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This week Bud and Mac tackle the Brendan Sorsby story. The former Cincinnati and Indiana quarterback, who transferred to Texas Tech in the midst of a gambling scandal, had his season suspension overturned, and limited to just two games. Fair or foul? Plus, a salute to one of the world's greatest bands...Earth, Wind and Fire and Bud gives advice to parents who are coaching their kids.
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He's good with people. He's almost too good with people. He's very politically sound. He's correct in the things that he says. He's solid in how he handles things and people respond well to James Franklin.
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SPEAKER_10In the middle of, you know, this bigger mushroom cloud about Senate bills and who should and shouldn't have autonomy over college football. It's just an unkind of another log on the fire this week, I guess.
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SPEAKER_04Welcome into another edition of Foster and Friends. Bud Foster's here, Mac McDonald with you. And uh we are not officially into summer yet, but uh, we're close. Bud's coming off an alumni weekend, and how did things go? Did you have a lot of people? Did you have fun?
SPEAKER_11I I had fun, number one. Uh number two, there was a great turnout. I think they had over 1,600 alums back for um the week. And they they do this um, I think it's this time of year every year. I know last year we kicked off our cigar launch uh last year, this this time. Um, but uh no, there was a great turnout. Um I did a I did the Taste of Virginia event on uh Friday, which was held at the um uh inn at Virginia Tech Holtzman Center.
SPEAKER_12Right.
SPEAKER_11And uh which was a beautiful day. Uh drank a couple uh you know local brews. Um there was a couple local wineries. I know uh there was one you ask about, but they that they weren't there. Yeah. Uh Saturday, they had you know a big week, uh big weekend um for those folks. And then Saturday night was a dinner out on the drill field. They had a band. Um, we Jesse and I went to that. The cool thing was I got a chance to see a bunch of former players that there was a group of guys that came back and uh which was really cool to catch up with them. And you know, it'd been a couple guys I hadn't seen in a while. And uh so uh but they the big thing about this weekend, it used to be they called it the old guard because tech at one time was all military, you know, back in the early days, as you know. Um, but they've changed that because now the last I guess um 50, 60 years, they have not they went co-ed. So now they call it cornerstone once you get to the 50th uh reunion. So that's usually the highlight of the weekend is that the the the 50th reunion. So um there was I sat with a few of them. It's the the crazy part is I'm getting much closer to that than I thought. I mean, it's just time time sneaks up on you, man. My God, I'm gonna be coming up on 50 myself here before.
SPEAKER_04You you got more you got more new body parts than a 58 Buick. I can tell knees and hips and are you that I I have trouble picturing you going from wine station to wine station. Do you s uh do you swig and smell and say, I think I smell the apricot, and then you know, do you swish it in your mouth and you know get the wine on your tongue? Do you are you that kind of to be honest with you?
SPEAKER_11I didn't have time. I I Jesse got a wine, I got a beer, but between once you know, and this is I'm not this is the nice thing, this is why I go. Yeah, I go to shake hands and kiss babies. And once the pictures, somebody breaks the seal of taking a picture and seeing that I was there, and that's that's my that's my responsibility, my role, you know, is to walk around, meet and greet. And I mean, I my beer got warm.
SPEAKER_04I just couldn't uh yeah, that's terrible.
SPEAKER_11Yeah, so but we were there for two hours and uh and and two hours on on Saturday night. So um I got a chance to meet and greet and see a bunch of folks, and like I said, it was cool to catch up with a bunch of people.
SPEAKER_04I love it. All right, we have a lot to cover today. We're gonna get into the uh uh the the big donation that had been brewing for a while at Virginia Tech. It made headlines uh as far as what's happening. Bud's gonna bring us up to date on that. We're also gonna cover the Brendan Soresby story. We have to do that. The Texas Tech quarterback, all the you know, the college athletics world literally erupted with uh a two-game suspension instead of uh him being suspended for the entire season. Also, um a little a little advice from Bud Foster and how to coach your kids on the strength of a kid who's 17 years old joining another 17-year-old that are gonna be at Shinnecock for the U.S. Open next week. So, anyway, we're we're gonna cover all that and more, as they say officially. It's Foster and Friends, and this is the NSB Radio Network. Bud and I come back right after this.
