any games in particular did you 38 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: get around to and Sonja Naugatuck. I know for us 39 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: that was a big rivalry around our part of the state. 40 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: You know what was really fun was on Thanksgiving Day, 41 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: on that morning to drive down and watch what I 42 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: was told was the oldest rivalry in our country. And uh, 43 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: you know, it was a beautiful New England Thanksgiving Day, 44 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of bite in the air, but sunny 45 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: and clear, and just to watch the passion on the field. 46 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: You know, these young men going out. It didn't matter 47 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: the record, it didn't matter who they were playing again, well, 48 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: it didn't matter what they were playing for. It mattered 49 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: who they were playing against, obviously, but it's just to 50 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: be out in that environment. You know. It was like 51 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: real life football. It was awesome stuff, man, and the 52 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 1: energy and the inspiration that I felt just being in 53 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: that environment made it really special. So I was able 54 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: to get out to several games around our state, and 55 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: it was really important for me to do that. Number One, 56 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: I wanted to see football. I love football. I love 57 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: watching young men that are just passionate about playing football. 58 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: And then I wanted people to understand that the state 59 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,519 Speaker 1: of Connecticut and in our ability to recruit that state 60 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,519 Speaker 1: and keep young men at home at the University of 61 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 1: Connecticut was really paramount to what we're trying to achieve. 62 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: You know, we are the state school of Connecticut. There 63 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: are no professional teams, so you know, hopefully teams can 64 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: kind of look at us, is that, you know, the 65 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: focal point of football in our state. In order to 66 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 1: do that, we have to be very active in recruiting 67 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: our state and that's that's our plan. I love it, man, 68 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: I love it as as someone who's uh born and 69 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: raised in Waterbury and and uh, you know, it's definitely 70 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: have a lot of pride. I love following you guys. 71 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: I really am excited for you. It's gonna be awesome. 72 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: And you know, we're gonna be talking about youth and 73 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: amateur sports. And you know, one thing I want to 74 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: get into with you is, you know, we have a 75 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: lot of coaches, a lot of high school and youth 76 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: amateur but also college coaches and parents and such and 77 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: youth athletes aspiring college athletes will listen to this. And 78 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: one of the topics that I love to talk about 79 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: with you since you're you're diving into this role, is 80 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: is how do how do you create a culture? And 81 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: I actually asked coach Calhoun about this on the podcast 82 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. How when he took over Yukon 83 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: in the mid eighties, you know, Yukon was kind of 84 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: the door, you know, the kind of the doormat of 85 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: the Big East at that time. Right yet Syracuse, Saint 86 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: John's Villanova. You know, what are your thoughts? How do 87 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: you take you know, a program that you're going into now, 88 00:03:58,560 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: how do you get kids to buy in? How do 89 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: you create that culture where they're all in trying to 90 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: resurrect and build something bigger than themselves. Well, culture is 91 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: a buzzword right now, and yet it's so important and 92 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: culture really is who you are, and it's what you represent, 93 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: and it's what you play for, and it's and it's 94 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: the standard that you hold each other too. And you know, 95 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: I think that your leaders create culture. And um, language 96 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: is so important to culture, you know, it's it's how 97 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: are we going to talk to each other? How are 98 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: we going to treat each other? What are our expectations 99 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: about each other going to be when we are falling short? 100 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: You know, how are we going to address each other? 101 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: And how are we going to hold each other accountable? 102 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 1: And I think there needs to be a certain level 103 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: of of I would say tolerance, but also um, can 104 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: we speak to each other and can we hold each 105 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: other to a certain level of accountability? And can we 106 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: create a competitive environment without being derogatory and demeaning to 107 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: each other. So it's all about being demanding and yet 108 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 1: not the meeting. It's about being able to step on 109 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: another man's shoes at times but still leave a shine. 