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2016 – 2017 Patriots Season. Super Bowl LI (51)

Student Worksheet

Updated January 2019 (Solid B+) If you are not on a team

1. How many practices are in your regular season (13 weeks of the season x practices per week)? How many in a state championship season? (17 weeks of the season)
2. Describe the most difficult conditioning drill your team uses? OR What conditioning activities do you currently do? Explain the activity and difficulty level. You can include activities completed in gym class. (Wesleyan conditioning test 10 – 40 yard dashes in 5 minutes – not that hard? Try it. Average score was based on best 40 time.)
3. List THREE traits your high school or out of school team values? Pick any season. (i.e. toughness, versatility) OR If you do not play a sport, assume you are a coach of a team. List the values that you feel are most important.
4. What do you remember about the 2017 Patriots Victory. The greatest comeback every 28 – 3

There will be additional questions to answer as the film progresses.

Narrator: Ed Norton

February 15, 2017 How old were you? (Future students Use negative numbers if necessary.) What do you remember about this historic game.

Focus on the task at hand: The next play and the one after that.

Situational Football Preparation: Joe Judge We talked to this specific situation. “You know what you have to do. “I felt like we had control of the game, I didn’t feel like we had control of the score.” Really 28 – 3 and you felt like you had control of the game. We all know what happened next

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Patriots Culture: Bill Belichick as our head coach. He has done it with the great team of people. Toast It is an awesome staff, awesome family. “To Super Bowl 51 Champions. Congratulations.

Ring Ceremony: June 9th: To honor one greatest teams in New History. Enjoy your celebration you have earn tonight’s reward. For the rest of your life you will be known as a Super Bowl Champion. It was “earned.” Look at Brady’s Ring (Tom vs. Time Episode #)

EARNED: The countless hours of film study, preaching technique, and of course the hills. Super Sunday may have had a different ending.

It is also how they beat the Texans and Steelers.

Dedication to Details: The Patriots “dedication to detail. Chad O’Shea is the Red area. He is re Sub inside the 1o. Texans, Steelers Chad O’Shea

GAME PLANNING (Chad O’Shea): When we look at game planning, one of the things we are very particular about is match-ups. We spend a lot time researching, discussing. We formulate our game plan based on match-ups. Obviously the guy who has a shot to be really impactful would be Dion. The question is could we get it to play out. That was the space we were looking for.

Basketball 1 on 1: Just like playing basketball 1 on 1. tremendous match-up. “Running backs of New England vs line backers of Texas. (How do they do it.) Those are the rewarding things of coaching when you put players in a position where they can be successful when you are thorough in your game planning. (Super Bowl XLII Eagles put a “cover guy” on running back. Not a linebacker)

Gadget Plays & Flashback: Steelers Flea flicker. Coach Belichick always wants us to practice these gadget players throughout the season. Philosophy You never know when you are going to need it. That is a play we worked on several times in practice, but we had exposure to Hogan being open on the play. Obviously that was a play that “A little different formation this time.”

2004 Championship game: Same concepts in the 2004 Championship game in Pittsburgh: Dion Branch ran and Givens. Hi Low motion. So that type of play conceptually against the Pittsburg style of defense new coordinators, new head coaches.  Julian was critical a part of this play to insure the play was able. “The key guy on that was Edelman. Which of courts, it doesn’t show up in the stat sheet. That was a big play”

Picture Day. Belichick reminded his players. “This didn’t happen overnight. It took 111 grueling practices. It is very meaningful to them. just to get thjrough one day here. You don’t want your season to end in the 80s (number of practices). If you are in the 80s you are a good month behind the last two teams. We are on the footsteps of a great opportunity. We put in  a lot. We want to leave it out there.

Ernie Adams: It is the last play and ball go deep. “And Ernie is just out!”  “It was unexpected.””I took a few stitches.” He is just marching. Ernie is out with his head wrapped up like a fortune teller. Let’s go.

TOUGHNESS & VERSATILITY: Nick Caserio Director of Player Personnel (Mark Azevedo last person to see Coach Steve Belichick alive at Navy Football game) Versatility: He spends a lot of time digesting our information. Game plan, preparations, practices Offensively, defensively, the game plan, the opponent. His background is in coaching and scouting. He has a very good understanding.  On game days he identifies personnel, substitution, and coverage. I am looking at what the other team is doing. Maybe the game plan has shifted. We have to be able to react, so he can make a good decision. It is a great thing to have someone in the both. He is really valuable for us. He has a very unique skill set. It is really valuable for us.

