Zac Jackson (@AkronJackson) from the Athletic joins Eric and Tim in the coach's office to talk all things Browns, and his just released book, "100 Things Browns Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die."
A lot of Browns topics are covered including some favorite memories from following the Browns and the current state of the team as they head into this weekend's game against the Patriots.
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Eric & Tim give an offseason update that includes Eric's upcoming travel schedule. They talk a bit about the Browns, how a new coach begins to establish his culture, whether its too early to panic and what to look out for. They also touch on other Cleveland sports topics and get into what the next couple weeks look like before high school basketball practices begin.
St. Edward head football coach Tom Lombardo joins Eric and Tim.
The coaches start by discussing the opening game loss to Mentor, and focus in on some in-game coaching decisions and how analytics factor into the decision making process.
They also recap the game 2 win against Detroit Cass Tech and coach Lombardo gives a rundown of the current state of each phase of the team.
Finally, they discuss basketball player Montorie Foster, and his decision to play football as a senior despite not previously playing at the high school level.
As mentioned on the show, you can watch all the St. Ed's football games online at StEdwardEagles.com
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Eric and Tim are joined by Matt Goul of cleveland.com. They start by giving some summer updated on high school basketball, including transfers and some competitive balance issues. Then at about the 18 minute mark, Matt dives deep into NE Ohio football teams. Among topics covered:
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Coach Flannery and Tim are back in the office, wrapping up summer break. Topics on this episode:
Coach Flannery is back from Brazil and we discuss his trip and experience with the Team USA U16 team. Among the topics:
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Chris Fedor, Cavs beat reporter for Cleveland.com joins Tim to discuss the NBA Finals, NBA Draft and Cavs. Quick show outline:
- NBA Finals (2:00 - 18:00)
- Team building in the NBA and upcoming free agency (18:00 - 40:30)
- NBA Draft (40:30 - 1:09:00)
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Coach Flannery is away with team USA but the show goes on! Coach Dan Gallagher from Magnificat High School joins Tim in the Coaches' office. The main topics on the show:
- Tim & Coach Gallagher talk about the summer and AAU season. Coach Gallagher leads some COSA Athletic teams and they discuss approach for development and team building for the AAU seasons.
- At the 16 minute mark, Dan and Tim discuss Dan's 2 seasons as head coach at Magnificat. Among many topics, they discuss the difference between coaching high school boys and girls, what it's like building a program, adjusting to the girls game schedules and lessons learned over 2 seasons.
- At the 45 minute mark, Dan and Tim talk some Cavs and NBA. Impressions and thoughts about the Cavs options with the 5th pick and some NBA Finals predictions.
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On this episode of Worthy of the Jersey, Tim & Eric recap Tim's family trip to Disney, give some thoughts on Game of Thrones, talk about the officiating controversies in the NBA and some things coaches can do to improve during the off-season.
Eric and Tim have returned from a week away. On this episode they discuss trips to Disney, Eric's appointment to the USA Basketball U16 and U17 teams for the next 2 summers and a recap of Eric's trip to Minneapolis for the Final 4. They talk about the scene at the Final 4, the amount of coaches and networking that goes on there and have a conversation around what it takes to get into basketball coaching.
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Coach Flannery and Tim discuss St. Ed's state semifinal loss to Cincinnati Moeller, answer some listener questions and discuss a lot of topics:
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Coach Flannery and Tim return to discuss St. Ed's journey through the basketball state tournament so far and making the Final 4. They discuss their upcoming matchup with Cincinnati Moeller, and they answer listener questions about the value of experience, why the suits all of the sudden and the process a coaching staff goes through to prepare for playoff games.
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Streaming audio of Friday's game can be heard at stedwardeagles.com
It's tournament time and Matt Goul from cleveland.com joined Eric and Tim to discuss the high school basketball season and preview the Northeast Ohio district brackets.
The trio discusses the process to select the Regional AP teams, the difference in district assignments by region across the state and preview boys Northeast Ohio basketball districts.
