And even during the times they are supposed to be working they each have a palm-sized device that lets the outside world flood into the team's facility: a smartphone.
Coughlin has said in the past that he and his coaching staff have studied Millennials and how they process information. They are trying to adapt to the way young players think and learn. That goes for everything from having playbooks on iPads to playing music during warmups which engages a desire for them to multitask (stretch and listen at the same time). |
Coach Walsh, Catholic HS...
And that was basketball...
Enuff said.
"You guys are Stupid!" "Stop playing grab ass"
A tough, tough man.
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Attention is so splintered now though, I can't imagine all the input flying at teenagers and 20 somethings and trying to make sense of your life, your hormones, your dreams, girls, your profession with all of that shit to keep up with. We had it rougher physically and probably mentally from an ego standpoint (we got beaten down to nothing and built back up) but from a stress standpoint, kids these days are just overloaded. I would NOT want to be a kid in this age, it seems overbearing and awful.
I seem to remember being a teenager-20's in the Thirties and Forties (WW II in there, too) and having hormones, dreams, girls, etc., etc. When do you think all those things were invented? In the 21st century?
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Until we puked, then we got yelled at for puking on the field, then we moved fields and got yelled at for messing up two fields. When we left practice well felt like whipped dogs but damn if we wouldn't run through a brick wall for our coach.
Attention is so splintered now though, I can't imagine all the input flying at teenagers and 20 somethings and trying to make sense of your life, your hormones, your dreams, girls, your profession with all of that shit to keep up with. We had it rougher physically and probably mentally from an ego standpoint (we got beaten down to nothing and built back up) but from a stress standpoint, kids these days are just overloaded. I would NOT want to be a kid in this age, it seems overbearing and awful.
I seem to remember being a teenager-20's in the Thirties and Forties (WW II in there, too) and having hormones, dreams, girls, etc., etc. When do you think all those things were invented? In the 21st century?
To write off the course changing impact on mankind that the internet, and everything comes with it, has had on the generation of children that are being raised on it is naive.
Yeah, you dreamed about girls in the 20's, 30's, and 40's, but did you have the ability to pull out a tiny movie screen out of your pocket and see them get plowed by three dudes the moment the impulse struck you?
I've never been eager to retire, but the parent/administration/entitled-kid axis is profoundly discouraging. B is the new F, and all that…
Respect. I would not want to be a HS teacher now.
Completely on board with these thoughts, Brett. The collapse of the distance between urge and stimuli is not a net positive at all.
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old man's Playboys, or scrambled cable at 2 in the morning hoping to see an unscrambled nipple for a split second.
Completely on board with these thoughts, Brett. The collapse of the distance between urge and stimuli is not a net positive at all.
Britt, not Brett.
I would of never left the house...
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Until we puked, then we got yelled at for puking on the field, then we moved fields and got yelled at for messing up two fields. When we left practice well felt like whipped dogs but damn if we wouldn't run through a brick wall for our coach.
Attention is so splintered now though, I can't imagine all the input flying at teenagers and 20 somethings and trying to make sense of your life, your hormones, your dreams, girls, your profession with all of that shit to keep up with. We had it rougher physically and probably mentally from an ego standpoint (we got beaten down to nothing and built back up) but from a stress standpoint, kids these days are just overloaded. I would NOT want to be a kid in this age, it seems overbearing and awful.
I seem to remember being a teenager-20's in the Thirties and Forties (WW II in there, too) and having hormones, dreams, girls, etc., etc. When do you think all those things were invented? In the 21st century?
No, don't be a scallywag, that's not my point. My point is contending with those has ALWAYS been an issue, but now on top of the usual kid things, you lose your privacy, you get bombarded digitally with facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat and whatever else is out there. You have to keep up in class and between class and not miss a beat. If you didn't see the latest monkey falling out of a tree video and everyone's laughing you're out of the loop and as a teenager nothing is more alienating.
