Jason Nolf Interview
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When you cant coach you must sell snake oil like humbility, being a good student, learning respect, etc...
All things that turn off wrestlers AND parents.....some parents who may just accept a little less in some areas to get more in other areas.
Not sure why the "real world" can't understand this snake oil sales pitch
All things that turn off wrestlers AND parents.....some parents who may just accept a little less in some areas to get more in other areas.
Not sure why the "real world" can't understand this snake oil sales pitch
More "surprising":
Q: (paraphrasing) How did the seniors help you?
A: Took me to Bible study.
Talk about not deep.
I could not be more impressed by how Cael runs the program!
PSU wrestlers are tough as nails on the mat, but very humble and grateful for all they have.
They are tremendous ambassadors for PSU and truly represent "success with honor".
I am so happy that my daughter will be attending PSU UP next fall to study engineering!
PSU wrestlers are tough as nails on the mat, but very humble and grateful for all they have.
They are tremendous ambassadors for PSU and truly represent "success with honor".
I am so happy that my daughter will be attending PSU UP next fall to study engineering!
Listening to Nolf, what I'm hearing is that the athletes are buying in totally to what the coaches are selling. That's the secret sauce. I once asked Hachiro Oishi, PSU's national assistant coach of the year in the 90's (the last time the program had success), about his kids. He said "They'll do whatever you tell them to do to get better. Unquestioningly! " To get young people to buy in 100% is very rare. But that's what it takes to be successful as a team, or an organization. Easy to say, hard as heck to do.
I think a big part of getting them to buy in unflinchingly is starting out with young men that are quality individuals and that were raised the right way and Cael's teams seem to be chock full of them. You can tell, he only recruits high character individuals and despite talent, stays away from ones that are not.
Also when you can't coach, you recruit kids who are highly self-motivated, like to figure things out on their own, and in general need less coaching.
Cael is using religion to dominate the sport and recruit top tier religious athletes , that's all he knows.
> what has cael tought you? "to be grateful."
> wow, not the answer I was expecting but a deep one..
Matt Brown's book is pretty cool in that it distills Cael's recipe for success or right living or whatever into just three elements. Gratitude is the third element. We can read all the great thinkers and their recipes for success, and they're all "correct" and even the same, in some sense, but Cael's formulation, as Matt Brown understands it, is really the keenest and best that I've ever seen. Cael focuses in on just the things that most need focusing on, and once you understand those keys, everything else follows from them.
I highly recommend Matt Brown's book: _Mission Accomplished: Reflections of an NCAA National Champion_ [I can't seem to be able to give an Amazon link for some reason]
> wow, not the answer I was expecting but a deep one..
Matt Brown's book is pretty cool in that it distills Cael's recipe for success or right living or whatever into just three elements. Gratitude is the third element. We can read all the great thinkers and their recipes for success, and they're all "correct" and even the same, in some sense, but Cael's formulation, as Matt Brown understands it, is really the keenest and best that I've ever seen. Cael focuses in on just the things that most need focusing on, and once you understand those keys, everything else follows from them.
I highly recommend Matt Brown's book: _Mission Accomplished: Reflections of an NCAA National Champion_ [I can't seem to be able to give an Amazon link for some reason]
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Great interview.
Guessing some who watched that interview, who didn't know him, would be surprised to learn that Jason Nolf has been listed as the Most Dominant Wrestler in the country this season, at any weight.
Jason has a bit of a mild mannered Clark Kent-like image off the mat, while turning on the Super Powers on the mat.
Like his head coach before him. DT always reminded me of Cael the wrestler, but Nolf takes it a step further. You guys are so blessed to have this young man to watch. I wouldn't be nearly so humble in his shoes, but I'm not that humble now and couldn't carry his socks.