Eric and Tim recap last Friday's loss at St. Ignatius and discuss the outlook of the St. Ed's team heading into the final 4 games of the regular season. They get into an interesting discussion about approach and attitude a coach, particularly young coaches, can take to their teams. Then they answer a listener question about the proper ways to criticize players and avoiding too much negativity. Finally, Eric makes a futile effort trying to explain that momentum is an actual that exists on the heels of the big Duke comeback over Louisville.
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Coach Flan and Tim are back and discuss an odd situation from Saturday's game against Central Catholic where a player was incorrectly ejected. They also discuss this Friday's rematch with rival St. Ignatius and some things Coach Flannery does to add some fun to practices at this time of the season.
After a couple weeks away, Eric and Tim are back in the coaches' office. This shows topics include discussing the game this Saturday with Spire Academy, giving a midseason update on the team and the use of analytics in high school basketball. Eric and Tim discuss how St. Ed's uses analytics and give some examples of application through the course of the season. They also talk about how a program that is newer to analytics can get started with it and the best stats to focus on.
Saturday's game against Spire is sold out but you can watch it at stedwardeagles.com
Coach Flan and the basketball team have returned from their Holiday Tournament. On this episode, Tim and Eric discuss:
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Eric and Tim sit down in the coaches' office and talk about the start of the basketball season. The Eagles are 3-2 and have lost their last 2 games. Eric has some interesting insight on how he deals with early season losses, discusses appropriate reactions and adjustments, and also how current high school coaches deal with players who react to losing in different ways.
Near the end, there is a lighthearted fantasy football conversation.
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We dragged Coach Lombardo back into the coaches' office to recap St. Edward's 24-10 state championship win over Cincinnati Colerain.
Coach talked about some of the key plays in the game, preparation that went into the gameplan and how the Doritos tradition survived into the Hall of Fame stadium in Canton. Coach Flannery and Coach Lombardo also spend a few minutes talking about college recruiting and the impact recruiting rankings.
Congrats to all the coaches and players on a remarkable season and being 2018 State Champs!
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The Eagles have made the Division 1 Ohio State Final and Coach Tom Lombardo joins Eric and Tim to preview the game against Cincinnati Colerain. They also discuss the differences between the week leading up to the state title game versus other game weeks, and what has made this years team unique.
Audio for the state title game, which is this Friday at 8 pm, can be found at stedwardeagles.com and the game will be broadcast on spectrum sports Ohio.
Matt Goul (@mgoul) from the Plain Dealer and cleveland.com joins Eric and Tim to discuss the Northeast Ohio football teams that are playing in football regional finals this weekend. The trio focuses primarily on the Division 2 matchup of Maple Heights and Akron Hoban and the Division 1 rematch between Mentor and St. Edward.
Then they talk high school hoops, discussing the teams to watch in Northeast Ohio and also the impact of Lamelo Ball joining Spire Academy and how that impacts scheduling for St. Ed's and others.
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Coach Lombardo joins Eric and Tim to discuss St. Ed's playoff victory over St. Ignatius and give the outlook of the team heading into Friday's matchup with Euclid.
The last 15 minutes of the show, Coach Flannery and Tim discuss the 1st couple weeks of practice and touch on the report of Lamelo Ball joining Spire Academy.
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Coach Flannery and Tim return to the coaches' office and talk about the roles and decisions a coach makes in the weeks leading up to the start of practice. Brief episode outline:
1:10 - What does St. Ed's do in the preseason and how do we approach the tryout process?
5:00 - How do you approach conditioning in the preseason?
9:15 - Coaches preparing for how we want our team to play.
13:30 - Communicating and handling the tryout/cut process
25:00 - Coach Flannery's takeaways from the USA Basketball mini-camp
38:45 - A few minutes on the Browns (sorry, we had to)
46:10 - We finish with some thoughts on the Cavs, give some NBA rumors we've heard and some quick predictions.
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The 1998 St. Edward Basketball team is being inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame this week. Coach Flannery was the head coach and Tim was a player on that team. They share some memories of that season and that team and also talk about the dynamics that made that team a champion.
A great stroll down memory for fans of St. Ed's and Northeast Ohio basketball. And also some good insight on the traits that made that team title winners and the ups and downs of a team going through failure and success.
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Coach Lombardo makes his 2018 debut in the Coaches' office to join Eric and Tim on Worthy of the Jersey. Topics covered:
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