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SPEAKER_06It would be James Franklin was the catalyst of this generational family wanting to commit this type of donation to the university.
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SPEAKER_04It is Foster and Friends, and uh coming up just a little bit, we're gonna talk about the Brendan Sorsby story. By the way, the bump you heard coming in, LeVar Arrington, former Penn State player, he's on a podcast called Two Pros and a Cup of Joe, talking about James Franklin. We'll get into that in just a second. Uh, bud, the story broke. I thought of you immediately, and uh because I think I remember you telling me that um there was a major donation being worked on that something was gonna break pretty soon. Apparently the headline did hit that you guys, and when I say you guys, Virginia Tech, uh, and um is it is the $75 million, if I get that if I've got that right, is it earmarked totally for Athletics, the donation that made the headline this week?
SPEAKER_11No, it's not. Uh, but it's number one I want to say it's yeah, this has been a uh a donation and that's been in the works. And the the family who made the donation uh, you know, is anonymous and I don't want to uh sure you know break their silence, but this was one that uh I've been involved with for you know just being there. I don't know how much my I I had in it, other than I was on several of the meetings that we had with uh uh with the certain gentleman that's kind of overseeing the whole thing for his family. But this has been something that's kind of been in the works. Um but yeah, um the majority of it is gonna go to athletics. I'm not for sure what they're earmarking, maybe 50 million or so. Uh but then the other is gonna go to the honors college, is my understanding, which I don't know what that leads to and what that, you know, where that will migrate to in different fields and different areas. But uh what a tremendous gift. Um you know, we're so appreciative uh of the family that's that's doing this. It's a you know, it's a game changer, it's an impact maker, and um I think it makes a statement of um just the enthusiasm and the excitement that's around uh the program. And you know, the university stepping up big time uh makes a statement, and I think that encourages the other folks that have money that want to be philanthropic, you know, to do something like this. And so um, and then obviously James Franklin has a uh impact on this. I mean, uh there is uh and I think he helped expedite this uh you know, particularly as this thing moves forward, and then the timing um, you know, with the Hokie ventures uh going forward, with uh, you know, that being uh an area to help support uh student athletes and and and at the athletic program. So uh great timing. Uh there's a lot of momentum going. And uh, you know, this is uh just another part of that snowball as it's rolling just continues to get bigger and bigger. And and I'm but I'm hoping that's gonna encourage other uh folks to um you know jump on board and and um and be supportive.
SPEAKER_04The media said that and they felt what you're saying, that the James Franklin hire is making such an input that that somebody writes a check for 75 million, and that's the way it was presented. Uh, I'm glad you're saying that, yeah, this was in the works, but it was probably expedite. LeVar Arrington, who uh is a big fan of James Franklin, uh played at Penn State. We'll understand. Uh LeVar had a lot to say about the magic of Coach Franklin.
SPEAKER_06I think that that's the magic of James Franklin. I've always said I'm a supporter of James Franklin. I'm a fan of James Franklin. It's unfortunate that it didn't end up bigger and better for him at Penn State. Literally one game away, you know, this this game, that game, one game away from us talking about him as a legendary head coach, not a head coach that can't win the big game.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and I know that four and twenty-one mark, you know, sits out there, but 104-45 in 12 years, everybody knows the numbers. But there is no doubt, and you talked about 600 people showing up in Richmond a week ago, told me that that was a you know a pretty big deal. So no doubt the Hokie family is feeling the impact of a football coach.
