Sam Hinkie
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Podcast Appearances
And 14 players tucked their shirt in.
And from that moment forward, it was like the new alpha is here and
And a whole bunch of ways.
And at the time you're thinking, I hope he can back it up.
And I hope this goes well.
And I hope he's going to be amazing.
And you're not sure.
There was a little bit of uncertainty.
Think of it like a sort of a power vacuum, a little bit of uncertainty that lasted for about 45 seconds.
And at the end of that, it was like a signal sent that there's a new way to do things.
And I have ideas about what those would look like.
Quite forcefully said, do it.
Maybe that's where he's cute in hindsight because James has turned out to be an amazing player.
But that combined with he balled out his first game and the next night he went for like 45.
That combined with amazing performance out of the gate was not hard to imagine.
You were on a new trajectory.
It reminds me of the episode in that incredible Jordan documentary when they play the Olympic pickup game and he sort of bests Magic's team.
And there's this incredible tension and Magic relieves it in the bus, basically handing the alpha crown over to Jordan.
What are the different brands of leadership that you saw and learned from in sports at either the executive central office level, coaching level, or player level that you still carry with you?
The way I think about coaching is very much how I think about parenting.