Episode 84: Michael Lombardi, Thinking Differently as a Coach

Michael Lombardi, Thinking Differently as a Coach  Guest: Michael Lombardi, Gridiron Genius author, and NFL Insider for The Athletic    In this week’s coaching conversation, Gridiron Genius author, and NFL Insider for The Athletic, Michael Lombardi joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss thinking differently as a coach. Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers, Al Davis of the Raiders, and Bill Belichick of the Patriots, among others, during his three decades in football.   Lombardi was most recently an internal consultant for Bill Belichick in the New England Patriots' front office. After thirty years working for the San Francisco 49ers, the Oakland Raiders, and the Cleveland Browns (where he was general manager for two years). He writes a column for The Athletic and has his own podcast, The GM SHUFFLE on the Cadence Podcast Network.   In Gridiron Genius Michael Lombardi provides the blueprint that makes a successful organization click and win--and the mistakes unsuccessful organizations make that keep them on the losing side time and again. He reveals what makes football organizations tick at the championship level.    Breakdown 1:00 - Introduction 2:40 - Divergent Thinking For Coaches 4:00 - False Duality 5:30 - Blackbeard Mentality 7:00 - Philosophy of Stoicism 8:30 - Personal Freedom as a Coach 10:30 - His advice to young coaches 12:00 - Being Honest 16:00 - Being Wrong and Playing Harder 19:00 - Coaches Handling Wins and Losses the Same Way 21:00 - Ego Mirror 23:00 - Advice for Character Assessment 25:00 - Changing Someone 27:00 - Assessing Competitiveness 28:00 - Staff Organization 31:00 - Inverse Theory 36:00 - Coaches in the Practice 40:00 - Culture 44:00 - Volume 46:00 - David Crosby Theory 47:00 - Conclusion   Michael Lombardi’s Bio Bio: https://twitter.com/mlombardiNFL Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lombardi_(American_football)    Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.