😼🏀 We are thrilled to announce that former team captain Jeff Boals will be the 19th head coach in the history of our program!
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Welcome home, Coach Boals!
#BleedGreen
Jalen Hurts on getting replaced at halftime:
“As a competitor, of course you want to stay in there,” Hurts said. “But as a team, as a team player and a leader, you’ve gotta do what’s best for the team. If that was what’s best for the team, I support it completely.”
#respect
Many AAU careers will be ending this weekend. Make sure to thank your parents, relatives, HS coaches, and AAU coaches for sacrificing time and money driving you around, putting you up in hotels, meals and allowing you a platform to earn a scholarship.
#AttitudeOfGratitude
Humility, high character, honest. This is who Tony Bennett is every day. Easy to do when you live life like this. Great Perspective and great class.
#Salute
If you want to be a professional basketball 🏀 player, (a teacher 👩🏫 👨🏫 , a doctor 🥼 , a social worker, a lawyer, a dentist 🦷, etc) your priorities and actions MUST match your goals. Control what you can (attitude and effort)🔑
Welp, the little guy just couldn’t wait. Owen James Craft decided to bless us two weeks early!
Mommy killed it and is doing great!
Daddy is amazed with a full heart!
After a whirlwind of a 2 weeks I want to thank everyone at
@stonybrooku
and to
@ShawnHeilbron
for giving me an opportunity to be a head coach. I will always be a Seawolves fan. I am elated that Geno Ford will take over and look forward to following the success of
@StonyBrookMBB
Tua Tagovailoa did not transfer b/c he wasn’t playing, wasn’t negative, did not just punch the clock. He worked hard every day, was positive, a great teammate and most importantly was prepared for the opportunity when it came.
The easiest thing to do when times are bad or not going well is to give in or quit. When times are tough: stay positive, believe and continue to fight harder.
You’ll face obstacles chasing every goal you set. Don’t let it deter you. Find a way around it, through it, or over it.
Surreal feeling. RIP to my coach Larry Hunter. Old school, always got his teams to compete at a high level. You’ve impacted a lot of young men during your coaching career. Hard to believe what happened. The coaching profession lost a great one.
Tatum complains about the call by the ref, first thing Brad Stevens says to him.... ‘Hey, Next Play!’
Next play mentality. Control what you can control! Don’t spend energy on what just happened or what might happen in the future. Win the moment!
Don’t let your game be determined by made/missed shots. U can always find other ways to impact winning. On the bench, if you play or not, don’t let that affect your attitude & actions. Be positive& be a great teammate. Guys who are in to it, come in and impact the game positively
Congratulations to Thad on this honor. The numbers below don’t begin to tell the type of person or coach he is. He did it the right way in recruiting, positively impacted many young men, and was a great husband and father along the way.
#salute
Meet 🏀🌟 Thad Matta (
@OhioStateHoops
)
✅2 Final Fours
✅3 30-win seasons
✅5 Big Ten regular-season titles
More on him & the rest of the 2019 Hall of Fame class 👉
#GoBucks
PSA: In any profession, loyalty is 🔑. When you tell 🗣 someone one ☝🏽thing and do the other you lose credibility/trust. Always remember: Your word is your bond. Do not 🔥 🌉 🌉
Everyone faces adversity in their lives. How do you handle it? Do you:
A) Blame, deflect, Make excuses, or quit
B) work harder, stay positive and find a way?
Adversity will shape you and is part of the process. Embrace it and own it.
A lot of aau coaches help keep kids off the streets and busy. They give great opportunities to get their college paid for. These eval periods are huge for college coaches and Both PSA’s. Not sure the new proposed model will help this.
Day 1. A key 🔑 to being a great team is to understand your role, accept your role and be the absolute best at your role. Hard work, positive attitude and humility.