SPEAKER_11Yeah, I mean, you know, James number one is, and we've talked about him and through the whole recruit the recruitment process to get him here, just how impressive of a person he is. And then when he gets out and and speaks in public or gets in front of people, pretty serious, huh? Oh my gosh. Well, you you you what you see is a guy that's got a great vision, um but you know, can articulate it in a way that um shows there's that well beh behind the vision, there's enthusiasm and there's there's there's a model, you know, and and a method to the madness, so to speak. That he he's he's credible. He's got you know, he's got credibility because of what he's done, and um, and he is making an impact. You you see that not just what he's doing, the fundraising part of it, but what they're doing now recruiting. I think we've got it. We're now I saw something we were sixth or seventh now in the 2027 uh recruiting class. And you know, he's making that's the Frank James Franklin impact on the field, but he's also just this dynamic, and where he comes is where the most impressive thing is he comes across genuine, and uh and that's what I've seen with him, and that's where I always thought he would be a good fit here because that's one of the that's what this place is about, is about peep genuine people. Um and you know, and he's just a a great fit for Virginia Tech, but also you can just see the James Franklin influence and the impact he's making with the excitement and the enthusiasm on the field and off the field.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Well, uh Lavar also on this uh two pros and a cup of joe podcast was talking about the donation, why it came in and that Franklin definitely uh could have had his name all over it.
SPEAKER_06He's good with people. A lot of people say he's almost too good with people. You know, he's he's very politically sound, he's he's he's correct in the things that he says, he's he's solid in how he handles things, and people respond well to James Franklin. If you were to ask me why this donation came in now, it would be James Franklin was the catalyst of this this generational family wanting to commit this type of donation to the university.
SPEAKER_04Lavar's got his finger on the pulse of what's happening with James Franklin, I think. So he does. Yeah, he's feeling some accurate, yeah.
SPEAKER_11Yeah, and he hit it on the head. I mean, yeah, uh uh, and trust me, we've had James in front of this donor, you know, as soon as he got on camp, and he was actually um was involved in some different aspects but uh uh of the of the process when we were looking at James. But um, you know, he he's been in front of this this donor on multiple occasions, and you know, he he like I said, he helped um finalize this thing when it's all said and done.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. All right, really good stuff. So um we we'll uh we'll go to break here. Good good time to transition. We're gonna we're gonna come back. But and I are gonna talk about the Brendan Sorsby story, which has totally dominated the week as far as college athletics, even to the point that the Big 12 gets their all their ADs together, uh including uh you know Kirby Hocott, who had to sit and listen to why all these schools don't want to schedule Texas Tech and the Big 12 saying, what should we do? But yet the the case is not over. The NCAA is probably going to appeal this whole thing. Anyway, we'll come back, walk you through it, and uh uh and then also Bud, a little later on the program is gonna talk about how to coach your kids, which I love. I think it's a great idea. All right, this is Foster and Friends, NSB Radio Network. The Sorosby story is next. When you walk into a restaurant, say your favorite pizza place, what's the first thing you notice? The way it smells, the vibe, maybe the party atmosphere. If you're traveling in Southwest Virginia or lucky enough to live in the Radford area, hopefully you have visited Brickhouse Pizza, a staple since 1972. Brickhouse Pizza has become a legendary stop. Jeff and Diane's Main Street attraction features artisanal wood-fired pizza with fresh ingredients prepped every day. Brickhouse's pizzas are made with flour imported from Italy. Throw in the recipe for their homemade brew, and you have the recipe for fun. Brickhouse Pizza is open Tuesday through Friday at 3 30, Saturdays at 11.30, and the Sunday brunch begins at 10. Fresh food, cold beer, great times. That's Brickhouse Pizza, 311 West Main Street in Radford.
SPEAKER_10Because I mean, the the guy could have could have looked at the spider can and hit go on a bet, and this would still apply. This logic would still apply.
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SPEAKER_04Welcome back. It is Foster and Friends. We're gonna dive into the Brendan Soysby story with uh which is definitely um uh just dominated news this week and everybody else. On Thursday this past week, the Big 12's executive board uh meeting with Commissioner Brett Yormack, uh, and they reviewed options moving forward. A lot of schools stepping forward, and even non-conference schools, some of the Georgia and the SEC, for example, uh saying we're not we're not gonna schedule Texas Tech in anything. We're not we're not gonna play the school. I mean, there was a lot of reaction. Utah and BYU and all the just all these schools were stepping forward. Before I get to Bud and Bud's take, um, you just heard Josh Pate coming in. Josh Pate is an uh uh an insider, college football. I think he's one of the best voices, along with Jay Billis. I would put them one, two, one A, one A, one B. Uh, but Josh Pate was talking about the you know, questioning the NCAA and really what is what is at stake here.