Ernie Adams (Globe Article): “Adams helps Belichick to decide hen to challenge a play or go for two. And when to go for a 2-point conversion. He has a keen eye on an opponent. He is looking for a “tell,” hoping he will give away. If you keep your eyes open. Is the wind bothering them.

Julio Jones: During Super Bowl pregame warm-ups. Most of his routes when from our right to left. He would plant on his left foot and explode to the right. He didn’t run routes to the right. He didn’t have the same type of explosiveness. He might be favoring the foot or the ankle a little bit. We tried to overplay to our left. December 4th would have been last time he caught a pass last time he caught an out route. The foot looked fine, obviously there was no, so we had to make an adjustment.

Tom Brady: Prior to the game “We have been to 6 Super Bowls together and we have never scored a point in the 1st quarter….. Can we get that done?” We were planning on playing ahead. It just didn’t work out that way. The ball is lose and the Falcons got it. have Fumble.

Pick 6: “Interception. You feel utterly helpless.” “Trouble Now” Bill calmly says “Trouble Now. There was no extreme panic. Fortunately, they have been conquering hills all season. “Put it in the Bank!”

An up hill battle: 18-point deficit. Fortunatley, they understand the meaning behind it. It is meant to push teams in difficult situtiation. You are building your mental toughness and physical toughness. Our conditioning will factor in at some point. Don’t do anything you can’t do. Just play each play itself. Play longer and harder.

47 Plays: We have an opportunity if we capitalize on making it competitive. It was our high for the year. Eventually at some point fatigue will set in. Don’t try .Play each play by itself. We we confident we could still make plays we need to make to win. Overcoming a 25 point deficit that was going to require perfection.

28 – 3: (In the Ring) Devon McCourty “Look there is no room for error now.” 99.6% (in game statistics) that none of us would be here tonight.  chance that none of us would be hear tonight.

Let’s score once! The Patriots were just trying to find there way to the end zone. Let’s try to score one time. Let’s score once! It is basically one cover and they mix in a little bit of 5. They did a good job defending the middle of the field left a free player in the middle. Every throw is contested or batted away.

In Game Adjustments: They did a good job covering the middle. When Tom threw to the perimeter. In the 4th quarter we moved the ball with comeback routes. There was a lot of space out there. helped get the offense on track.

James White being the games unlikely hero. It seems like those 3 guys (Lingo the Y and the X) makes some catch and run plays.

They are not a big Blitz teams. He came up huge. Most of the time you are going to get the half back into the pattern and make some “catch and run plays.” James was the beneficiary. Tom has enough faith and confidence to give him the ball in those situations and he came up huge. (18 – 9)

28-12: “Still looking up hill. Brian Flores “We really need a play.” “No mistakes! No my bads. It gotta be perfect.” Hightower. ‘We got a ball game now. What a play by Hightower.” Okay. Now we can do it.

Exploiting an on-field match-up. New England attacked the Falcons weakness. Freeman Blitz pick up was an area we noticed he had some trouble with. The big weakness “bull rush.” This guy has some major issues with that. (Player Personnel) “Hey this is “scoop and score. You got this.”  Good alignment High is gone UNTOUCHED! “He didn’t see me because I was outside. “We were just a fraction of a second away from a bad play.”

Fundamentals: pad level, tackling focus on the ball. #1 Attack the ball! Attack the ball! Come with the tomahawk. If you can really maintain that stuff all year, that is what you revert to.  We spend a lot of time on fundamentals –

Coaching Clinic: “Attack the ball! Attack the ball! Attack the ball.” Tomahawk / Chop move”

Extra 2 point & Go for 2: We can realistically thing we will have more possessions, that dictates you are going to go for 2. plays handy 2 weeks before the Super Bowl. He strongly recommended that we have several other plays. We have two 2-point plays on the call sheet. Bill brought up the concept about maybe carry and extra 1-2. We spent a lot of time. We were very thorough because our previous season ended with an unsuccessful 2-point play. Denver Loss 20 – 18: I thought it was unbelievable vision.

