Worthy Of The Jersey

St. Edward football coach Tom Lombardo joins Eric and Tim to talk about Friday night's Regional Final game against Mentor. Then, at about the 25 minute mark, Eric and Tim talk some basketball. How can coaches encourage communication on their team, and what do we do to nurture ownership from our players? Check out the live broadcasts of St. Edward sports at stedwardeagles.com    

Eric and Tim are back in the coaches office and discuss the start of the new basketball season. Coach Flannery talks about his approach to having a senior laden team with high expectations. Coach Flannery gives his views on keeping the team and players in the moment, focusing on accountability and mixing in some fun to the process.  Thanks for listening, we appreciate all ratings and reviews!

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. Find Zac's book at all major retailers. Amazon link here: https://www.amazon.com/Things-Browns-Fans-Should-Before/dp/1629377309/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=zac+jackson&qid=1571845411&sr=8-1  

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   Go Eagles!    

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: Why Hoban ended up at number 1 in the preseason pool. A preview of week 1 St. Ed's and Mentor showdown. A run down of the cleveland.com preseason top 25, going team by team Follow Matt (@mgoul) and at cleveland.com/highschoolsports

Coach Flannery and Tim are back in the office, wrapping up summer break. Topics on this episode: COSA athletics fall AAU girls program With the upcoming season in mind, playing fast, what that means, and can we push it even faster The Elam ending used in the Basketball Tournament Thoughts on using JV and Freshman teams for some "experimental" philosophies and team building

Coach Flannery is back from Brazil and we discuss his trip and experience with the Team USA U16 team. Among the topics: Some of coach's favorite memories of the trip 2-week training camp and cut-down from 30 players to final roster of 12 What Belem, Brazil is like Overview of the Tournament of the Americas, and the Team USA wins to get the gold medal How the coaching staff approached team building, roster construction and game planning A player by player look at the roster And much more! Please send us any follow up comments or questions @coachflan and @timmys24 Facebook search Worthy of the Jersey 

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) Find Chris on twitter (@ChrisFedor), Tim is (@timmys24). And be sure to follow Coach Flannery (@coachFlan) as he heads to Brazil with the U16 team USA!  

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. Find coach Gallagher on twitter @Dan_Gallagher_ And follow @coachflan and USA Basketball next week!

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.  Please leave a review and/or rating! And check us out on Facebook, search "Worthy of the Jersey"

Coach Flannery and Tim discuss St. Ed's state semifinal loss to Cincinnati Moeller, answer some listener questions and discuss a lot of topics: Our impressions with the undefeated Moeller team Some schematic trends in high school basketball The always popular shot clock topic! Post season schedule for evaluation Do we take time off? Thanks for listening! We appreciate all ratings and reviews.

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. Thanks for checking us out! Please leave ratings and reviews!  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. Thanks for Listening! Please rate and review us if you don't mind!

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: A recap the Beach Ball Classic, in which the Eagles lost their first game but won their next three The mood and mental state of the team over the course of the week, with the 1st loss resulting in a 3-game losing streak In-season and even game to game adjustments a coach must make based on the "temperature" of the team Looking forward to the next stretch of the schedule Please let us know if you would like to see us do a Facebook Live show! Find us on twitter @coachflan and @timmys24 Search Worthy of the Jersey on facebook.