SPEAKER_10If you cannot govern the matters that are in your lane, you don't exist. You're just four letters. The NCAA is just kind of four letters now, and maybe it always was, and it was a poodle that barked in the microphone and convinced everyone it was a Doberman for a long time, but it's done. It's over. And it's crazy we find this headline in the middle of, you know, this bigger mushroom cloud about Senate bills and who should and shouldn't have autonomy over college football, it's just none kind of another log on the fire this week, I guess.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. And then when you to when you uh couple that with the fact that Jeffrey Kessler, who steps in as the lawyer for Soresby, they get it overturned, and then all of a sudden you've got college football mayhem.
SPEAKER_10If your argument is, well, yeah, he bet on games, but I mean, if we rule him ineligible, he's gonna miss the season. If that's your logic, what what could what could he have done that would have tilted the seesaw the other direction? Like, how egregious would the offenses have to have been? Because I mean, the the guy could have could have looked at the spider cam and hit go on a bet, and this would still apply. This logic would still apply. Maybe there is no logic here, or maybe it extends well beyond just us with racehorse blinders on looking at one matter, and maybe it does extend to overall governance or lack thereof that the NCAA has. And I know Jeffrey Kessler has his hands on multiple ongoing cases that relate to that. This again, I use the log on the fire analogy again, because this just feels like another one.
SPEAKER_04All right, that's Josh Pate, uh uh college football insider for ESPN. But I don't know where uh, you know, there are a lot of layers here to this onion. So I'll just uh open the floor, I'll open the floor for discussion.
SPEAKER_11Well, I I think this, and he hit up one thing there, I think for myself, um there is a there is integrity about competition, and uh there has been a standard that if you have bet, you know, a lot there's bets going on, there's people betting, you know, that that's that's gonna happen. And but the standard has been if you bet on your team, your your own team um that you participate with, um and in your sport that you participate in, you know that um that there's a severe penalty with that. And I mean you look at the history, and it's in and even up recently with college basketball, there's players that have been um, you know, uh suspended indefinitely.
SPEAKER_04And let me jump and let me jump in. The the case for people who may not know, $90,000 bet while he was a red shirt at Indiana and he was betting on Indiana games. He played football at Cincinnati and then went to Indiana, and then that's where he started to to wager. So he started betting, right?
SPEAKER_11And then there obviously bet in at Cincinnati too. There's that's been documented too.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_11Um it's one thing if you just bet, and and we've opened the door for allowing our people to do that with everything that's going on. I can jump on TV right now and get a you know, a draft king or whatever, and I can place a bet, get get involved. Um, and now that these young kids have money to expend, I mean, they're you're creating some issues. Well, that's a whole nother story. But right the bottom line is this I think this is a powerful moment right now, and it's a reason why that we I say we, we need to, you know, America or society or government, you know, the Congress or whatever uh that we need to get a hold? This is a a chance to get a hold of college athletics or why we need to have governance because it is just chaos and it's the wild, wild west. And uh I don't know, uh like I said, what kind of if we allow and and I'll say there's so many things. I mean, the questions are this should a player who's addressed he's got a gambling addiction and completed treatment be given a second chance? I mean, this is a young kid. I mean, we know young people make mistakes, uh, but there has been a standard set before. And I know these kids just because of what we do express the uh the challenges and the the potential uh issues. With gambling. We address that with our players. We have for years. Number one, it used to be totally illegal. You couldn't even play uh uh an NCAA basketball. You can't even do that now, you know what I mean? Supposedly. Um but then should betting on your own school's game, you know, and things that you're you know be uh, you know, should the penalty be severe enough to to protect the integrity of the of the competition, the game. I mean, and there's certain respect for the game. And I think um gambling within your particular sport, I think is has been taboo, and in my opinion, should continue to be taboo.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Um there's a lot, there's so many layers to this, and I'll just throw this out too. Um, DraftKings and FanDuel have become very, very involved in advertising, not only with the NFL and not only with professional baseball. Uh, their signs are all over the hockey boards as well, but they they spent last year in a 90-day window with college programming and NFL programming, $78 million in um in advertising. There was also a number, bud, and I know you have some similar numbers. 67% of college students are wagering. Uh, that's according to uh a research firm that did this. 15 to 25 percent are male athletes that are betting. Sundays, they're gonna sit around. You can bet live now. Do they score on this touchdown? You know, five bucks here, 10 bucks here, you know, whatever. Um, 34% of D1 basketball players communicate communicate with betters, meaning they're sitting in dorm rooms with kids in their floor, and the kids are playing and say, What do you think tonight with Rutgers? Well, you know, what do you think tonight with you know with Villanova? You got a good feel? Yeah, go ahead and give them the seven and a half. Um, you know, we're gonna light them up or whatever, you know, it's gonna happen. It's happened for more than just the last couple of years. This has gone on for a long, long time. It's just now where it's so easy and so evident. All right, I'll shut up.