110 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: It's about being able to criticize the performance without being 111 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: critical of the performer. Um So to me, it's about 112 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: creating a certain mindset, and for us at Yukon, that's 113 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: going to be a mindset and a culture of toughness, accountability, 114 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: and discipline. And when I say accountability, I mean accountability 115 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: to ourselves, to our teammates, to our families, to each other, 116 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: so that peer to peer accountability. I would say the 117 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 1: most successful stint that I had in my football coaching 118 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 1: careers with the San Francisco forty Niners, and I was 119 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: around you know greatness, I mean greatness. You're talking about 120 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: Jerry Rice and Steve Young and uh Kevin Greene and 121 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 1: Ricky Jackson and Tim McDonald and Chris Doleman and you know, 122 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer after Hall of Famer after Hall of Famer. 123 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: So the greatest of the grades and guys that were 124 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: Super Bowl ranks and then put the yellow jackets on 125 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: in Canton. And the thing that I was able to 126 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: recognize really early and was so fortunate to be exposed to, 127 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: was this standard of excellence that they the great ones, 128 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: the Ronny Laws and the Jerry's, that they held themselves to. 129 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: And yet they also held their teammates too, and uh, 130 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: I mean they they checked each other all the time. 131 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: And there we called it the forty nine are standard. 132 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: And it was the way we did really everything. It's 133 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: the way we practiced. It's the way we dressed for practice. 134 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: It's the way we prepared in meetings. It's the way 135 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: we sat at team meals. It's the way we spoke 136 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: to each other. It's the way we kept the locker 137 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: room clean and swept the sheds. It's the way we 138 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: uh I mean really it was a thought process of mindset, 139 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: and it was that that standard was set by the 140 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: leaders on the team, the great ones on the team. UM. 141 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: And so that's what we're gonna do at Yukon. We're 142 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,919 Speaker 1: gonna set a standard of excellence and everything that we 143 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: do that's enforced by the leaders and adhered to by everybody. 144 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,600 Speaker 1: And yet it never becomes uh a negative and derogatory 145 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: type of culture. It's an encouraging cultures. Hey, this is 146 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: the way we do things. Your leaders have to be 147 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: able to step up and say to those on the 148 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: team that aren't doing it the right way, hey, this 149 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: is the way we do things that you can this 150 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: is our championship standard. And when you can get buy in, 151 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: then you create a culture that is embedded in in 152 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: greatness and embedded in success, and embedded in doing things 153 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: the right way for the right reasons. And it's not easy, 154 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: you know, it's not easy, especially when there hasn't been 155 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 1: a ton of success. But if you have the right 156 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: type of people, if you have the right character on 157 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: your team and in your organization, then it is attainable. 158 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: And I believe we have the right character within our 159 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: organization and on our team and in leadership positions. And 160 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: I think these young men are desperate for a feeling 161 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: of success, and I think that we can, we can 162 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: create a culture that's going to perpetuate when and I'm 163 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: excited about it, really excited about it. The first thought 164 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: that came in my mind is and in business, they 165 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,080 Speaker 1: say if you take care of the top line, the 166 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: bottom line will follow. Um. But in this day and age, 167 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to take your words, and it's correlated 168 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: to youth sports. It's very hard. You know, parents are 169 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: out there there. What's the right team to play for? 170 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: You know, what's the right way to do it? Because 171 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: if my kids not winning, they're not gonna get seen, 172 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: They're not gonna be in the right tournament. So how 173 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,559 Speaker 1: do you balance that? I know the college level is different, 174 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: so let's get away from that for a second, because 175 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: I think there's a difference in pursuing wins and losses 176 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: at the youth level versus the collegiate level. But at 177 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: the same time, I think the more you take care 178 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 1: of the top line, the bottom line will follow. How 179 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: important is it? How can coaches and even parents, you know, 180 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: understand that, Hey, if my kids stays in this process, right, 181 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: they follow what the coach says. They worry about developing, 182 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: getting one percent better every day, controlling the things they can, 183 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: their attitude effort. Because let's face a sport like baseball, 184 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,840 Speaker 1: which is my background. You're gonna go over four sometimes, 185 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: but you may hit four line drives, right, you may 186 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: go three for four and have three. You know, seeing 187 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: guy hits, you really didn't barrel anything up. So the 188 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: