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The book was mentioned as being written by Bob Ladouceur, a legendary high school football coach, and it detailed his philosophy of coaching.
And he was telling me about his coaching philosophy so I was interviewing him because he's what I study you know paragon of grit somebody who encourages grit in his athletes and then he's telling me h...
— Episode: 188. Why Do Kids Today Get So Many A’s?
Episode: 188. Why Do Kids Today Get So Many A’s?
The book was mentioned as being written by Bob Ladouceur, a legendary high school football coach, and it detailed his philosophy of coaching.
And he was telling me about his coaching philosophy so I was interviewing him because he's what I study you know paragon of grit somebody who encourages grit in his athletes and then he's telling me his philosophy of like how you get 16 17 18 year old boys to become men because he was like this is not about football this is about life this is about character this is about learning to be accountable to the person standing next to you right.
And then he says you know a lot of it is love but it's tough love because what young people need is somebody who demands of them what they cannot yet do.
And I'm thinking to myself okay I've got the love part it's the tough that I'm not doing very well so you're right I should have said to these students I'm not a nanny you have to actually do the work if you don't do the work pass fail means you fail the class but I am no Bob Ladisur I was like okay T.A.s maybe you could text them.