--Dave
"The Greater the Teacher, the More Powerful the Player."
The Mission Statement: "I want to show any young man that he is far tougher than he thinks, that he can accomplish more than what he dreamed and that his work ethic will take him wherever he wants to go."
#BattleReady newhope
Click on the above.
--Dave
"The Greater the Teacher, the More Powerful the Player."
The Mission Statement: "I want to show any young man that he is far tougher than he thinks, that he can accomplish more than what he dreamed and that his work ethic will take him wherever he wants to go."
#BattleReady newhope
It's on Peacock (I work for Comcast). Definitely going on my watch list.
Game plan? I got your game plan. We gonna run the bawl some. We gonna throw the bawl some. We gonna play some defense. We gonna run some special teams, but we better not run kick return but one time and we sure as heck better not punt.
It's on Peacock (I work for Comcast). Definitely going on my watch list.
I read Amazon Prime and we have that.
--Dave
"The Greater the Teacher, the More Powerful the Player."
The Mission Statement: "I want to show any young man that he is far tougher than he thinks, that he can accomplish more than what he dreamed and that his work ethic will take him wherever he wants to go."
#BattleReady newhope
Man…that’s really cool.
Mike, I watched it too. And there's also a book:
As you said, plenty of Michael mentions. Good movie. I wish I'd known to talk more about this with Michael.
--Dave
"The Greater the Teacher, the More Powerful the Player."
The Mission Statement: "I want to show any young man that he is far tougher than he thinks, that he can accomplish more than what he dreamed and that his work ethic will take him wherever he wants to go."
#BattleReady newhope
Yes...all the time I spent with him on the phone he never mentioned any of this.
What is beautiful, lives forever.
Wow. I was just sitting at my work desk thinking about Michael and laughing about some of our times together. So I came here and saw this thread.
I miss him. He moved out by me and coached with me for a year back when. Parents were mean to him and he ghosted me after a time. Never found out why. I found out he died here.
He was obsessed with learning everything about Oline. He even went to the C.O.O.L. clinics which was mainly college coaches and really huge guys. He was a small man.
One of his favorite comments in response to a comment about Olinemen being less athletic than other positions, "That's okay, our jobs are different. I can't play guitar like Eddie Van Halen, but I bet I can disrupt his guitar playing."
He had a lot of funny sayings like that. You guys know.
You never know when a friend is going to pass suddenly. Been to 6 funerals in last 12 months or so. 4 were people under 50 one was just 26, we aren't promised tomorrow - in these bodies anyway.
Always a lot easier (for me) when I know they were believers.
Hope everyone is doing well. Good to see a bunch of old names on here. Carry on. Love ya.
Dan L.
Parents were mean to him and he ghosted me after a time. Never found out why.
He did the same with me. No idea why. Oh well...
Miss him, though. Brilliant mind.
--Dave
"The Greater the Teacher, the More Powerful the Player."
The Mission Statement: "I want to show any young man that he is far tougher than he thinks, that he can accomplish more than what he dreamed and that his work ethic will take him wherever he wants to go."
#BattleReady newhope
Michael was very much into learning and adapting. Some of my last conversations he talked about how he felt about this board and some of the people on it (not specifically).
When you're a great coaching mind like he was sometimes he felt like he exhausted the potential for learning and talking about topics with certain people. Myself included. Our talks became less about football and more about people and oddly enough his experiments on his own body through physical training, which in part he would've found to be very effective and non conventional.
I miss my friend and long talks about football and various other coaches and teachers he had spoken about. In person though is an experience I would never forget. He looked like the Fonz, and damn near talked his way into taking two young ladies from the "luv sac" store into going out with him.
I was never able to obtain his "binder". This binder would be worth it's weight in diamonds to coaches, a complete organized account of everything he knew and learned about coaching and specifically oline.
Not surprised Ihop isn't doing well financially since his passing :).
I can explain it to you, I can't understand if for you.
Michael visited the Cape a couple of times and I had a chance to meet up with him. We worked with a handful of kids one Saturday out in the rain.
Loved the dude. Loved his passion, the way he thought about things and his willingness to share with others.
I wish that he would have elaborated more on this aspect of his life but honestly, I don’t blame him for not doing so. It’s a safe to say that football coaches are often very arrogant and egotistical and unwilling to entertain new ideas….not everyone but c’mon, if Michael showed up here talking about being THE MAN in rowing circles, the majority of folks here wouldn’t have taken him seriously. Instead, he generalized his knowledge and applied it where it made sense.
Anyone who had the chance to speak with this dude should consider themselves blessed. Of all the people on earth, we had a chance to know him on some level and that’s awesome.
I keep his spirit alive pretty frequently. It’s not about drills or blocking or winning ball games. It has always been and will always be about life, people, relationships and doing the best we can to make sense of it all.
If you show up for a fair fight, you are unprepared.
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