SimpleCoach D3 Soccer YouTube Channel

[SKUD]

Love PN episodes and Jackie

[SimpleCoach]

All -

So this is premature, and a work in progress... so be gentle.  I've added all the games for the upcoming weekend, both men's and women's, and most, although not all, have the appropriate links to watch or track stats... if available.  Tired of hunting for times and links, etc..

Next year, my goal is to have this automated, but right now, it's all manual.

Go here if you want to view the games - https://d3soccer.fans/home/game-calendar/

SC.

[SKUD]

SC's best interview ever with school president.

[SimpleCoach]

SC's best interview ever with school president.

Thank you.  Definitely ranks.

SC.

[stlawus]

Is Joe Bergin the current title holder for most SC interviews right now?  Good stuff, always like the post season recap interviews.  Hope they keep coming!

[Kuiper]

SC's best interview ever with school president.

Thank you.  Definitely ranks.

SC.

I agree.  Since it really wasn't specific or unique to soccer and therefore would be of interest to people connected with many sports, I posted it about it in the "Future of Division III" thread on the "General Division III issues" on the main board a few days ago.  If you saw a spike in traffic, does that make me a "D3boards influencer?" 

There's a great episode of the All Things DIII Soccer podcast, with Simple Coach interviewing Adrian College president Jeffrey Docking, author of the book The College of the Future.  He's not an uncontroversial figure, but that's mostly related to his plans for shared online courses (involving a for-profit company that he has a connection to) and not because of his work in expanding college sports teams.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fucnBDA0Fg

I think we all know by now that D3 schools (as well as small schools generally, whether JCs, NAIA, DII etc), are using athletics to help drive enrollment and save schools, but Docking started this back in 2005 and he openly embraces the strategy and its clear connection to admissions goals and quotas for coaches.  The most interesting revelation from the interview is his claim this isn't a situation where the sports gambit is no longer working because all DIII schools are doing it now.  According to Docking, it's being used to compete with the big publics for a few more students.  As he said, 85% of students are going to the big public universities in his state of Michigan (or maybe that was the national number).  If only a small fraction of that number go to DIII schools instead because of athletics, and he can get maybe a couple of dozen of them to go to Adrian, that's a massive difference to their bottom line over four years.

[SimpleCoach]

Is Joe Bergin the current title holder for most SC interviews right now?  Good stuff, always like the post season recap interviews.  Hope they keep coming!

Actually at this moment, he probably is.  Simply because he is the first coach I have spoke with to go over the season.  I always do enjoy speaking with him regardless.

SC.

[SimpleCoach]

SC's best interview ever with school president.

Thank you.  Definitely ranks.

SC.

I agree.  Since it really wasn't specific or unique to soccer and therefore would be of interest to people connected with many sports, I posted it about it in the "Future of Division III" thread on the "General Division III issues" on the main board a few days ago.  If you saw a spike in traffic, does that make me a "D3boards influencer?" 

There's a great episode of the All Things DIII Soccer podcast, with Simple Coach interviewing Adrian College president Jeffrey Docking, author of the book The College of the Future.  He's not an uncontroversial figure, but that's mostly related to his plans for shared online courses (involving a for-profit company that he has a connection to) and not because of his work in expanding college sports teams.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fucnBDA0Fg

I think we all know by now that D3 schools (as well as small schools generally, whether JCs, NAIA, DII etc), are using athletics to help drive enrollment and save schools, but Docking started this back in 2005 and he openly embraces the strategy and its clear connection to admissions goals and quotas for coaches.  The most interesting revelation from the interview is his claim this isn't a situation where the sports gambit is no longer working because all DIII schools are doing it now.  According to Docking, it's being used to compete with the big publics for a few more students.  As he said, 85% of students are going to the big public universities in his state of Michigan (or maybe that was the national number).  If only a small fraction of that number go to DIII schools instead because of athletics, and he can get maybe a couple of dozen of them to go to Adrian, that's a massive difference to their bottom line over four years.

Kuiper -

You may carry the tag of D3Boards Influencer with pride.

SC.

[ChrisJS]

Is Joe Bergin the current title holder for most SC interviews right now?  Good stuff, always like the post season recap interviews.  Hope they keep coming!

Actually at this moment, he probably is.  Simply because he is the first coach I have spoke with to go over the season.  I always do enjoy speaking with him regardless.

SC.

I like Joe B. My son played for Marietta for two seasons, I met him a few times, he was always friendly and approachable.

[Rcjh2245]

Looking forward to more of these SC2C interviews in the off-season. It's great to hear coaches' perspectives in unscripted setting, i.e., not "recruiting mode," and they serve as an invaluable marketing tool for soccer programs - familiar ones and those off the radar. And SC and Jackie are always well-prepared!

[SimpleCoach]

Another Episode.... with some controversy... and a bit melancholic.... where we review the Final Four.

The New Show - The Final Four Episode

[Another Mom]

Ooh, yay! Will listen on my 2 hour drive this morning.

ETA except, it's not (yet?) posted as a podcast. (I'm a subscriber).

[SimpleCoach]

Ooh, yay! Will listen on my 2 hour drive this morning.

ETA except, it's not (yet?) posted as a podcast. (I'm a subscriber).

Just got posted...

SC.

[SKUD]

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Just got posted...

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Well done gentlemen!

[PaulNewman]

Putting this here because frankly we should be talking about St Olaf in the other thread.

I just watched SC's interview with Serpone.  I know I watched some of it before but not all of it.  What struck me after all the recent convos is that yes, he comes across as genuinely extremely bright, thoughtful, passionate, etc.  I got a vibe of a very talented youth minister or life coach.  Heck, I think he could help me with my anxiety and worrying too much about what others think in a way that distracts from staying focused and on task.  In that regard, I can respect what he says about his ONLY or primary obligation being to his 28-30 players and whoever else is most directly a part of the program. 

But what also struck me, and I'm sure I'm taking him partly out of context, was his take on his players only really needing him after losses/major disappointments (losing in PKs, breakup with a partner, family loss, etc).  That was great.  However, and I get what he was saying, he suggested that they don't need him for winning or after winning.  And that's where I disagree.  On the one hand, I have little doubt that they learn how to handle winning from him and take cues from him, and so he is implicated regardless.  Helping them figure out how to deal with winning (differently) should be part of a coach's job.  That seems like a life lesson too, as 'winning' long-term post-Amherst means being able to appreciate the world beyond the brotherhood of one's collegiate team (even if the alums already have booked tickets to Vegas).  I can understand trying to make Amherst soccer the means to an incredible life ahead, but not both the means and the end whereby all the energy gets directed back into itself in an insular fashion.  Claiming that folks just can't understand because we can't comprehend the love that they share for each other starts to sound a little cultish (and insulting).

Anyway, what I got out of the interview is that he is smart enough and self-aware enough to have his players commit to the Amherst passion without some of the antics and losing control, and without him berating officials and screaming on the sidelines constantly.  He knows better (or at least he gives that impression).