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Hardwood Hustle

Episode 592 - Processing the End of Your Season

Hardwood Hustle

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Educational, Professional, Motivational, Training, Sports & Recreation, College & High School, Basketball, Podcast, Amateur, Education, Higher Education

4.6607 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Having just finished their seasons, TJ and Sam discuss how they process that end of season feeling we all have as coaches. Show Notes: • The feeling of it being over • Approach to the locker room • Expressing gratitude • Modeling for your players • Approaching individual players • Adapting to the new reality • How recruiting has changed • Transitioning to a new routine • Turning the page to growth • Finding shortcuts and mentors • Post season evaluations and exit interviews • How to hel...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Hardwood Hustle powered by PGC coaching.

0:08.1

This week, T.J. and Sam discuss the emotions, thoughts, questions, and concerns that come after you've coached the last game of your season.

0:14.7

Let's get started.

0:16.7

Welcome back, Harwood Hustle. Sam and T.J. with you today.

0:19.9

And excited, T.J, to talk about this.

0:22.3

I know it's maybe bitter, sweet, maybe more bitter than sweet for you. But your season just ended.

0:28.8

You guys had another really, really good year, another 20-win season, 21 wins to be exact.

0:35.6

You finished tied for first in your conference going 18 and 2, TJ, so snaps to you

0:41.5

on just another good year.

0:42.5

But I think the asterisk by it is you lost the D2 national player of the year and two-time

0:48.9

national leading score, NBA guy now.

0:53.2

So to accomplish that in spite of losing KJ, I think, number one, let's just

0:59.7

start there.

1:00.3

Congrats on just a great season.

1:02.8

Yeah.

1:03.1

Well, I'm glad you're excited about the call.

1:05.8

Yeah.

1:06.5

This is probably be a pretty raw call for me.

1:08.9

You know, I just, we lost in the conference championship yesterday.

1:14.5

I went to bed about 5 a.m.

1:16.2

We're sitting here talking at 10 a.m.

1:17.7

And so, you know, you've, that feeling that a lot of coaches go through when the season's over, you know, it's such a weird profession that you've invested so much and you've been going so hard, giving your

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