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Mike was covided-out, so it's just Mark and Ryan talking about their bourbon collections, AD internships, female coaches and AD, not being ready to discuss Maverick yet, and Ryan's pseudo-ambulance driving skills.بقلم Off Duty ADs

The long-awaited post-July 1 episode includes additional good news from Mike about his Boy #2. After some initial chatter, Mark describes his last school year, and then Mike (of course) has to chat about the White Sox.بقلم Off Duty ADs

It's just Ryan and Mark today because Mike became a Dad x2! It takes a while, but the guys eventually get to some semi-professional content by chatting about NIL.بقلم Off Duty ADs

We know it's Tuesday, but there are no rules anymore! Professional development, NIL, Rethinking Fandom, Candlebox, and the marching band.بقلم Off Duty ADs

We're back! It's a new format with the same nonsense: a little of this, a little of that, some things that might be helpful, and a lot that won't be. No guarantees for the time between this one and the next one, but for today, we're back.بقلم Off Duty ADs

Like Arnold, Slim Shady, and Michael Scott, we're back. The people have demanded it, so we're delivering. Enjoy.بقلم Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs say so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodnight. We also discuss our level of professionalism vs amateurism, the growth of HS AD podcasts, getting snubbed by the NIAAA, a handful of our longtime listeners, our t-shirt ideas, and a parting shot at Uncle Bill.بقلم Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs talk about activities association imposed roster limits. They also discuss the impact of oversize rosters during the post-season, possible advantages to unlimited rosters, trying to compare sports rosters to classroom rosters, dollar and beyond dollar impacts, how we'd deal with unlimited rosters, youth baseball parents, and new le…

The Off Duty ADs engage in a thought exercise regarding the coordination of related tax-funded entities. They also discuss the White Sox and the Browns, overcoming the political gaps between schools and parks, the positives of turning over all programming to the schools, the positives of letting the city manage facilities, putting pride back into n…

The Off Duty ADs talk about replacing perfectly OK coaches. They also discuss getting that first AD job, navigating internal personnel interest, balancing AD loyalty against recruiting high-level talent, combining teaching and coaching jobs, running into coaches at the grocery store, PE teachers, an almost really exciting volleyball match, a new ca…

The Off Duty ADs talk about managing student free speech using a well-known current case as a starting point. They also recap a great story from Joe from Washington, how student free speech laws apply to athletes, kids these days and their snapchats and tiktoks, Ryan's MySpace, Coach Mike dealing with angry Mark, Mike's legal counsel, the new class…

The Off Duty ADs talk about the continued officials' shortage in many sports. They also discuss their month-long hiatus, Uncle Bill's critique of our eating habits, Mike and Siri, reaching the tipping point of lost officials compared to new officials, the difficulty with young officials getting started, competing with other leagues, Mark's wad of r…

The Off Duty ADs first talk about whose baseball team is worse then eventually get to exploratory sports at the youth level. Ryan empathizes with the parents of young athletes and kicks the tires on intramural programs; Mike wants people to understand there is no correlation between travel program success and the ability to play varsity sports and …

The Off Duty ADs talk about managing contests during spring break. They also discuss the Imogene Pass Run, Trevor Bauer, our historical sports game time machines, concerns about teams making long trips, crossing fingers to avoid bad decisions, when family causes a you gotta minute, stubborn dads, managing emergency absences, a podcast episode to ch…

The Off Duty ADs talk about how they're evaluating coaches during covid-changed seasons. They also talk about Mark's episode patching skills, tater tot hotdish, air fryers, Arrested Development, FCS football, Big Ten Minute, changing evaluation topics, cattle on the train tracks, Mike's four components of coaching, learning what coaches value, pote…

The Off Duty ADs respond to a listener's questions. They also discuss recording without Mike last week, Big Ten Minute, FCS football, reporting ineligibilities in Covid (and normal) times, working with a part-time or no-time administrative assistant, parent feedback leading to growth, Mark's unfortunate interaction in a store, Ryan's fortunate inte…

The Off Duty ADs talk about being a sane youth sports parent while also being an athletic director. They also discuss the cold weather across the Midwest, craft beverages, comparable college football and basketball teams, coaching your own kid's team, gauging your words and tone after contests, choosing your sports parent friends wisely, assessing …

The Off Duty ADs talk about accommodating officials during Covid restrictions. They also discuss small-town wrestling, Mike's family, a unique replay decision, Super Bowl incorrectness, Big 10 minute, various regulations for officials in our states, getting through the winter to make it to the spring, rescheduling games, an unfortunate injury to a …

