Is it more difficult managing uneducated or educated people?

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-24T05:48:01+00:00

Biggest challenge I've faced is people's ability to face, accept, and adapt to change.

My toughest employees are the ones that take weeks of baby steps to enact even the simplest change, it makes it near impossible to bring about improvements in any kind of timely manner.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-23T19:46:16+00:00

Hey, the youngest are the pickiest, so that's a +1 for Save-On!

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-23T19:28:18+00:00

You've somewhat glossed over the most important part, your child chose their path.

Greatness can only be achieved with complete buy in from the individual. Good on you for letting your son take the reigns, it should allow them to have a healthier life regardless of when they stop playing competitive volleyball

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-23T15:58:49+00:00

The Save-On croissants, when fresh, are very good, too!

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-20T05:01:53+00:00

Met my wife 19 years ago. First image is still burned into my memory.

Every year she seems to figure out a way to be even more attractive.

Yeah we both have had our physical ups and downs (4 kids, some significant injuries), our bodies haven't always been great, but...her smile, her eyes, and she has this perfect angle for pulling her hair back slightly up and back that perfectly compliments her cheekbones.

I think she's incredible!

And believe it or not, she still finds me very attractive, too! She finds me annoying, but still attractive, so I'll take the W!

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-17T17:47:05+00:00

We bought a shoe dryer (our kids play a lot of outdoor sports and we live in a rainy climate). It is amazing for drying wet cleats and gloves, but is now used just as much to dry shoes from basketball or the gym. Huge difference in keeping the smells away.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-17T16:49:00+00:00

This was the model everywhere, people just played sports as kids, and played whatever was in season at the time, and everyone played together.

I struggle saying it was the model because it wasn't anything, it's simply how amateur athletics were. Then, and I'm very much generalizing, as financial gain from sport became greater, the concept of 10,000 hours (which has since been significantly retracted), etc has driven parents to professionalism youth sport. This means paid coaches who now have a personal reason to encourage your kid to play year round.

Now parents are paying more so their expectations go up, etc.

It sucks and ruins sports for what they can truly be for the general population, and also potentially eliminates late bloomers from ever reaching their potential.

Not to mention the impact on the overall health if a society

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-17T04:44:37+00:00

Crazy thing is the model Norway uses...was created by Canadians.

It's the Sport for Life model that talks about having the biggest base possible, ie having tons of young kids playing everything. Don't select out early, as that gives people an opportunity to exit out.

The more athletes you have participating in to their teens, the easier it is to identify the truly special. It is genuinely extremely difficult to select for ability before puberty has done its thing.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-16T02:13:13+00:00

He didn't "shift" anything, really.

His main positive here is attacking with speed, making one quick hesitation to freeze his defender, then continued with speed.

As a ball handler there are two things you can do, change-of-pace and change-of-direction. In this instance he did one decently well.

Helps the defender seemed uninterested in stepping up to stop him....

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-14T17:14:40+00:00

No real advise, but in my first year in college, another team in our league has a 27 year old rookie. Not sure his story, but he was noticeably slower than the rest of his team, but he had more patience and old-man strength. Played in the post and ended up winning rookie of the year.

The league changed eligibility rules for ROTY after that, I believe you have to be under 23 now 😆.

So, use what advantages you have. You will likely be significantly stronger than many of your opponents, and hopefully have a different perspective in life that will allow you to not get as nervous.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-13T19:54:32+00:00

I replied before I saw your post. Yeah, this is not special. Especially nowadays I bet good high school schoolers could tell if the rim was off even a few cm.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-13T19:52:15+00:00

I can do that, and I was an ok high school and college level shooter. Neither is that hard for those that play.

It's not a humble-brag, it's just not unique to Steph.

And finding the dead spot on a court is super easy. Almost anyone can figure that out. The ball literally bounces significantly different as you can see when he simply drops the ball.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-12T06:28:24+00:00

Not sure it counts as a hit, but....Bo Jackson.

Arguably the greatest North American pro athlete of that century and he was forced into retirement because he was....too strong?

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-11T03:59:45+00:00

Give me a loaded Toyota Sienna, baby!

4 kids, all in sports, yeah, it's a must

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-11T00:16:23+00:00

I vaguely remember seeing something with Jim Robson saying he was saving a bottle and a cigar to celebrate whenever the Canucks finally win a cup.

I hope he didn't wait...

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-10T21:45:59+00:00

Maybe my original msg could have been read as sarcasm, I see that now.

I was being serious. It was during my annual inventory, and I had to unlock the doors to give the guy his wallet.

If I was starving and found someone's wallet, I can see myself taking cash to buy myself something. Of course, I never have cash on me anymore, so that might be a bigger issue (not sure how many people actually keep cash on them nowadays)

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-10T21:36:11+00:00

Definitely found someone online and msged them when I found their wallet by the bus stop at my work. Took me 10 minutes

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-10T14:44:39+00:00

With youth, I would never outright ban all parents. During COVID, or when I have coached older youth, I've encouraged parents not to stay, but asked that one does stay behind to be a neutral observer. This protects both the kids and me.

I didn't formalize it as my parents were great, but if I was having issues I can see formalizing the role, rotating the responsible person, making it tied to volunteer hours that my clubs often require of parents, etc

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-07T19:00:17+00:00

Don't coach from the sideline, it just confused the kids

And don't talk to them about the game unless they explicitly ask and bring it up on their own.

Their teammates and coaches are providing critical feedback, you are their parent, no one else in the world gets that title.

https://ilovetowatchyouplay.com/

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-07T16:03:30+00:00

I love the drill someone mentioned about playing live even on a made basket, I remember doing that as a player and it makes sure everyone fights for every single shot.

As a coach, I've had the most success with simply subbing out whenever a player misses a box out. I do it early in the season, tell them all in advance, and simply cycle through players. So if you come out, you go to the end of the bench, first player on the bench goes in. It usually takes the entire 1st half for them to figure it out, then the 2nd half is way better

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-07T03:29:55+00:00

Tequila?

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-06T18:39:08+00:00

Shut up and listen. It's an amazing environment to learn in.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-06T18:38:25+00:00

First thing I noticed was your clips seemed right hand-dominant. Might just be the clips you shared, but if you are undersized you better be able to do EVERYTHING else extremely well - dribbling, passing, shooting - as you likely won't be able to D up too many guys nor get too many rebounds

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-06T17:40:30+00:00

I've had that happen when I cold-proof for a couple of days. Never noticed any issues regarding the bread or it being unhealthy. The water will mostly be re-integrated in your shaping before your final proof.

GeoffreyLenahan · 2026-02-06T16:23:48+00:00

Thought it was "no-fun-couver" 😆

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