Coaching a college basketball team is hard. You simply can't do the best possible job while spending 15 hours a week talking about which NFL quarterbacks are overrated. Doug Gottlieb is proving that.
DG's decision to do radio while coaching is a blatant disrespect to his players.
When I transferred to UNC, Roy Williams shared a powerful story about breakfast, specifically the chicken and the pig. This story captures the essence of being "all-in."
To summarize: A plate of bacon and eggs features both animals but with a crucial difference. The chicken contributes by laying eggs and then continues with its day, while the pig sacrifices its life; that’s true commitment.
DG is the chicken.
You can't win against Pigs when you're only willing to play the role of a chicken...
Thank you for noting that the “Nobody U” comments were totally mischaracterized. Classic case of people trying to pile on a guy and not reading past the headline. Not to say he isn’t more or less deserving of a pile-on, but there’s enough misleading stuff in the news already.
I enjoyed your take on this. I was gobsmacked when I found out Gottlieb had been hired as a full-time D-I coach… and double gobsmacked when I found out he was going to moonlight at two jobs.
You’re spot on in describing sports talk radio as “a superficial field.” If all that hot air could be harnessed, winter oil prices would plummet. Gottlieb’s claim that he only works on his talkin’ gig 15 hours a week is damning. That means he basically wings it on air… which means he’s ALWAYS winged it on-air… which means he thinks winging it as a D-I coach is also possible.
Doug Gottlieb is a blow hard coward. He wanted to be a D-I head coach but was frightened to take the plunge full-time and give up his safe, lucrative (but not fulfilling) radio gig. Based on his team’s performance, he was correct if he was scared of realizing his “life-long” dream to be a D-I coach.
I had an uncle who won Junior College National Championships as a coach and worked his way up coaching in the British Basketball League and eventually he was the lead assistant at Idaho State. Drawing up schemes to contain Dame Lillard and Russell Westbrook. And then he left coaching to become a professor of sports management so he could spend more time with his family. I don't think he regrets that decision at all. Coaching is such a grind and I also have a lot of respect for it. My uncle's good friend was also a small town Iowa grinder who stuck with coaching and that also has worked out well for him (Nick Nurse).
Awesome piece!!
DG's decision to do radio while coaching is a blatant disrespect to his players.
When I transferred to UNC, Roy Williams shared a powerful story about breakfast, specifically the chicken and the pig. This story captures the essence of being "all-in."
To summarize: A plate of bacon and eggs features both animals but with a crucial difference. The chicken contributes by laying eggs and then continues with its day, while the pig sacrifices its life; that’s true commitment.
DG is the chicken.
You can't win against Pigs when you're only willing to play the role of a chicken...
Thank you for noting that the “Nobody U” comments were totally mischaracterized. Classic case of people trying to pile on a guy and not reading past the headline. Not to say he isn’t more or less deserving of a pile-on, but there’s enough misleading stuff in the news already.
This is a good article but Gottlieb has basketball credentials. His dad was a coach and he played D1 basketball. He's not just a talking head.
I enjoyed your take on this. I was gobsmacked when I found out Gottlieb had been hired as a full-time D-I coach… and double gobsmacked when I found out he was going to moonlight at two jobs.
You’re spot on in describing sports talk radio as “a superficial field.” If all that hot air could be harnessed, winter oil prices would plummet. Gottlieb’s claim that he only works on his talkin’ gig 15 hours a week is damning. That means he basically wings it on air… which means he’s ALWAYS winged it on-air… which means he thinks winging it as a D-I coach is also possible.
Doug Gottlieb is a blow hard coward. He wanted to be a D-I head coach but was frightened to take the plunge full-time and give up his safe, lucrative (but not fulfilling) radio gig. Based on his team’s performance, he was correct if he was scared of realizing his “life-long” dream to be a D-I coach.
I had an uncle who won Junior College National Championships as a coach and worked his way up coaching in the British Basketball League and eventually he was the lead assistant at Idaho State. Drawing up schemes to contain Dame Lillard and Russell Westbrook. And then he left coaching to become a professor of sports management so he could spend more time with his family. I don't think he regrets that decision at all. Coaching is such a grind and I also have a lot of respect for it. My uncle's good friend was also a small town Iowa grinder who stuck with coaching and that also has worked out well for him (Nick Nurse).