The Off Duty ADs talk about whether character should matter when selecting student awards. They also discuss Ryan's eye, the MLB Hall of Fame, coaches operating as the moral police, missing great athletes because they're "bad" people, trusting coaches with their nominations, new volunteers for game worker positions, Mark's Boy #4, karate fights in …

The Off Duty ADs talk about positive relationships between coaches and their athletes. They also discuss Ryan's Brownies, Uncle Bill, whether coaches need to be liked, being judged by character and competence, finding resources to improve relationship building, Mike's library, coaches as teachers, rebuilding coaches who have "lost it," referee moti…

The Off Duty ADs talk about putting coaches on improvement plans. They also discuss responding to emails, marshmallow beer, music for babies, Drew Brees and Tom Brady, Urban and the Jags, using or not using formal improvement plans, improving comparing to terminating, leopards or zebras, parent complaints leading to improvement plans, being a paren…

The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the changes and concerns that surround their current facility policies. They also talk about the Brownies, college football coaches, a D3 football legend, volunteer coaches, co-op obstacles for athletes, concern around youth wrestling programs without a facility, getting stuck in comparisons to neighbors, managin…

The Off Duty ADs talk about defining failure and how to manage those definitions. They also discuss running shoes, 2020 vocabulary, Cincinnati, how (or if) any amount of winning and losing correlates to failure, the difference between individuals or teams failing, the difference between failure at the college/pro and high school levels, locker room…

The Off Duty ADs talk about potential upcoming budget cuts. They also discuss Ryan's fundraiser and 1,000 mile run, recent fandom sadness, comparing reduced expenditure differences within self-sufficient or general fund based departments, philosophically managing cuts, using intramurals to take pressure off of participation opportunities, reducing …

The Off Duty ADs recap the National AD Conference then sidetrack into holiday office parties. They also discuss Iowa missing the Outback Bowl, Mike's mom, missing chit-chat at the NADC, keeping some virtual aspects to future conferences, gifts at season end banquets, skipping office parties, winter sports still moving around, being Smartless, and R…

The Off Duty ADs talk about college football. That's pretty much it. There are maybe a couple other things in the episode somewhere, but we're pretty much just three fans sitting around chatting about football. Seriously...it's pretty much all fandom in this episode.بقلم Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs talk about how to balance the concepts of developing individual players alongside winning as a team. They also discuss the magic of the McRib, Uncle Bill's promotion, wrestlers shaking hands, the Columbus Crew, Davey O'Brien award winners, playing kids out of position, finding the best result for each kid, the Dunning-Kruger effect…

The Off Duty ADs talk about the current pauses, delays, and suspensions of their winter sports. They also discuss the absence of Mike from CO, Big Ten Minute, listener emails, making up games, fitting competition into the safety discussion, in-person learning, how Everclear relates to winter sports, color coding, casual profanity, traveling with ki…

The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the things they've been thankful for in their profession this year. They also discuss the return of Uncle Bill, MACtion, a little bit of covid update, appreciating our colleagues within and outside our districts, enjoying problem-solving, learning what's significant, our favorite (and Mike's least favorite) ficti…

The Off Duty ADs talk about starting and managing the wrestling season. They also discuss popular TV series that they've ignored, Big Ten Minute and college football, where our states currently are in opening up wrestling, creating new schedules, making practices safer, sacrificing competitive growth for safety protocols, hosting winter sports vs. …

The Off Duty ADs use Jen from Missouri (www.jenbrooks.com) to answer a listener email about females in the AD world. They also discuss Mike's ruined Saturday, college football rolling towards the playoffs, Jen's experience as an athletic director in a male-dominated profession, The Global Community of Women in High School Sports (https://globalcomm…

The Off Duty ADs talk about their golf programs. They also discuss the return of the Big Ten Minute, Uncle Bill's promotion to Executive Director of Nebraska's IAA, more reduced fan difficulties, selecting golf lineups, the wide variety of "whys" among high school golfers, live scoring at tournaments, coaches missing school time, getting good golfe…

The Off Duty ADs talk about the various coordination between athletics and activities directors. They also discuss musically based child-raising, listener-based research, Uncle Bill's Corner, smoke alarms, overseeing fine arts and other activities, different association structures, comparing football coaching to band directing, NFL confusion, confl…

The Off Duty ADs discuss a little bit of everything. They talk about the frustration of Mike's mom, listener email, Uncle Bill's hip replacement, our ferocious dogs, fan requests within ticket restrictions, a new t-shirt idea, Colorado football, professional bowling, streaming playoff games, association reserve funds, ignoring signage, a dead deer …

