by Wayne23 » Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:02 am
1/26: 88-75 at Dayton. A real battle early. Up 7 at the half. We never trailed in the 2nd half. Are we finally coming together as a team? Tied for 2nd with 3 other teams, 2 back of VA Commonwealth.
Team stats were pretty even, we shot 44.3%, they shot 42,4%. +2 RBs, -1 TO. BUT, we hit 17 threes to their 8, and that was the difference.
21, 2, 11 for Herd, 18, 11 for Risi, 14, 5 for Biel, 16 for sub F/C Len Barn.
I lead a solitary life away from work- not that I'm ever really away from work during the season. Anyway, I spend most of my waking hours at the office and in the gym. When we're on the road I'm usually in my hotel room when I'm not in a gym.
At home I get up at about 6:00, no alarm needed. I go for a 45 minute jog, not too fast. I come in, cool down while I'm checking the news and my emails, then shower.
I drive to campus, park the car, walk over to the cafeteria for coffee and a muffin, then go to my office. There's coffee in the office kitchenette, and I drink it slowly but continuously throughout the day.
I check in with my assistants, check my mail, email, texts, and phone calls, and do the zillion things that need doing.
I meet, usually for just about an hour, with my assistants in the morning and we talk about recruits, then the team. We bring up each player on the roster to be sure everything is going well academically, then what each player needs to be working on. And yes, we do all of that every day. I don't want any surprises and I want us right on top of things at all times.
I have lunch at the cafeteria, something healthy.
In the afternoon I meet with my assistants one at a time, going over what needs going over with each individual assistant.
Luke Jora, my bench/practice coach gets more of my time than the others except at the height of recruiting season. We design the practice or prep for the game.
Ty Weel's scouting report came to us before Luke and I met and that plays a key role. Of course Luke and I have also watched video of the next team we're playing, but Ty is the one who has broken it down and analyzed it in depth.
Recruiter Tony Berg gets a LOT of my time before and during recruiting, and some time talking about potential recruits in the recruiting slow times.
There's study hall for two hours in the afternoon, and either practice or a game in the evening, with a quick meal from the caf in between. UMass has a great caf with healthy choices. I try to always eat healthy. My kids eat too damn much junk, but I eat very little of that.
After practice I go back to my office and take notes on anything that I will need to follow up on, which could be a lot of things.
Eventually I go back home and often watch a college game until I start to feel tired, usually around midnight, give or take an hour.
If we're on the road it's not a lot different except we all eat together, and I use my hotel room as my office. In this modern age it's not difficult to use the hotel room as an office.
On Sunday I try not work for more than eight hours unless we have a game, and I also fit in a long afternoon nap to recharge my batteries.
During the off season the day on campus is shorter. I usually get home after study hall, maybe 6:30 or so and cook a meal, nothing fancy, but something healthy. Might be a lamb chop or a chicken breast, a piece of fish- something like that; I like to cook but there's just no time during the season. Then I watch video of incoming recruits' high school games to get a feel for their strengths and weaknesses, and video of our games. I see a LOT of video because the more I see the more I learn about my players and about our system's strengths and weaknesses.
I've said before that I often see my parents on the weekend. Other than that I don't go out much. Maybe once a month I'll have dinner with an old friend.
I don't really date. As I've said I just don't see how I could do justice to a marriage so it seems like a waste of time. In truth I'm a bit lonely regarding female companionship. I like women. It's just that I've gotten into relationships, mostly back when I was in college, and when it starts to get serious I just don't have the time for it. Life is about trade offs and you can't have everything.