Gannon University Men’s Soccer – Coach Billy Colton
On today’s episode, I speak with Coach Billy Colton from the Gannon University Men’s Program in Pennsylvania. We talk about how being honest is always the best policy. He tells us about how their forward-thinking approach to academics leads to a great experience. Lastly, we discuss why prospects need to look beyond just soccer when looking at schools. Learn more about Gannon.
[00:00:00] Matt: Hi, everybody. Welcome to discover college soccer. I’m excited today to be joined by coach Billy Colton from Gannon University in Pennsylvania coach. How are you?
[00:00:08] Coach: I’m good. Thanks yourself.
[00:00:09] Matt: Uh, hanging in there, you know, it’s another beautiful day here in sunny, Florida. Not sure what it’s like up there in PA, uh, in March, but you know, if you’re not shoveling, you’re doing okay.
[00:00:20] Coach: Midfield, but there’s no snow at least today, so we’ll
[00:00:23] Matt: take it. All right. Well then we’ll take that as a win for sure. Well, uh, interested to talk to you, you’re your, the men’s coach division two program there. So let’s talk about the recruiting side of things first. Um, when do you start hearing from players?
[00:00:36] When are you looking at players? You know, starting to jot notes down and put them on your radar. What year in high school are they typically?
[00:00:44] Coach: It varies depending on. Um, international V domestic is a big difference, firstly, and then for instance, we, we do very little during the season with recruiting because we have so much going on.
[00:00:58] Um, we have a first team and a development team. So between us, we just start enough time for recruit and in between that as well. So in the summer we’ll host two ID camps, which will be mainly for the following two years. So last summer we had two ID camps and we had another one in July. From them free ID comes.
[00:01:17] We have 11 official visits coming up in the next two to three weeks that will 2020 freeze. So we’ve got people on our radar from them camps that we followed and we track that high school season and they’re coming in for their visits. And then, so the ID comes coming up this summer. We’ll be more focused on 23 and 24.
[00:01:41] We’ll start to get names on our board and people were interested. In a national, which is a lot more short period of time and a lot quicker. Um, because generally they don’t come available till November, December, January, February. Um, so that’s a much quicker process with them.
[00:02:00] Matt: Yeah. Well, you know, you mentioned camps.
[00:02:03] Um, what, besides your own ID camps, do you work other schools, camps, and what tournaments do you like to go to? You know, that are always on your list of where to, where to look at players.
[00:02:15] Coach: Yeah, so we have, we generally have free ID comes here, the two in the summer and one in the winter. And then we’re quite lucky up here where we have, um, a local company that brings in around.
[00:02:28] I want to say. Two to 3000 kids to Arie does, um, high school, like pre-season camps. So I’ll work them at the end of the summer. And so I get to work with a high school for three to four days, and then they play games every night. So I get to see what that plan against the coaches talk. And, you know, you’ve got to come look at this kid or this kid, so that that’s a nice, extra way to recruit.
[00:02:52] Um, look at, see a lot of players that way. And then. In terms of tournaments this year, we’re not doing as much COVID meant we had to do a few different things during the season budget wise, you know, we had to do a lot of individual meals compared to shed pizzas and such. And so we spent a lot more money this year because of COVID.
[00:03:11] So we don’t have the recruiting budgets that I was far. Um, so there were a lot more within two hours, three hours, the local teams, the ones, maybe we have a bit of a connection. Um, again, the ones that say you should come and look at this kid who maybe we have a bit of a relationship. So we trust them rather than just going out cold and watching a random.
[00:03:35] Matt: Yeah. Well, so you said you, you, you have a reserve team as well. So, you know, you’ve got a pretty large overall roster then I’m guessing between the two teams. So, I mean, is there a set number of players you’re looking to bring in every year? Or how does that vary?
[00:03:51] Coach: We don’t have a set number. It all depends on how many we have to graduate or leave.
[00:03:54] So our roster sizes generally between about 48 to 52. Well, we asked the minimum. We like, cause I guess as 28, 24 robber on each, each squad and this year, for instance, right now we have 11 committed. Um, am I looking for maybe at least one more, maybe two more, one for each thing.
[00:04:19] Matt: Okay. Now you mentioned, you know, and obviously your, your accent is not from Northern PA.