The Off Duty ADs talk about tournament management in the Fall of 2020. They also discuss lack of citations and accurate quotes, the NL/AL Garbage, Ryan's Browns, parent criticism, the lack of tennis ADs, reserved seating at cross country meets, giving kids a chance to compete, fan control at tournaments, the potential intersection of high school to…

The Off Duty ADs talk about managing crowds amid the unprecedented covid-related fan protocols. They also discuss adults losing the focus on kids, bringing dogs to games, how high school football relates to Jurassic Park, previewing the eventual collapse of our baseball teams, refusing to wear a mask in the stands, using SROs for crowd control, Dr.…

The Off Duty ADs talk about selecting captains for their teams. They also discuss dad jokes, California's competitive balance formula, AAC women's rowing, the MLB, Mike doing ad reads, the weakness of team voting, popularity vs. leadership, preferred qualities in a captain, intentionally teaching leadership, a long field goal in North Dakota, the r…

The Off Duty ADs talk about competitive balance formulas. They also discuss advocating for your kids vs all kids, the return of Uncle Bill, Ryan's chairs, qualifying teams for various playoff brackets, multiple divisions within a state, scheduling to fool the balance formula, live Cubs vs. Cardinals updates, creating parity while encouraging compet…

Mark joins the guys from the Beyond the Bench and The Globetrottin' ADs podcasts to talk about starting their podcasts, the pros and cons of podcasting, balancing leadership and entertainment, and the similarities and differences between the podcasts.بقلم Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs talk about managing quick changes and unexpected problems this fall. They also talk about the current location of Ryan's chairs, Uncle Bill's absence, updates from Iowa, Ohio, and Colorado, forgetting the regular tasks of the day, HIPAA, the intersection of staying healthy and avoiding quarantine, the pressure of trying to stay saf…

The Off Duty ADs talk about being the new AD in a room full of ADs. They also discuss getting their football seasons up and running, punitive teachers, coaching for a resume, fan entrance/capacity/income issues, Mike getting sidetracked, a resilient cricket, sunk cost fallacy, Mark's busy day, Ryan moving chairs around, and the loss of a friend in …

The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting sports even if the school utilizes virtual learning. They also discuss spectator limits, late rule changes, pausing a game, mask rant #2, a pay per view suggestion, rationale for justifying a sports program when classroom instruction has gone virtual, prioritizing school for everyone, Ohio snow days vs. North Dak…

The Off Duty ADs take a day to just vent about stuff. They also discuss removing a podcast favorite from the favorite's list, Big Ten Minute, working on AD island, trying to vent at work instead of home, being happy to deal with normal issues, being accessible all day long, transitioning from planning to fixing, officials and bus drivers, Mark's ne…

The Off Duty ADs talk about getting their fall seasons started in the 2020-21 school year. They also discuss sneaking out of facilities, potential professional development for the NADC in Tampa, an angry Big Ten Minute, college athletics structure, scheduling tweaks to this fall, dealing with anxiety, different targets this year, choice to play, fa…

The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the many, many, many mistakes they made as new athletic directors. They also discuss lefthandedness, some covid changes, getting locked in the bathroom, pretending they knew everything, their first scheduling meetings, learning how to evaluate, schematic advantages, Mo Money, signing day, and our favorite summer …

In the absence of Ryan, the Off Duty ADs freely discuss their covid updates along with recurring guest Joe from Washington. They also talk about other things related to the Pacific Northwest, emails from loyal listeners, the return of baseball, comparing this fall to the past spring and summer, redefining success this year, various details in our p…

The Off Duty ADs discuss some of the fall 2020 decisions and hurdles taking place out of the public's eye. They also discuss receiving the perfect email, the return of baseball, concern from Mike's mom, tempering the public's emotions, busing problems, schedule changes, questions about quarantining, local control decision making, auxiliary function…

The Off Duty ADs talk about lobbying for coaches' contracts in the fall of 2020. They also discuss the return of Uncle Bill, various baseball squads, compensating coaches for shortened or lost seasons, trying to keep our kids and coaches in our programs, state associations, black cherry ale, hockey movies, and officials getting booed even without c…

**This episode likely won't be relevant by the time you listen to it...like most of our episodes, but even more so this time. The Off Duty ADs return to the covid discussion as it relates to returning to competition this fall. They also discuss a special guest to provide an update about loading dishwashers, missing Mike, missing Uncle Bill, lost sp…

The Off Duty ADs talk about summer coaching rules. They also discuss Mike's pizza delivery resolution, Ryan's sanity, Mark's 4th of July standby beverage, requiring coaches to run camps, summer blackout dates, a poor list of sports movies, and the legacy of Bruce Brown from Ohio.بقلم Off Duty ADs