SPEAKER_11So well, I personally you're you're hitting on a couple things. Number one, these kids, these college kids are vulnerable, they really are. I mean, they're not they're not mature enough at most of them, just in my experience. Good point. That's why the college experience needs to be a great, you know. Um, but they're being they're being preyed upon by these bookies and just like the agents. I mean, it's a whole nother, you know, you're opening up a whole nother can of worms. Because I promise you, in pro sports, yeah, there's guys that are, you know, they're they're monitoring this extremely close in professional athletics because they're there's such a I mean, you're talking about career ending if you get caught doing anything like this. Um but you hit something there with all the money that's being spent on advertising and all that. I mean, the the thing about Pro Sports is they do get a money back from the advertising to the NFL, to MLB, to the NBA. Where does that money go from a college athletic standpoint? Nowhere. I mean, that's where we have to be have a governing body that can oversee this whole process. And then, yeah, if there's gambling, then bring that money to whatever you want to call it, the college sports commission or whatever who's the governing body of college sports, and then you can distribute that to the institutions, and that's another resource, or you know, how it comes into NIL and those type of things, you know. But um, that's just, you know, there's there's so much that this exposes, and uh, but there's so much that's wrong behind it because I think these these young people are being taken advantage of and are being led down a way. And this is just one case, you know. Yeah, they're fighting it, but just think of the cases that's already been documented how many in the last few years guys have been, you know, banned from you know college sports because of because of gambling. I will say this too. I would have loved to bid a fly on the wall in that ADs meeting in the in the Big 12, you know, and um just to hear uh, and I know there's a lot of there's an emotional thing right off the get-go that hey, we're not gonna play Texas Tech again to anything.
SPEAKER_04Right.
SPEAKER_11They're they're gonna they're proving that they're gonna do whatever it takes to win. And that's kind of this the the message though that they're sending here a little bit. Yeah, you know, we've got money, we're gonna pay the, you know, a local judge voted, you know, uh, you know, voted on this and and or however that the Yeah, it was a retired judge in Texas that overturned it. Yeah. Yeah, that made the decision. And uh, but you know, I think, like I said, to me, it comes back down to protecting the integrity of of sport and competition. And um, and if we don't get control of that, this is just a whole nother uh area that uh, you know, players are gonna be taking advantage of or try to take advantage of.
SPEAKER_04Yeah. Uh, and by the way, the uh the your mark release, the Big 12 commissioner said, quote, many of our athletic directors voiced their opinions. We'll continue to have open and honest dialogue amongst the group until there was something to report. So, with all that being said, and then Jay Billis brought up this week, he just said, Where's the Texas Tech president during all this? Uh, Lawrence uh Chovinek, who is uh the Texas Tech president, and uh he hasn't done anything yet either. So, yeah, a lot of discussion coming up. All right, we'll go to break, we'll come back. So, not only should you be talking to your kids about this, should you be coaching your kids and how hard do you push a talent that might be sitting at your dining room table every night? We'll talk about that when we come back, Foster and Friends. And this is the NSB Radio Network.
