Life comes at us fast. We better be ready. Teams help... our family, our work groups, our broader community.
As coaches, we oversee and create the "basketball experience" which some call culture. Basketball experience - shared vision, shared goals, shared sacrifice - speaks more than culture.
Steve Kerr's leadership includes the triad of mindset, mentors, and culture, which touches on more of the basketball experience. Director Ron Howard says it another way, "the director is the keeper of the story."
Invariably, someone will ask, "what was it like to play for Coach?" And we should ask "how does it feel to play for me?"
How are we keeping score? When players are accused of bullying, marginalizing teammates (cliques), or substance abuse (Dr. Fergus Connolly might call that failed biotransformation), we lose core messages- teamwork, improvement, and accountability. That's failure.
What belongs on our transformational scoreboard?
- Respect each other, officials, opponents
- Respect the game - PTRW
- Take care of business- academics
- Be on time
- Know your responsibility
- Be present - focus
- Be humble
- Unite - play together
- Bring energy and energize
- Practice gratitude. Say thank you.