stats don't always tell the whole story. But what we 189 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 1: control is our attitude or effort. How does that top 190 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: line part the controllables helped the output, the performance part, 191 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: and hope the winds over the long term. Can you 192 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: talk about that? First of all, Nick, I commend you 193 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: for using those words. The things we can control when 194 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: I speak to kids, when I speak to parents, those 195 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: are things I talked about, your attitude and your effort 196 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: when I talked to my kids, like, I have four 197 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: kids and they're really good athletes. Um. One of them 198 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 1: played D one lacrosse from Maryland for a while. Um. 199 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: The others are all you know where my my oldest 200 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: son was a D three soccer player. My daughter was 201 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: a track athlete. My youngest son is tremendous athlete. Decided 202 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: when he got to cause not to pursue lacross anymore, 203 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 1: although he could have. He just had other interests. But 204 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: when they were growing up, you know I didn't. I 205 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: told him this. I said, listen, I'm never gonna be 206 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: critical of your performance as long as I see attitude 207 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: and effort, great attitude and great effort being demonstrated. Now, 208 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: if I see a poor attitude out of you, or 209 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 1: I don't see you playing with rate effort, then then 210 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 1: I think I'll probably talk to you about it. You know, 211 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 1: I'll talk to you about it. But you know what, 212 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: I'm not concerned that you are the best on the field, 213 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: only that you are doing your best and everything that 214 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: you do. So I appreciate those words that you're speaking 215 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: because I think so many of us, especially as parents, 216 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: get caught up in wanting our kid to be the best, 217 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: the best on the team, on the best team, and 218 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: we think that's the only way that they're gonna get recognized, 219 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: and it's not. As a coach, I can tell you 220 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: that I want to see a kid always doing their best. 221 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,559 Speaker 1: You know, Joe Montana used to sign his his autograph 222 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: with be your best, not be the best you know 223 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: to Jim, be your best, Joe Montana. And I still 224 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: have a football to my son Cole. He says, Cole, 225 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 1: be your best, Joe Montana. And that always stuck out 226 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: to me that it was that concept of always being 227 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: your best and doing your best that mattered most. And 228 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: you know, I think that as parents we have to 229 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: be so careful that we're not that were not overdoing it, 230 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: that we're not putting too much pressure on our kids. 231 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: I understand trying to put them in the best position 232 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: to have success, but really just being out there playing 233 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: the sport and learning and growing. If they do that 234 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: and they're always working their hardest to be their best, 235 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: they are going to get noticed. We don't have to 236 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: be overbearing. I would also say this, I am a huge, huge, 237 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: huge proponent of multi sport athletes. UM. I think that 238 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,599 Speaker 1: as parents we have moved way too quickly towards specializing 239 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: our our kids, and I think it's a detriment to them. Uh. 240 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: I can tell you that at U c l A 241 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 1: and now Yukon that most of the athletes that we 242 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: recruit are multi sport athletes. They aren't just football players. 243 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: You know, maybe quarterback. It's a one position where kids 244 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 1: start can start to specialize really early. But I want 245 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 1: to see lineman that also throw the shot put of 246 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: the discus, or they wrestle, and I want to see 247 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: skill position players that play basketball, or run track, or 248 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: play baseball or do multiple do them all. You know. 249 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: I love the multi sport athlete because to me, it 250 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: shows a guy that is a gym rat that loves 251 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: all these sports that you know has your hand eye 252 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: coordination to be a good baseball player, but is also 253 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: a receiver. Uh you know, I love that multi sport athlete. 