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SPEAKER_04Welcome back, it is Foster and Friends NSB Radio Network. Now we get to talk about some fun stuff instead of that all that uh all that college stuff. You just heard the voice of Miles Russell, who sounded like he could be one of the better karaoke singers uh on the on the circuit. Miles is a 17-year-old kid. All right, I'm gonna throw some some more numbers since we're throwing around numbers today. I'm gonna throw some numbers to Bud. Miles Russell is 17 years old, so he qualifies this week uh for one of uh several spots. Well, one of 43 spots in the U.S. Open, 10 sights across the country, 715 players trying to get into the 126th U.S. Open next week at Shinnecock. All right, 43 spots available. Miles Russell, one of two 17-year-olds. This kid has done everything there is to do in the game of golf. He's a left-hander. He plays, he's as solid as can be. He's a two-time AJ GA player of the year. He won the 2023 Junior PGA championship, the junior players championship. He has uh he qualified uh for the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic. He got an exemption uh to play in that. And now the word is, and that's not official yet, that Tiger's son Charlie is gonna caddy for Miles next week in the U.S. Open. So, Bud, with all of that, how do you know as a father you have a phenom sitting at your dinner table most nights?
SPEAKER_11Well, I you know, how do you know I can't I can't say that from my own experience. I mean, I love my I love my son. Um you know, he's he's a phenom in a lot of areas, uh, but you know, his athleticism is not one of them.
SPEAKER_04Not one of it.
SPEAKER_11No, but uh, and I will say this my hat's off to people that coach uh kids. My son, that's the one thing he my grandson, um I have two grandsons, 10 and 6. And my son coaches their sports. I mean, he coaches uh baseball right now. They're in the all-star uh phase right now. He's coaching my oldest. Uh he coaches football. He takes a step away from basketball. Uh, but I my my hat's off to those parents that uh take the time uh to make an impact on young people because that's what they're doing. It's easy for people to sit out there in the in the stands and bitch and moan uh you know about their sons. Well, hey, if you if you can do it better, then get out there and do it yourself, you know. And that's kind of my take. And uh I hate that uh, and I'm not one of those parents myself. I did not sit in the in the stands and make comments. I sat there and watched. Uh, you know, I let the coaches coach and the players play. That's the bottom line of this whole thing. It's not my job to evaluate the coach. Uh, if you feel like you can be better, then go do it. And so that being said, I will say this uh I don't, you know, to identify, I think number one, it takes a couple things. You have to be, have seen somebody that's really special to be able to identify that. That's the one thing I've did this for you know a long time in my life, and put a lot of guys, elite players, into the NFL. And once you get a chance to see what those guys look like, and even what they look like at a younger age, right? Then you can you can put a perspective on them. You know what I mean? But until someone sees that, uh, they don't know what that looks like. And uh, so that's why there's so many pain in the ass parents out there that they think their kid is the next best thing to slice bread, but they have no clue what it takes to compete at that level to be that Caliburn athlete. Let me say that. So with me, I would number one, you'd have to have extreme patience as a young, as a young uh to coach young people because their attention span, and you know, guys are different. Like, you know, Miles is probably different. He's probably like Tiger and Tiger's boy, but they're you just kind of they they have they had it before you it's an it factor, yeah. Yeah, but you don't know that with young people, you know. I mean, I've watched my grandson, you know, his attention span, he can do it for 10 minutes. Next thing you know, he's flipping daisies, flicking around, you know, digging around in the dirt, you know, at 10 years old.
SPEAKER_04Looking for worms in right field. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_11But I think this, I think, you know, for the coaches, the the potential coaches out there that coach young people. I I've got I've got really five areas that I've always that I've expressed this to when I've spoken to youth group coaches. Number one, teaching these kids to develop listening skills. That's a tremendous skill set in itself. Number one, to be able to listen to people, you know, and listen and then learn to comprehend it and to be focused and look people in the eye. That's one thing I always challenged coaches to do is have the kids look them in the eye. Number two would be teach them about effort. I mean, effort is the most that's half the battle. If you can play hard all the time, that's half the battle.
SPEAKER_04Right.
