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Bob Walsh
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Bob Walsh
@CoachBobWalsh
Win Anyway
Joined October 2010
- Every player who’s ever hung his head sitting on a bench should watch video of Jalen Hurts tonight.
- Why am I taking you out? Simple - I decided to put someone else in. It doesn't mean you did something wrong, I'm treating you differently or I lost confidence in you. I don't have time right now to have a sit down to explain it or call your parents. Stay engaged and be ready.
- Phil Martelli is a coach who sits next to you as a D3 guy in July and genuinely asks you questions about your program. He's not afraid to speak out about people who break the rules and $450 packets. Also happens to be a terrific coach. We need a lot more guys like him in charge.
- Great stuff from @realStanVG on culture: "Culture comes from your best players. Do your best players feel like they are entitled to special treatment? Or do they feel like being the best players means they have to take on more responsibility? That's what determines your culture."
- Loved this full court action Providence ran to get a good look in just 6 seconds. Ed Cooley is seriously underrated for his ATO actions and execution.
00:00 - You can’t give Eaton Street all day to prepare and a near 60 degree day. Just not a fair fight.
- You have to own it. I say it to my players all the time. There are no accommodations made in the standings for misfortune. It's on me. I'll take the record with me, as well as lifelong relationships with some of the toughest, high-character kids I'll ever get to coach. I win.
- The amount of time officials spend telling assistant coaches to sit down is silly. They are coaching the kids. They’re not plotting a crime.
- Eleven years ago today I got a phone call. This is the last lesson my father ever taught me. coachbobwalsh.com/2019/12/02/the…
- June 17th, 1994: I was in the Garden cheering on Patrick Ewing and my beloved NY Knicks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. November 28th, 2017: Patrick Ewing has to go through me to get his 5th career win as a head coach. Circle of life.
- Perhaps the best -and most under-appreciated -part of being a college athlete is being surrounded every day, in everything you do, by people who are fully invested in your success. It will almost certainly never be that way again. If you don’t take advantage of it? It’s on you.
- The one draft beer you have by yourself, while waiting for your take out order - one of life’s simple and underrated pleasures. 🍻
- The D3 guy has to accept a new role. He's out of the rotation because the D2 guy has really stepped up. And we're running pin downs to get the D2 guy a shot on the biggest possession of the game. This is in the NBA conference finals. Recruiting is an art, not a science.