Neil Danaher
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Let's not mistake it.
No, I saw that.
He was as cold as ice, and he made brutal calls on the run.
The reverend came later.
The warm, cuddly reverend came later.
But his first entree into the world of coaching, he was a steely-eyed assassin who would take no prisoners.
It didn't matter if you'd been, as I was, the captain for seven years.
He just said, listen.
You want to be captain?
I said, well, I enjoy it.
I need my captains to play.
In other words, if you ain't playing, you ain't going to be captain.
That was just straight up right between the eyes.
I had a little conversation with Foggs yesterday.
He's a beautiful man, Chris Foggs.
He is authentic and
I can clearly understand now why Neil thought the way that he did about Chris Fagan, because he loved authenticity, because he was authentic himself.
He sought people who were authentic in his life, and they were the type of people who he admired the most.
You're like David Neitz.
He really, really loved David Neitz.