Points Scored: Try to go up 8 – 0 instead of 7 – 0. Well of course we didn’t score until the 2nd half so that really wasn’t an option we did not have. Wouldn’t you know, the Patriots had multiple 2-point plays to choose from.

28 – 18: McDaniels called a play that always served the Patriots well. It is a one score game. (Kevin Faulk) Super Bowl 38 agains Carolina. This had to work. Direct snap to James White. 20-8. Super Bowl 38 vs. Carolina.The center has to snap the ball and hope there is enough distraction. 28 – 20 5:26 “Now we have a ball game folks.

The Last 5 Minutes of the game & Jones Catch: Flash back to Tyrie Catch. What a catch! There is always in the last 5 minutes. It was good defense. The Jones catch put the Falcons in field goal range. The lead was 8 points. If the Falcons scored the game was over.

Pressure Call: We call the run defense. He made a great tackle out in space. 2 More players “OK they’re going to run it again. They are just gonna run the clock now.””They are just gonna run and it and kick it”. When you are looking at the situation, you have the quarterback of the year, one of the greatest wide receivers in the league. I make a pass call it was a pressure call. “You can’t take a sack. That is a costly sack.” The Patriots call TIMEOUT 3:50

Game Changing Penalty: Hightower coming from the right edge. Tackle HighTower. The non-call on the previous play reminded him of an earlier player. Same crew (Carl Cheffers) Watch that ref.”They do that again they are going call it.” Called holding on a 2-point play that ended the game.

3 & 23 / Scouting Reports (Refs too): Jake Matthews. He is just light on the edge. Guys power through his outside shoulder (specific technique for a specifics player) “Let’s go, Let’s go get it!” After analyzing the situation, the players and even the officiating crew. He unleashed Chris Long on Matt Ryan. “Field Goal” Atlanta Coach There is a a penalty marker in the backfield. Similar to Huge, huge play in the game.

They are giving the ball back and giving Brady a chance

28-20

Brady look: 

The greatest catch in Super Bowl History / Edelman Catch: “I caught it.” When he got up. I knew he caught it. A casual conversation between competitors. “That is incredible.” That was SKILL. He is focused. 70% Luck (Analysis of punt return  AFC Ch)

Three plays in 8 – 9 minutes that just were unbelievable.

1. Catch
2. Hightower Strip Sack
3. Trey Flowers sack

CONDITIONING – “PUT YOUR WORK IN THE BANK!” With the high volume of plays: I felt like that was a big factor. Put your work in the bank and when it comes up in a competitive situation it will be there when you need it.

“TWO for the TIE” 28-26 2 point conversion: With a chance to tie, it was time to order off the 2-point menu for the 2nd time in the game. When you have a 2-point play, you are obviously in a critical point in the game. Have our best players touch the ball. We choose Danny because we feel he is the the best “TRASH RUNNER” That is why we choose Danny. Turn your head and shoulders. Dive through a brick wall. It wasn’t going to be easy. The biggest 2-point attempt in the Patriot’s franchise history.

I cannot believe what I am witnessing. “Nice Job Dola!” (4 Days in October)

Coin Toss: NO DOUBT OVERTIME (1st time in Super Bowl History): “HEADS” “Game over!” They scored the last 4 times they touched the ball. “You had to feel it on the sideline. You had to feel their mindset. It was no doubt in their minds. Not one of them.” “You weren’t going to overcome that deficit in that amount of time not score.”

3rd and FINAL two point play : It was the perfect time to call the 3rd 2-point play. It was unbelievable vision. We were successful on 2 2-point play. The final play was that was the additional play we had on our call sheet. We felt like it would give us a shot. He wasn’t available so we left James White in there, but he didn’t run it in practice 2 yards from a 5th Super Bowl Championship. 2 & Goal: 3rd two point plays. A touchdown and title for the Patriots.

Official Review: The additional play he asked us to have in the game. I’m still standing there. They gotta review this.

2 yards from a 5th Super Bowl Championship! A Touchdown and Title for the Patriots: The confetti. “There is no way they are not going to review this. They gotta review this.” The officials on our sideline stay out there. They were waiting to here. There was a lot of celebrating going on, to our players credit. Many of them were ready to play. They were alert to it.” Is he in?

It’s good! It’s over. They review it: It he in. It was great to let everyone know.

And That’s It: For They counted us out. A lot has transpired over the last two years. Super Bowl Champions – open your rings now.