SPEAKER_11And then, and that goes back to number three is consistency. So being consistent in your listening and your comprehending in your effort, uh to me, those are three critical areas. Then number four is be coachable. Um, listen to the coaches. Uh I always felt I I had the hardest time when my dad coached me, to be honest with you. When somebody else coached me, I probably responded better. I really did for whatever reason. And I've even said that to my son, you know, what's probably good for Bubba. That's what we call my my old grandson Braxton. We call him Bubba. I said probably the best thing for Bubba would be to be coached by somebody else other than you. And and then, but to be coachable, and then the last thing is to develop that consistency to do those other things on a daily basis, to be, you know, to be consistently good, to be a good listener, to be give great effort, to be consistent, and then to be coachable. And if you can do those things and and do it daily and develop that skill sets, those are skills. It's just not an added, those are skills that they can develop. And I think those are important areas for young coaches and young or people to teach young people about that. And then that establishes a foundation that then once they recognize whether it's the individual that has the talent, whether it's a young man or young woman, then now at least they have a foundation that they know what it takes to work and to do it on a consistent basis, to have that discipline to do it every day and do it not that they have to do it 24 hours a day, but if they're gonna go out for an hour a day, let me go be the best version of myself for an hour, you know. And but I think developing those and those skill sets then become habits, you know, and then that's and then those carry over into your everyday aspects of going to school, whatever it may be. But that that'd be those are the five things that I've always taught to, you know, like youth football coaches or youth coaches about what I think's important because uh that sets the foundation.
SPEAKER_04I'd like to all right. I I got a review because I'm taking this to class uh next week when I'm dealing with my 22-year-olds. Uh, look me in the eye, effort, consistency, be coachable. And what was number five?
SPEAKER_11You know, discipline. Discipline be consistently good. Okay, you know, the discipline to do it all the time. You know what I mean? That's where the challenge anybody can do it once or twice, but to do it be consistently good, that's the that's the challenge. You know, that's where that's what separates the good players or the Miles Russells, you know, from you know, just somebody's gonna be a junior golfer. This guy's got aspirations to go win the U.S. Open and the Masters, and but he's got these this foundation, and probably most importantly, he's got the discipline on top of the skill set, but he's got those the that work ethic and the discipline to to do it every day and to be consistent.
SPEAKER_0417 years old, can you imagine being on the on the practice range with who he's uh who he's gonna be standing next to? Scotty Shuffler?
SPEAKER_11I mean, my God, you think you'd be intimidated?
SPEAKER_04But anyway, uh just to show you how controlled this kid is, this is his attitude on the game of golf.
SPEAKER_01I don't know, it's just a game to try and get a little white ball in a hole, which sounds kind of crazy. Um, but when you look at it like that, it's just a game. You gotta have fun, you gotta enjoy, enjoy the experiences and um just learn from learn when it kind of when it teaches you to teach you things, you just gotta learn and kind of keep going.
SPEAKER_04And and plus, and plus, here's the other thing. Maybe we add number six, have fun.
SPEAKER_01It was a great year. Um, had a bunch of fun, made a bunch of great memories, and I was able to play some pretty good golf too. I mean, it was it was just a blast. I mean, and then in the years to come looking forward to Florida State and um kind of what's next.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, he did commit to Florida State. So they uh let me say this.
SPEAKER_11Yeah, you know how you spell fun, yeah. W-I-N. You know, that's when it's fun. I mean, let he just makes it sound so easy. Oh, you just I'm just getting this little white ball around on it. You and I both know we've played enough golf, yeah, how difficult and how challenging it might be the most humbling sport I've ever played in my life. Absolutely. So he is not telling everybody the the hours and relentless hours that he's had to practice, and unless he just naturally can put that club face on the ball, you know, in his hand-eye coordination, he can just go out there and do it without practice. But we know we both know that this kid has gone out there and has given the effort to be consistently good, and you know, and because you just can't do it in that sport. You can't show up and uh, you know, I'm not gonna say kick the soccer ball around. That's a little bit different than uh, you know, than in golf.
SPEAKER_04That's right. Look me in the eye, effort, consistency, be coachable, and show discipline. There it is. You're top fun.
SPEAKER_11Yeah, yeah, that's where I always used to tell that to the players. You got to earn your success. Yeah, and you know how you that's how you how you spell fun is W-I-N. It makes it all the better.
SPEAKER_04It's going on my cli, it's going on my whiteboard uh next week. All right, Foster and Friends, NSB Radio Network. When we come back, um there are just a lot of things to do this summer. If it is raining, can't get to the beach or the lake. I recommend this documentary. We'll talk about it when we come back.
