Episode Description
Summary
What are coaches really watching in the first month of the season? Coach Gards, Coach A and Coach Hammer get into leadership groups, how letters get handed out, buy-in, why nobody talks on the ice anymore, the best captains they played with, and whether the end of hazing left a gap where accountability used to be.
Plus Gards' grandpa Cal Gardner turning up on a Maple Leafs record list, Kucherov, Stamkos and respect, and Tyrel Bauer earning his stripes in Winnipeg.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Hammer's back on the pod
0:50 Grandpa Cal Gardner's Leafs record
2:26 Kucherov, Stamkos and respect
3:21 When a player you train comes back
4:29 97 and Edmonton on a tear
4:56 Tyrel Bauer earns respect in Winnipeg
6:03 How the squads are doing
8:27 Today's topic: what coaches want in month one
10:03 Leadership groups and handing out letters
11:51 Buy-in and the coach's checklist
13:26 Nobody talks on the ice anymore
14:05 Building communication into practice
15:12 Leaders as a second coach
17:33 Leadership qualities in every player
18:48 The best captains we played with
21:08 Leading when times are bad
22:12 Great leaders delegate
22:46 The special ops leadership test
24:12 No more hazing: what changed in the room?
26:40 Hazing vs accountability
27:12 Respect starts at home
28:33 Wrap-up
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