I want to point out what you have done. All of us love each other. Collectively this team accomplished a lot. This was a special team.

20 years from now. We will be able to say that was a great

You understand it is not common.

It is difficult to stop and look back, when you have a narrative to try and create and out staff is putting in the same amount of .”

Still Chasing it.

“I am so proud of you.”

Brady and his kid.

“We work hard for each other.

Still chasing it.

All Tom vs. Time Episodes (Full Transcript)

Chapter II the Mental Game (Mic’ed Up Transcript)

“I was never going to be a better athlete than those guys. I work on athleticism.”

Mental Aspects I am pretty good at. It is more inherent in who I am.

Los Angeles.

July 1, 2017

Throwing coach. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses.Being open to change. No wider than your hips. Attention to detail. (I have been looking at movement. 1,000 frames a second for 40+ years. I see stick figures.)

He is just wiring the nervous system to talk to his muscles to extend his skill. “Your head came outside. We have been trying to change. Don’t think too much. This is like nothing.”

Do you see where your head is. Don’t think.

This is like nothing. They come in to get 1% better. You are so good. We are going to try to be perfect. You want to do this until 45? The aging process is unforgiving. He is not going to be able to do at 70 what he can do now. You can push that curve back by doing what he is doing. That should have felt awesome.”

Combination his expectation level and his capacity to reach those expectations.

Every play I want to be so decisive. I just want to cut it loose. Perfect delivery.

Old age and trYouth and exuberance. He is into old Age and treachery. He has mastered and instruction than anyone in the history of football and he is

Major breakthrough. “Age is  state of mind.”

“Brady has been hit 19 times already this year.”

Sunday October 1, 2017 Carolina Panthers

6:00 AM

Brady has been hit more than any season since 2006. Good Luck Fella. (Dog & book)

If you want perform at the highest level, then you have to prepare at the highest level, The game is very calculated. It is very strategic. It is much more like chess than checkers. The more you give me the better I am able to prepare.

I like to be able to reference back to season and games where I have done through something similar. So at least there is a starting point.

When you have ou see the depths. Football is so visual. You read the body language and movements. How do you know when a guy is going to blitz? The guy might have a little tell. (Coach Hauser and fullback – one player). Saturday before a game I watch film.

Running and lifting has been much harder to develop than this. This has been kind of in me. Running and Lifting. It is soothing. I could watch film all day 4 – 5 hours.

1st Super Bowl February 3, 2004: The Season was a blur. U2 Halftime performance To see how far my throwing has come. How little you actually knew!

2007: Painful. When you lose on the biggest stage. You are becoming a failure in front of everybody else. It is a talent show. You were the failure. Randy Moss was a beast. He was so good. He just had to beat one guy. “And that was all she wrote. I will never let go of those losses. That scar tissue is too deep. It is too thick. Still a lot to learn. It i s one thing to analyze data and put it together. And it is another to apply it.”

96 Cavelier Roy, I was watching Cincy, Gronk can go vertical, like a Hoffa – preseason play 30. Josh McDaniels. Collaboration. We have really strong feelings what I like. He wants to kill me sometimes. I want to kill him sometimes. That is always kind of our axe that we have to grind.  We have a great deal of respect for each other. “We both give it everything we got, and doing the best we can. ”

“We worked hard in training camp to get to September Your really don’t know who you are. You create this hypothesis of who you are and you test it out for 4 weeks. You are faced with realities. Not of what you hoped you were, or hoped you would be. This is where we are at.”

Remarkable about how many hits. (Giselle watching)

“Trying to avoid

Carolina Panthers 33 – New England 30

Frustrations: Interview: “We gotta do a better job. We have to do a better job all around.” The correct response

The REAL response. “We’re the Patriots. Let’s Roll out helmets out there. Don’t worry we will win. I am frustrated with myself. When those expectations are met. You do that in your car. You are not going to do that in front of anyone else. You don’t want to hold that inside either.”

Promotional Photo Shoot.

“I never want to be the reason we lose a game. I never do.”

You still have life to deal with. It is not like life stops. I think about losing for days! Days you wake up. It is too painful. Because it is more than just a game, It feels like I am losing in pursuit of what my life is. Thank God there is another game the next Sunday.

10:30 PM “Thank God there is another game next Sunday.”

How do you deal with losing?