254 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: And I think it also teach our young people more 255 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: interested in sports in general, and they don't burn out. 256 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 1: So that concept of attitude and effort and always try 257 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 1: to be your best, that that makes sense to me. 258 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: That's what I want to see, and that's what I 259 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: would encourage parents to encourage their kids to be. Is, Look, 260 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: you don't have to be the best on the best team. 261 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: You just gotta every day go out and be the 262 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: very best that you can be. And and then I 263 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: think that will translate into their academics. I think it 264 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: will translate into their being a good son, they're being 265 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: a good brother, there being a good husband, um eventually 266 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: them being a good teammate, them being a good businessman 267 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: or a good doctor, a great lawyer or a great 268 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: fireman or whatever it may be. So that's what I'm preaching, 269 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: Always be your best. Control what you can control, which 270 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: is your attitude, your effort. And you said it than 271 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: I ever could have said it. Coach, are making my 272 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: ego go through the roof right now. You're talking I'm 273 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: getting fired up. I mean, you're we're in alignement. We 274 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: already you know each other, and we're already in complete alignment. 275 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: That's why it's so fun for me to talk to you. 276 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: When we returned, Jim and I dive into important elements 277 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: for high school kids looking to play in college. Welcome 278 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: back to the Reform Sports Project podcast. Where we left off, 279 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: Coach Moore and I were about to discuss the importance 280 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: of finding the school that's the best fit for each 281 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: kid and how they can get seen in hopes of 282 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: getting there. I'm very openly Division three biased, right, And 283 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: I say that because I played D three. I was 284 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: when when we want a national title? What was that? 285 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: What I thought to play for a Hall of Fame 286 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: coach Mike Fox, who went to Carolina you know for 287 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: twenty two years. But there's a D one robust mentality, 288 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: and let's face a coach, there are levels of D one, 289 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: there are levels of D two, D three. Not everyone 290 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: can play tomorrow night in the National Championship Game. Not 291 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 1: everyone can go to Yukon. Not everyone can play FBS FCS. 292 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: A lot of kids will hear this, you know, I 293 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: have kids in my home state and I love my 294 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: kids wrestle. Um, my older boys wrestle. Most likely my 295 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: son's gonna, you know, probably go to a really good 296 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: D two school here in the state, great relationship with 297 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: with a coach there. He wants to go officially announce 298 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: it after the season. But you know, so all the 299 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 1: kids here in the state North Carolina time soon if 300 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 1: they're halfway decent, wrestle there. I want to go to 301 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: NC State once the state's top ten in the country. 302 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: Not everyone can wrestle there, I mean there's like so 303 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: the question is is can you go there and compete? 304 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 1: Or can you go there and you have to wait 305 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: three years? Can you? Actually? How do kids figure out 306 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: where they belong? How do they figure out what's the 307 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: best fit for them as a student? A Because it 308 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: might be more beneficial to go to Yukon than go 309 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: to Penn State, Right, So how did to cide for that? Well, 310 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: let me tell you the mistakes that I made. So 311 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: my my oldest son his names Cole, and Cole is 312 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: an outstanding student and he's a very diversified person that 313 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: wants to be involved in leadership, and he wanted to 314 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: be involved with mentoring, and he wanted to be involved 315 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: with student government and he recognized that early, and he 316 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: had choices. He could have gone and played soccer at 317 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: Stanford or cal or U c l A. Uh. He 318 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 1: could have probably gone. He was accepted into Harvard and 319 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: some other schools, but he knew that for him to 320 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: have the best college experience, probably his best option was 321 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: to go play at a school called Claremont McKennitt, which 322 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: is a D three school in California, which is a 323 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: high academic standard school. Because he knew he was going 324 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: to get on the field and play number one, but 325 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: he also knew he was gonna have time to do 326 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: the other things that he liked because it was a 327 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: D three environment, so it wasn't a year round endeavor 328 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: to play soccer there. So he was able to go 329 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: be his his class president three of us four years 330 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: at Claremont McKenney. He was able to play soccer for 331 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: four years and be a starter and be an all 332 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: league guy. He was able to participate in the leadership 333 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: council on campus. The day that he got that he graduated, 334 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: they put him, you know, on the Alumni Association board 335 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: of directors. Had he been a D one athlete at 336 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: a Stanford or cow Number one, he wouldn't have been 337 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: able to play because he wasn't good enough to play 338 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: at that level. And he recognized that. Number two, he 339 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't have been able to participate in all these extracurriculars 340 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: that he participated in because he wouldn't