Bill Belichick is a smart guy. That goes without saying, but we should be reminded of it. The New England Patriots head coach owns five Super Bowl rings and one of the most innovative defensive minds in all of football. It's a mind that doesn't work like yours or mine, and it's one that might or might not have had a defense willingly surrender the game-winning score in football's biggest game. With his team losing by two, deep in its own end and facing an imminent score, Belichick instructed...
January 27, 2012 Michael Robinson wouldn’t miss being in State College yesterday for anything in the world. He wouldn’t even allow the more than 5,500 miles that stand between Honolulu, Hawaii and State College, Pa. from him being at the Bryce Jordan Center on Thursday. Robinson was asked by the Paterno family to represent the players that played for Joe Paterno from 2000-2010 by speaking at the memorial service. But the former Penn State quarterback has been in Hawaii this week...
The day Osama bin Laden went down, is the day the whole world became acquainted with the legendary SEAL Team 6. After taking down *the* most wanted terrorist in the earth, you’d think people will be interested who exactly did him. Surely it’s not some random US soldier. This top tier military group is so top secret its existence has been denied by the authorities, that is until they decided to announce to the world who’s responsible for Osama bin Laden’s epic death. Their missions...
New York Yankees baseball player Jorge Posada smiles during a news conference where he announced his retirement, at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Photo: Seth Wenig / AP New York Yankees baseball player Jorge Posada smiles during a news... New York Yankees baseball player Jorge Posada becomes emotional during a news conference where he announced his retirement, at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Photo: Seth Wenig / AP New York Yankees baseball...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—The New York Giants have their own Super Bowl formula: in overtime and on the road. And with Lawrence Tynes’ foot. Five plays after the 49ers’ Kyle Williams fumbled a punt, Tynes kicked a 31-yard field goal in overtime, sending the Giants to the Super Bowl with a 20-17 victory over San Francisco in the NFC championship game Sunday. In another tight one in this decades-old postseason rivalry, both defenses made key stops before New York capitalized on a rare mistake in...
The San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants will meet on January 22 in the NFC Championship game. On the line is a berth to the Super Bowl for the two storied franchises. San Francisco had a 13-3 record in the regular season and is coming off of a memorable divisional round victory over the New Orleans Saints. San Francisco fans have been ecstatic about the success of their team all season long and have had high hopes for the 2011 season. In the midst of their current playoff run, San...
Heather Muenchen Explains How To Build Confidence Within Your Office The main way to keep trust within a group is a principal that I call ACE = Accountability Communication and Effectiveness. With accountability each member is ultimately responsible for the outcome of their particular section. Where there is accountability there is also trust. These two principals go hand in hand because it is how we measure effectiveness. Communication is perhaps the best way to solidify the trust of the...
A little perspective is in order for those of us (me included) growing weary of the wait for Jeff Fisher to cast his coaching future with the St. Louis Rams or Miami Dolphins.Sometimes, these things take time.The Rams' previous coach, Steve Spagnuolo, was not hired until later in January 2009, on the 17th. The other NFC West teams hired their current coaches between the seventh and 14th days of January in various years. My thoughts on Fisher and the Rams at the moment: Upgrading is key....
Getty Images Our good friend Mike Silver of Yahoo! Sports has penned yet another intriguing and thought-provoking item. This one focuses on the possible reasons for the termination of Raiders coach Hue Jackson. Silver’s theory is that Jackson knew too much about how poorly late owner Al Davis used to treat his son, Mark Davis, and that Mark Davis wants to remove from the organization anyone with direct knowledge of those interactions. “To project an image of authority,” Silver writes,...