Post Video Reaction: 5 points Assessment Mr. Molloy coming around to check it.

React to ANY aspect of the segment. Possible ideas.

Working at his craft and his professional throwing coach even though he is often considered the G.O.A.T

Religion of Sport really captured the world with the timely release of Time vs. Tom. We are going to do a little more research on this fascinating resource. Learn how Tom Brady and Michael Strahan became involved.

2017

October 4, 2022 Tom Brady & Gisele Bündchen hire divorce attorneys.

Tom vs. Time was a great documentary that looked at the season. It was another example of an athlete taking ownership of his / her story. The Players Tribune is one site that has many athletes publish articles and videos. We will use this resource quite a bit this year and it should be part of your sports feed / stream.

There are two ways that this documentary can be presented:

1. As the season progresses. This will allow for the students to see how the season moves along and the different stages of the NFL season. (Cons it can be a little challenging to remember the previous episode. Pros avoid the “Can we watch the next Tom vs. Time Episode?”
2. Grouped by Episodes: It might be useful to group the segments together and watch a few at a time. I have not done this yet.
3. Start to Finish: This might be the best approach. With each segment, students will answer writing prompts and have class discussion.

Below is the tentative schedule for the class based on the part of the season.

The Physical Game Episode #1 (15:44): September before opening day The Physical Game (Published Wednesday January 24, 2018): Coming off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is already looking ahead to next season. This premiere episode offers an intimate look inside Tom’s unique, well honed training process – and his drive for perfection – heading into the 2017 NFL season. (Super Bowl  – October 6, 2017)

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 (Last night in New England)

The Mental Game Episode #2 (15:06): Week #4: The Mental Game

The Social Game Episode #3 (15:00): Week 5 – 6 (Original Air Date Tuesday, Jan. 30)

The Emotional Episode #4 (16:05): Week #12 (Last Saturday in November) Thursday, Feb. 1 Sunday, February 4th / Super Bowl Sunday

Two things matter more than anything to Tom Brady: football and family. Chapter IV explores the push-pull between Tom’s supreme dedication to his sport, and his deep devotion for his children. Tom takes his eldest son on a whirlwind tour of China during the off-season, even while he struggles to find a healthy balance during the all-consuming football season.

The Spiritual Game: Episode #5 (21:44) 

How soon after the end of the game.

End Game Episode #6 (14:42):  TBA

Epilogue: After 18 years in the NFL, Tom Brady has done it all. Now, after an off-season spent in search of his conviction, Tom looks ahead to his 19th season season at age 41. Win or lose, Tom’s mind is always on the next game.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2017 SCHEDULE

Week 1 9/7           CHIEFS 42    PATRIOTS 27  (0-1)

Week 2 9/17         PATRIOTS 36  SAINTS 20 (2-0)

Week  3 9/24       TEXANS 33   PATRIOTS 36 (2-1)

Wee 4 10/1           PANTHERS 33 PATRIOTS 30 (2-2)

Week 5 10/5.       AT PATRIOTS 19. BUCCANEERS 14

Week #6 10/15.   AT PATRIOTS 24  JETS 17

Week #7 10/22.    FALCONS 07 PATRIOTS 23

Week #8OCT29CHARGERS 13PATRIOTS 21 FULL GAME 9BYE WEEK 10NOV12ATPATRIOTS 41BRONCOS 16 FULL GAME 11NOV19ATPATRIOTS 33RAIDERS 08 FULL GAME 12NOV26DOLPHINS 17PATRIOTS 35 FULL GAME 13DEC03ATPATRIOTS 23BILLS 03 FULL GAME 14DEC11ATPATRIOTS 20DOLPHINS 27 FULL GAME 15DEC17ATPATRIOTS 27STEELERS 24 FULL GAME 16DEC24BILLS 16PATRIOTS 37 FULL GAME 17DEC31JETS 06PATRIOTS 26 FULL GAME BACK TO TOP

Class Schedule (Text) Slides

Continuity and Change: Athletes are taking control over their image and no longer rely on traditional sports coverage.

Previewing Questions.

