Posted on April 16, 2013 Yesterday, while I was working on today's CENTAUR SEASONS post to be available here on HoopsU.com, my wife, Noreen, yelled up to me: "Bombs at the Boston Marathon." I put aside what was going to be today's post. Though the irony is worth noting: Today's post was going to connect the early-Seventies Centaurs of Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales to the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Summer Games where terror first struck a sporting event. Instead, there's … [Read more...]
The Blueprint For Organizational Greatness
I came across this recent article in Forbes and thought that it is definitely worth sharing. In the article, Boise State Football And The Blueprint For Organizational Greatness, the author talks about how the Boise State Football program has achieved a consistency of greatness among the BCS schools with much less in terms of budget, resources, and recruiting. He examines - and Head Coach Chris Petersen explains - the need for a strong organizational culture and how to implement it … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: The Forgotten Centaur(ette)s — That they won no games doesn’t matter; that no one knows they played them does
Posted on April 9, 2013 A recurring theme here at CENTAUR SEASONS exclusively on HoopsU.com has been the idea that Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales in Center Valley, Pennsylvania -- the school brand-new, we students its only resource – offered a uniquely interesting education to those lucky enough to have been there in the late ’60s, early ’70s. If something needed to get done, we had to do it. Anything, it seemed, was possible. The story of the Centaurettes first-ever women’s … [Read more...]
CENTAUR SEASONS: ‘Six Degrees of Refereeing’ — The one guy who ran with the Centuars and made it to the big time …
Posted On April 8, 2013 To start this CENTAUR SEASONS post -- brought to you here on HoopsU.com -- we need first to go to Madison Square Garden. It is the mid-1980s. I am there watching a St. John’s basketball game. The whistle sounds, and I follow the ball as it gets thrown to the ref. Wait! I know that guy! The referee! I mean, I know who he is. His name comes immediately. Jody Silvester. He used to ref our Centaur games at Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales. The game in the … [Read more...]
What CENTAUR SEASONS Can Teach the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers U. Seriously!
Posted on April 5, 2013 Today, Centaur Seasons here exclusively on HoopsU.com takes a break from TALKING WITH JOHN WOODEN, its multipart March Madness series of never-before-heard conversations with the UCLA legend. (Come back Monday to HoopsU.com for the Final Four final installment.) No, today Centaur Seasons is going to wade into the morass that is the Rutgers University/Mike Rice basketball-coach fiasco. (Surely you've heard.) I think that much of what Centaur Seasons has been about … [Read more...]
Here on CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden — today’s talk: THAT GAME IN THE ASTRODOME
Posted on April 4, 2013 During this 75th anniversary celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Steve McKee's memory blog, CENTAUR SEASONS, here on HoopsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. HOW? By listening here exclusively to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a free-ranging never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS special, exclusively at … [Read more...]
Building the Right Court for Your Team
A special thank you to Sports Unlimited for contributing the following guest post with us! Basketball coaches are charged with building the perfect team; training their players, honing skills, developing trust, and fueling the fires of that winning spirit! But sometimes, organizations also charge coaches with (or at least give them some influence in) building that great gym for their team to call home. So when they ask you, how do you go about building the perfect court for your … [Read more...]
Here on CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden — today’s talk: THE MEANING OF SUCCESS (AND HOME)
Posted on April 3, 2013 During this 75th anniversary celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Steve McKee's memory blog, CENTAUR SEASONS, here on HoppsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. HOW? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS special, brought to you on … [Read more...]
Here on CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden — today’s talk — THE ‘BIG GAME’ (IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
Posted on April 2, 2013 During this 75th anniversary celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Steve McKee's memory blog, CENTAUR SEASONS, here on HoopsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. HOW? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS special, brought to you by … [Read more...]
On CENTAUR SEASONS, never-before-heard conversations with John Wooden — today’s talk: BACK HOME IN INDIANA
Posted on March 29, 2013 During this 75th anniversay celebration of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, Steve McKee's memory blog, CENTAUR SEASONS, on HoopsU.com is remembering not to forget John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins. HOW? By listening here to the Coach talk about the game and his life (and his life in the game) in a wide-ranging, never-before-heard, two-hour audio conversation conducted 16 years after he retired in 1975. A MARCH MADNESS special, brought to you here on … [Read more...]