have the time 341 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 1: as a D one athlete. Now, my third child and 342 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: my second son, his name is Writer, and he was 343 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: a great lacrosse player. He was a, you know, an 344 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: All American type lacrosse player. He was recruited by Denver, 345 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: and he's recruited by Maryland. And those are the big 346 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: boy Brown and Yale and and uh Navy. And you know, I, 347 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: as a father became so wrapped up in the fact 348 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: that he was getting these looks that I kind of 349 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: pushed him, you know, I kind of pushed him in 350 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: a direction I'm not sure that he wanted to go, 351 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: and he ended up in Maryland. Now, I will tell 352 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: you this, it's one of the greatest things that ever 353 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: happened to him because he got to be around coach Tillman, 354 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: John Tillman, who I think is just as good as 355 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: they get at any level in any sport, as a coach. 356 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: But for for Writer, it wasn't the right environment because 357 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,160 Speaker 1: he loved chemistry and he wanted to be a chemistry 358 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: major and he couldn't take his labs if he was 359 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: playing D one lacrosse, and he loved to play the 360 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: guitar and being a band, and he couldn't do those 361 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: things and played D one level across. He just didn't 362 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: have the time. And he loved the surf, and I 363 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: took him, you know, and kind of pushed him away 364 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: from southern California where he'd grown up in surfing, and 365 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: so it was not the right environment for him. So 366 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,640 Speaker 1: he spent a year there and then he transferred back 367 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: to USC where he's able to pursue all these other things. 368 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: And he had come to me at one point in 369 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 1: his early in his career Maryland and said, Dad, I 370 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: want to transfer. I'm homesick. I'm not able to do 371 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: the things besides lacrosse that I love. I'm never gonna 372 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: make money playing lacrosse. I want to be involved in chemistry. 373 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: I want to play the guitar. I want to be 374 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 1: around my dog. I want to serve and all I 375 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: said that to Writers and said, hey, Powe, I said, 376 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: you need to finish the year. You need you need 377 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,600 Speaker 1: to finish the year. And if at the end of 378 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: the year you want to transfer, I said, then to me, 379 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,399 Speaker 1: you didn't quit, You just decided to go in a 380 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: different direction. And you know, he honored that request and 381 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: he finished the year. He got a year with coach 382 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: tillman Um and at the end of the year he said, Dad, 383 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: I want to thank you for two things. He said. 384 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: Number one, I want to thank you for letting me 385 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: leave and let me transfer to see But number two, 386 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 1: I want to thank you for making me stay and 387 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: making me stick it out, and it helped me build characters. 388 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: So you know, if I had had it all to 389 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: do over again, I would encourage him to go D 390 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: three where he could have pursued these other interests. And 391 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: I think so sometimes his parents we have to stop 392 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: and listen to our children. And I'll tell you what 393 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,639 Speaker 1: I listened to Cole. I don't think I listened to writer. 394 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: And I think I pushed my desire for him to 395 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: be a D one athlete on him and it was 396 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: not the right thing to do. Unfortunately, he got in 397 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: the right situation. But I think his parents it's about 398 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: sometimes listening to our kids and what's really important to 399 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 1: them as opposed to what's important to us. Wow, that's 400 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,359 Speaker 1: a great and thank you for being vulnerable and sharing answer. 401 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 1: And I'm sorry. I hope you can work it in. 402 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: But I think it's good advice because it's a lesson 403 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: hard learned by me. No, that's real stuff, man, that's 404 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 1: your own personal experience, and you got me. I mean, 405 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: I'd like to think I'm trying to do my bet, 406 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: but it's hard as a parent. You know, at times 407 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: we feel like we know it all. We also it's 408 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 1: it's it's it's humbling to sometimes admit that. At least 409 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: I know for me, at one point my ego got 410 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: wrapped up in things and that's why I kind of 411 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: started that. It's it's a challenging thing. We all have 412 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: a competition that runs through us. I don't think any 413 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: parents have any ill intentions. We all want to try 414 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 1: our best. But and an't easy, right, there's no there's 415 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 1: no hey follow this set of rules and each kids different, 416 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 1: which is why you know, it's so important I think 417 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: for people to share their experience the coach. People are 418 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,239 Speaker 1: looking for the right information on how to get seen right, 419 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,600 Speaker 1: how to get How do they get on Jim Moore's radar. 