1. Tom Brady: 3 adjectives (Who has Tom Brady gear?)
2. List TWO factors that make him so amazing.
3. Numbers

Class Discussion

1. Who is (are) the most committed athlete(s) in the school? What do they do above and beyond the typical high school athlete?
2. What do you remember about the greatest comeback in NFL history?
3. How many high school athletes are 24 hour athletes? Committed to making good choices – alcohol, tobacco, drugs, sleep? Do athletes make sacrifices (football vs. Rockland, Hockey season)
4. What do you do to physically prepare for a sports season?
5. Social Life or Hockey “I would easily quit the sport!”
6. Belichick
7. Defining Plays:
8. Good Teams

1. (328, 45 age, 199)

I don’t need exterior motivations. The ones I have inside of me are enough.

2020 Sean J (Football / Rugby) / Marine workout did it once “I would be an animal too!” Clare C (3 sport athlete)

2023 Jake P (basketball)

2024 Thomas Cronin (lax)

Below is the schedule for upcoming episodes:

Chapter 1: The Physical Game

What are you willing to do? What are you willing to give up? When you say yes to something you say no to something else.

“If you are going to compete against me you better be willing to give up your life. Because I am willing to give up mine.

April 10, 2016 (22 weeks before the season opener) 

I still keep this. My suspension letter that I received. A Nice way to remember. Thank you.

Team Meetings Belichick Themeses

Prepare and Play Well

Super Bowl environment. is all about hype and ridiclous BS that will go on 

It is a great week about competition. The two best teams on the biggest state. The one that wins

February 2017

A warrior’s spirit. I am always in competition with myself.

You represent a lot of people.

To be losing by 25 points. It hurts REALLY bad.

Defining Plays: “If we lose the game this is what will define this game. This will be play. If we lose this play will define the game and uh It didn’t define the game.”

Mental toughness means a lot. I am trying to get that out of my teammates. Letting everyone else know it is time to go out there an perform. 

“Being mentally tough is putting all the BS aside All that noise and focusing on what you gotta do. It’s no excuses. It’s no whining. It’s no complaining. It is like look, did you win or did you lose. End of story!

1st ever overtime in Super Bowl history.  “They have completed the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history.” GOAT

June 9th, 2017 (13 weeks until the season opener)

I still feel like I am experiencing last season. All those external things. Not playing the 1st 4 weeks. The way we won over the course of the season. I knew we were a damn good team.  “Damn we are good.”

That a big one for my family. That one meant a lot for my family. It was a very trying year. Missing the month of September. To end it the way we ended it. It is a year I will never forget for so many reasons.

Ring ceremony. “It was the sweetest one of them all. The joys of winning are so great. I sweep those under the rug so fast. There is a brief moment of time. I am thinking about next game. I am thinking about winning again.

Thursday, August 3, 2017 Birthday

National talk show

“The cliff is coming.” “He will be average at best.”

Father Time is undefeated.

Whatever people call me, they call me. Those things don’t bother me. I don’t need external motivations. The ones that I have inside of me are enough.

Workout

What is inside of you.

“I didn’t know any better. I did what everyone else was doing. Learn to be more efficient. Create this version of me at 40 that is a lot better than 20.”

“Every draft video, they show me. I feel like being a “late bloomer” I was still trying to chase everybody. An openness to learn.”

2004 & 2005 I was going through a lot of body issues. Bumps and bruises were really starting to take a toll. I couldn’t throw the ball well.

I met Alex when he was working with other players. “What can he do that is different? Boy did I learn a lot.” (Holy Cow!)

“We are so close. There is going to be impact and to prepare his body for impact.”

Body Coach

Life style choices in order to do what – Win!”

Season Opener: September 7, 2017

Tailgating

“You gotta block out the Noise because not of that is going to help you. What motivates me. I could of  should of done better. I should be perfect. “

So many teammates, so many game plans.

“I still do this and I do this better than I have ever done this.Why should I stop. 

Chiefs 42 Patriots 27

“We were just so.”

Gissele “You were not in synch. It takes times.” 

Don Yaegar, a New York Times best selling author and for  Sports Illustrated writer, studied some great athletes and coaches to figure out what made them GREAT! This section of the “What Makes the Great Ones Great?”, DVD discusses Michael Jordan.

Speaker Fees: $10,001 – $20,000.

Maybe someday soon, he will write a book about Tom Brady of the New England Patriots.

Michael Jordan: What Makes Him Great?

Warrick Dunn: Inner Fire “They use adversity as fuel.” What is the greatest challenge / obstacle that you have faced.