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SPEAKER_04It is Foster and Friends, and nothing like a uh summer weekend. Uh, and hope everybody's uh being safe this weekend. I we you heard Earth Wind and Fire coming into this segment because I saw a documentary and it became, and I'm pretty sure it's on HBO, but the uh the Earth, Wind and Fire documentary and the story of Maurice White um is the number one uh video uh this past week. And and uh and I just I sat down and I was pretty enthralled. They uh what 95 million records, uh, you know, Maurice White launches 1969 or whatever, and then they you know their first big album, I am, was in 79, and then six years later they had a another good one, but but but bud, and they've had 30 band 30 former band members are no longer there, but they they are they were so good for so long, faltered, started to play the smaller uh venues, but then built back up as to probably the number one one of the top show bands of all time.
SPEAKER_11I mean, yeah, without a doubt, you know. I mean, you and I, I mean, I'm talking, you're talking about the late 70s. That I mean, oh it, man, you know, and you talk about dancing in the clubs and and you know, just the uh good music, good vibe, and um yeah, I just I love those guys. I was just telling, I've got 28 and 60 like songs that I've got on this playlist, so I just I just keep it going. That's all I listen to is my own stuff. Then I'll get I got you. I'll search, but I've got like uh nine or ten songs of of uh Earth Wind and Fire on that. So I mean, you've got me. I have not seen this documentary. I'm going to because I watch a lot of music documentaries.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, I love them. I love them.
SPEAKER_11And uh, but I will say this that because of this, this weekend, I'm getting ready to play me a lot of Earth, Wind, and Fire. Just because of it. You know, it's there's so many good, there's so many, so much good music. I mean, it's it's just Good music. And you talk about a a big band that uh that just produced great music. It's just um I I can't wait to see the documentary.
SPEAKER_04No, it's really good. Maurice White started with they were the salty peppers uh when he launched uh officially uh out of Chicago, Illinois in 1969. And then I mean, but they covered it all as budgets uh jazz, RB, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin. They are always in in tune with trying to stay with what was happening. And then uh to fast forward when the band broke up and Maurice White wanted to go out on his own. A lot of people like uh Philip Bailey, who's just a great, great singer, was just kind of left, you know, out there on his own. And um uh Verdeen White is the bass player who's been with him forever and ever and ever. But anyway, the band has won six Grammys out of 17 nominations, and uh they've been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, the NAACP Amelia Ward Hall of Fame, Hollywood's Boardwalk, you name it, they have done it all. So uh, as Bud's saying, if you if you have a chance uh to see the documentary, it is uh it's pretty good because it it walks you through what was happening. And here was the thing when they started to tour and they were making all this money, they spent so much money in lighting and costumes that they were actually going broke from their tour. They were actually in debt, millions of dollars, because of there was so much money being spent just in their costumes and how they're gonna light and the pyrotechnics and everything. So, anyway.
SPEAKER_11You know, yeah, you had those those big time RB bands, and those bands they weren't just like you see, you know, they weren't like Led Zeppelin, you got four dudes up there, you know. This is uh this was like eight to ten, twelve people, and they were they were they were they were dude and up, man. You talk about as far as their clothes and everything, they put on a show. It was a it was a show.
SPEAKER_04Maybe later this summer we find time to rank the greatest horn sections of all time, I guess Earth Wind and Fire Chicago. And actually, didn't they tour together like years ago? Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire That would have been a heck of a show that for days. Uh you're telling me, hey, have fun on the lake uh kicking back uh this weekend. I know you will, and uh we will get together next week, and hopefully things will calm down a little bit. And uh, you know, who knows what we'll we'll drum up next week.
SPEAKER_11So yeah, well, I'm sure you've got some beach time ahead of you and uh and uh some golfing in the mix, but uh hey, check you have a great weekend. No.
SPEAKER_04Check will do. Okay, and some a little win. I think I have a little win left uh as well. So uh it's a good day for Wynn for Bud Foster. I'm Mac McDonald. That's Foster and Friends and the NSB Radio Network.
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SPEAKER_08Like just because just because the NCAA lost a court case doesn't mean that Texas Tech has to let this guy play. And uh I I don't I don't see the the point here.