420 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: Let's say I'm a kid who can go to a 421 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: Big ten school or go to the an SEC or 422 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: a CEC school and maybe have a chance. But why 423 00:19:57,840 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: would you come be a good fit? Like, what are 424 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: you looking for? You know you got the mic, what 425 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: are you looking for recruits? I know you touched on it. 426 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: You love multi sport athletes, high character. But what can 427 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: these kids if they want to get on your radar? 428 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: What have they got to do to be seen by it? Well? 429 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: I think that number one, play good football at any 430 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: level you're playing at, So play well for your team. Um. 431 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: Now that's not enough though, unfortunately this world, because you 432 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: do need to get seen. So if you can get 433 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: the camps, you know where we can get measurables and 434 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: you can compete against other people than than just the 435 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 1: people that are in your league. Um, if you can, 436 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: you know, if you're a skill guy, if you can 437 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: get yourself on a seven on seventeen, you know where 438 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,919 Speaker 1: we can watch you compete in things other than just 439 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: a game environment. You know, we can watch you in 440 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: a seven on seven situation. We can watch you at 441 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: a camp do some one on one or run a 442 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: ford or or do some three cone stuff. If your 443 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,679 Speaker 1: alignment same thing, you can get to some of these camps, 444 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: or you can get involved with the Rivals camp or 445 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: the four seven camps or uh some of the things 446 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: that's or as illustrator, ESPN or other local entities are 447 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 1: putting on. UM, we get a look at you if 448 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: you can get your film out on YouTube and huddle 449 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,360 Speaker 1: so we can get a chance to evaluate you. UM. 450 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: But what I'm looking for beyond just talent and character 451 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: is I'm looking for young men that that have competitive greatness. 452 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: You know that John Wooden is the one that coined 453 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: this term. But you're at your best when your best 454 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: is needed. You know, someone that's that's accountable, someone that's 455 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 1: gonna show up when when his team needs him the most. 456 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: UM looking for guys that exhibit toughness. And toughness isn't 457 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,959 Speaker 1: just a physical attribute. I think it's more so mental 458 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: and an emotional attribute. Are you someone that can handle 459 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 1: the rigors of being you know, a D one athlete 460 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: then maybe asked to take a physics test on Thursday 461 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 1: and play against Michigan on Saturday, and can you handle that? 462 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: Or can you handle running out in front of a 463 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: hundred thousand people on a Saturday, playing against great competition 464 00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: and show up and be at your best or you're 465 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: gonna be intimidated. And to me, those are elements of 466 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: toughness that we're always looking for. We're looking for great teammates, 467 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: you know. Um, We're looking for for men that exhibit 468 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: team ego over just individual ego. Sure, we want you 469 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: to have an ego, we want you to think you're great, 470 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: and we want you to have that athletic arrogance, but 471 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: can you submit yourself to the team environment, and you know, 472 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: more so than just being the best player on the team, 473 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: can you be the best player for the team. And 474 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: I think that's so critical. So those are some of 475 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: the things we're looking for, and those are some of 476 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: the ways that you can be seen coach freaking Moura. 477 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: I love it. I'm excited. I'm excited for the future 478 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: of the Connecticut Huskies. It's not gonna be just a 479 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,239 Speaker 1: basketball school anymore. Let's go I know, coach Peters has 480 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: done a hell of a job turning into a baseball 481 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: school as well. Great job. They're pretty close to going 482 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: to the World series not too long ago. I know 483 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,400 Speaker 1: he's gonna break that door down here, but man, really 484 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: excited for your coach more. I can't thank enough for 485 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: coming on and sharing you. You're You're freaking awesome, my pleasure. 486 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: It was really fun to talk to you. That's Jim Mora, 487 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: head football coach for the Yukon Huskies. Thanks for listening 488 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: to the Reform Sports Project podcast dom Nick Boncourt and 489 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: Our goal is to restore a healthy balance and perspective 490 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: in all areas of sports through education and advocacy. For updates, 491 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check 492 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: out our website by searching for the Reform Sports Project