1/6 kids 5’8” weights 178 pounds 22nd player to rush for 10,000 yards

• Mother, police officer shot, 2 weeks after Christmas, senior year in high school
• All 5 younger brothers graduated from college – 2 youngest siblings came to live with him.
• All-time leading rusher in FSU history, won 1st national championship
• Selected 12th overall” “I measure

“Guys this size don’t last in the league.”

Homes for the Holidays – charity 86 single mothers are given homes / 233 kids – check the scoreboard

Running For My Life = biography by Don Yaeger

• “I couldn’t share air with him.”
• Sought counseling for depression, not accepted in Pro sports
• Became a different man – What would you ask your mother’s killer?

Visiting his mom’s killer (Law in Louisiana: Victim can meet with inmate) 

1. “It is one thing to write the questions, it is another to ask the questions.”
2. “Let’s go!” 6 months later went to meet him (91% leave in a body bag, either executed or die in prison)
3. “Sir, I did not come here today for him. I came here today for me.”
4. Inmate’s story goes on and on and on. If you weren’t there that night, I want to tell what it did to me. Every ounce of emotion drained from me that night. I used to dream of becoming a father Learn how to hold my girlfriend’s hand in public.
5. 6 of sitting around crying. “If you weren’t there that night. I know why I am here today. I came here to forgive someone forgiveness.

MVP moment: “Where did you get this.

• Mom was 16 – “we grew up together”
• “Adversity will rock your soul.” – be better not bitter

What you do with those moments is what defines yous,

268 kids woke up in a house today,

Don Yaegar, a New York Times best selling author and for  Sports Illustrated writer, studied some great athletes and coaches to figure out what made them GREAT! This section of the “What Makes the Great Ones Great?”, DVD discusses Michael Jordan.

Speaker Fees: $10,001 – $20,000.

Maybe someday soon, he will write a book about Tom Brady of the New England Patriots.

Michael Jordan: What Makes Him Great?

Space Jam

Riding the Bus?

Hanes?

It Gotta Be the Shoes (Mars Blackmon)?

Flight School Camp

Writing Prompts:

1. What is a “defining disappointment” that you have used to motivate yourself to improve?
2. What is your proudest athletic or personal achievement? Do you have a moment that you could share with others for the rest of your life?
3. Hate to lose – it is personal

DVD Outline:

Introduction (great clip)

Michael Jordan Senior Flight School: We love basketball (I have a hoop at my house.)

• 100 people attend19/20 coaches  in Hall of Fame
• Basketball ALL DAY long it is AWESOME
• Glory days – sit around and tell each other how great they are. The older you are the greater you used to be.

Playing Jordan: One-on-one rules – 1st to score wins, Jordan starts with ball. “Shaking in our Nikes.”

• “In 9 years, only  5 guys have beaten me.”
• Ball swipe: 1 dribble. 2 steps, dunk “Now you what it is like to be beaten like a bad child.” MJ loves to talk TALK TRASH! Waste Management.
• Limited options. Jordan misses. “Aren’t you going to return the favor?” “You were so far away from him that if you’d wanted to go out and guard him, you would have had to take a cab.”
• Play on Gatorade Commercial. “I don’t believe you have it in you.”
• “Aren’t you going return the favor.” stepped back and made the shot to become the 6th player to score on Michael Jordan (6 years). “MJ was the 2nd best player on the planet.”
• Why would you open the meeting with this story. I will always tell this story “Because I can!”

Book, magazine,

“What allows a person to go from good to great!”

Writing Prompts:

1. How do you handle losing? (Discuss examples.)
2. Who is the most competitive person you know? Give an example that illustrates this person’s competitiveness.

It is personal: They Hate to Lose 

Image of Michael Jordan: Hate to lose – picture of the smile and disgust. Jordan was aggressive and foul.  Make a Wish Foundation 1.5 Million dollars. Why does he care?

Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods love to talk trash – Waste Management

Don’t want to be dunked on – give him the shot (skips a little)

Sticks a 26 footer to beat the 6th person to beat Michael Jordan

One day, one moment, one time I beat the best player in the world

“I expect Success.” No excuses.

High School Tryout: 5’11 sophomore. “We can spend the rest of our lives making excuses for 4:30 AM to workout. Invited 6’7 soph who beat him out for the spot to Hall of Fame Ceremony. I used it as fuel to drive me. Great champions do not take failure lying down.