My point is that kids now get no breaks, none, there is no sanctuary from ridicule, prying eyes, judgement, evaluation and information. Even school is tougher, there is no more hunkering down in class or on the field as there used to be because SOMEONE can be watching, recording, observing at all times. It's overwhelming for adults, imagine being a scared teenager trying to make sense of the stuff we always had plus all this shit.
I still remember watching certain movies not because they were any good, but because they had one "good" nude scene in them. Sad fuck that I am. ha
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We had cinemax for my later teenage years.
I still remember watching certain movies not because they were any good, but because they had one "good" nude scene in them. Sad fuck that I am. ha
+1. Actually, +everyone.
I even notice myself (I'm 30), I can barely sit and watch tv without being on my phone half the time. I don't however do it in social situations while interacting with others. My attention span has definitely gotten worse though.
The truck was to turn to another channel and flip it back really quickly. You would get a full second of nudity. Heaven
Add in a bunch of horseshit political policy not allowing students to fail, and teaching to a test and...
Well, here we are.
I was on vacation recently and just thought of how 15 years ago, you went away, and you were gone, disconnected....now....there is no escape from the daily events.
Add in a bunch of horseshit political policy not allowing students to fail, and teaching to a test and...
Well, here we are.
Yeah ok joking....
I remember on the old wood grain Cox cable boxes that I was able to descramble porn for a split second. Then my cousin showed me how to press two buttons repeatedly on the remote to prolong the descramble. Thus, the downfall of my video game career... Damn thumbs.
You forgot about National Geographic which was always good for a nipple shot or two.
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about your post about scrambled cable...ha, ha. Different time.
that may be the #1 Freudian slip on BBI of all time
Hahaha!
it was a great time.
even then. I had comparatively shitty quality (26 now). The kids now have it TRULY made, but I consider my age group the first frontier (maybe second)
Due to business, I am on my smartphone a lot, yes. But I don't use my smartphone to "play" with folks or share ridiculous photos and the like.
Focus. Presence.
I think a compromise on the coaching front is possible. While the coaching staff can be open to doing things a little differently that may help the entire team (music could be very motivating), I don't think they need to bend completely in accommodating the millennials. The next generation needs to be open to doing things a little differently as well (and open to hard work, too) if they want to be successful.
It's stretching. Not studying for the finals of your rocket surgery exam.
I'm 55, and music has always been a part of exercise. the Walkman, anyone?
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I think you are right. I think it's tougher to be a kid now. Too many distractions.
If you want to be a high performer in anything, you MUST have presence. Presence is much harder to attain when you have distractions. That is why I do not watch television - distraction. That is why I do most of my work in the early morning - no or less distractions of the day.
Due to business, I am on my smartphone a lot, yes. But I don't use my smartphone to "play" with folks or share ridiculous photos and the like.
Focus. Presence.
Says the guy posting on a football message board in the middle of a work day
Funny thing is, it's the place with, by far, the most harsh discipline he faces, and it's also his favorite place to be.
Makes you wonder......
Funny thing is, it's the place with, by far, the most harsh discipline he faces, and it's also his favorite place to be.
Makes you wonder......
It suggests he loves karate and all it entails, martial arts tend to have that effect, in particular. We're all happier and more focused, generally, investing ourselves and time in things we love.
Now, kids are growing up constantly bombarded by the Internet worlds of instant news, social media, celebrity worlds, I can't imagine the pressure of feeling like one has to live up to the things most teenagers might view as important. Everything feels exponentially amped compared to the 80s when I was a teen. Of course, that's my perception as a 45 year old on the outside looking in, perhaps even a little projection on my part was it would seem daunting.
And scrambled-cable nudity? hhahaha...that brings back memories. I remember that Cinemax slowly but surely started coming in all the time on our cable box. At first you could make out slightly more of the picture, then a bit more, then the picture was recognizable but fuzzy, and then it was just perfect. Cinemax Friday After Dark....oh yeah.