Three Threads of Greatness (not one thing has to do with athletic ability.

1. Greatness is available to all of us… If you are willing to do COMMON things UNCOMMONLY well
2. DISCIPLINED!
3. Hate to lose – it is personal – Success became and expectation
   1. Michael Jordan – is that competitive
      2. Never ok to finish 2nd  and he would never finish 2nd , it hurts!

Q-RATINGS

Writing prompt: What is the worst lost you have experienced? When was it, what did it feel like? Do you know when you went from good to great? What is the moment that changed your athletic career: (Duke, Michael Jordan)

1. Hate to lose – it is personal – Success became and expectation
   1. Michael Jordan – is that competitive
      1. Invited 6’7 soph who beat him out for the spot to Hall of Fame Ceremony
      2. Never ok to finish 2nd  and he would never finish 2nd , it hurts!

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/patriots-tom-brady-mattress-commercial-051016

Tom Brady’s Wicked Accent:

Boston accent, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, Matt Damon,

Roger That

Everyday Under Armour

“Everything is Possible.”

The Invisible Man Ugg

Tom Brady Compilations

NFL

Every Single Day – You are the sum of your training

Mattress: Beauty rest

Snickers “Let’s do lunch time.

Become Legendary: Michael Jordan

Beats by Dre

Shields MRI

Friday Prop Bets Current sheet

Ragged Old Flag: GREAT clip! Patriotic. Look for an updated version. Keep an eye out for military connections.

U2

Super Bowl Commercials: Where is he now?

Win Super Bowl Tickets: Donate Blood

Greatest Super Bowls of All Time (Sports Illustrated February 2023)

Ticket Price for Super Bowl (lowest to highest)

Tom Brady Videos & New England Patriots Videos

Top 10 Super Bowl Plays & Weirdest Super Bowl Plays

Super Bowl Research

Tuesday: Super Bowl Writing prompts (goal 800 – 1,000 words)

• TEAM SUPPORT: Explain your investment in the team over the ENTIRE season. How often do you watch the team, read about the games, follow the players on social media?
• PLAYOFF RUN: Evaluate the current playoff run of the Patriots. (defeat San Diego 41 – 28, AFC Championship defeat Kansas City Chiefs 37 – 31. OVERTIME)
• Super Bowl Plans & Prediction: Explain your plans for the upcoming Super Bowl. Where will you watch the game? Will you buy squares? Where a special outfit? Eat prepared food, etc. What is your prediction for the game?
• FAVORITE Super Bowl Memory: Write about your favorite Super Bowl Memory of all-time. Describe it in detail. What was the memory? Who were you with? What made it so special?

TYPE Wednesday: Watch the Tom’s Brady’s 1st Super Bowl Winning drive as a class. Where are they now? Brady’s teammates 18 years later.

1. Summarize article: What do you find interesting amazing? Share some facts your are surprised by.
2. HOLY, HOLY Cow! Remember how old you were during his 1st Super Bowl win. NOW add 18 years to your life and remember Tom Brady is STILL performing at the highest level in the world and possibly history. Comment on these two realities and make a prediction about your life 18 years from now.
3. Select TWO teammates that you find most interesting what they are doing now.

THURSDAY

Copy into your document Scouting Report LA RAMS vs. Patriots (list 2 columns Pats & Rams) 

• List the team’s motto. Patriots “Everything We Got!” explain which one you prefer.
• “Road to the Super Bowl” List playoff opponents and results.
• Coaching Math-up: List the head coaches (Include Belicheck’s information too). Include years with the team and overall regular season records and playoffs record.
• KEY OFFENSIVE PLAYERS: List the starting quarterbacks, 2 running backs, and 2 receivers.
• KEY DEFENSIVE PLAYERS: List the leading tackler, leading sacks, leading interceptions, and top corner back.
• Super Bowl Appearances: List the teams Super Bowl appearances and results.
• Super Bowl MVPs: List the Super Bowl MVPs

LATER

New England Super Bowl History

Patriots Super Bowl Research Click the link and follow the directions.

Super Bowl Performances (U2, Tom Petty)

2014: Do Your Job (NFL Films)

2017 Season: Tom vs. Time

Super Bowl Champions

Super Bowl Sunday

Super Bowl Monday