[00:04:26] Uh, you mentioned internationals, you, you, you know, your rosters got a good handful sprinkled in, so do you have, uh, a set target, or is it just kind of whatever, whatever works in terms of how many internationals come in, how do they fit into your process?
[00:04:41] Coach: Yeah, for us, I don’t care where you come from. It really doesn’t matter if we can.
[00:04:47] A team full of local kids. Great. If we have a team full of kids from around America, great, or international, the only thing I want do is I’ll never, ever be a program that only has international. I don’t think that’s right. I don’t believe in that. Um, so were probably about 50 50 on our entire roster between domestic and international.
[00:05:07] Um, I find that it’s easier to recruit a good international students to recruit a good American, um, I’ll give you an example. Last year, our project was much bigger because our season got cut. So we ended up on you plan a handful of scrimmages. So we, we really got ourselves out last year. We recruited, um, we tried to do a lot of ETL events.
[00:05:31] I went to the CNL event in Virginia, after I sent between 40 and 50 emails to apply as that, like I took my goalkeeper coach, came with me, so we saw a lot of buyers and a lot of. From that I’ve got less than a handful of responses. I know I only got one person on campus. Wow. And I even contacted the coaches after the psych part of why I’ve contacted this player.
[00:05:54] I’ve not heard from him. And it’s just a thing. So many at that level D one or Busta etudes. And now I find myself getting emails from some good Americans and we don’t have spice anymore without light. Yeah. I have. I have the big one, oh, Busta attitude. And I don’t want to consider other schools or other, um, divisions.
[00:06:19] And it’s a shame. There was a kid, I was talking to two hours away, the CNL again, and his email responses shown, showed that he was never, ever really interested. And he ended up going to a very low end, the one, which is fine, that’s what you want. But then when you see the dots, social media posts are committed to.
[00:06:39] Yeah, blah, blah, blah, or it’s is the school.info? Is the division the important
[00:06:45] Matt: part? Yeah, it’s uh, it’s, it’s one of those, those hard things that I, you know, I even talking to my, my own kids about like, just that it’s not what it’s about, but, but anyway, I digress. Um, so you mentioned that the emails back and forth and.
[00:07:09] Maybe not being the most interested emails, uh, from, from the students. But what do you like to see in a first, in a first email? Uh, from a prospect
[00:07:20] Coach: it’s a really basic, simple don’t lie to me. Don’t tell me, I think I’d be a great fit for your school. Um, I’ve seen you play in this game, this game, in this game, I’ve seen so many of your games.
[00:07:32] I mean, there was one email that yesterday that was clearly center. A lot of coaches because no one’s name was in the two column and it was for 20, 22 high school senior. And it said I’ve been following your program for awhile. It’s just straight away. It’s a lie. Um, the, I see it is how you react in your recruitment is how you’re going to act when you get here.
[00:07:56] So if you lie to me, You start in an email and in recruitment, you’re going to lie to me when you get there. So I have absolutely zero interest in you. Um, so we, we like the basics and we like it. You know, you need to treat me like a dummy and tell me this simple things right away, where you apply, what position you applied, what year you graduate.
[00:08:16] Cause that sometimes gets left out amazingly enough. Kids often put the name of their high school in, and then they won’t put the city in the state that is. It’s a really simple thing, but there’s so many high schools in this country, unless it’s close to me. I’m probably not gonna know it is, um, any stats club team that you’ve played for maybe awards that you’ve won in a highlight video.
[00:08:41] Um, and then rather than say things like, I think I’d be a good fit. I ask questions, you know, um, how could I be a good fit? How much do these are my strengths? Would that fit into something that you might be interested in or, uh, I’m trying to get a conversation going rather than, you know, I think I’d be a good fit.
[00:09:00] Can you come and watch me? There’s a chance he’s already amount of emails we get is hard to come and watch her just from a cold email like that. Well, how
[00:09:10] Matt: many, how many emails would you say you get in a typical week or month? Uh, I mean, I know it ebbs and flows, but, but just average it out.
[00:09:19] Coach: So I’d say December to February is the busiest period.
[00:09:22] That’s when we get the most. Any web probably between, I think you’re probably looking at upwards of a hundred a week during that time. Right now it’s quiet and down quite a lot since in the last two to three weeks. Um, but yeah, in the height of it, I’d say around eight, it probably averages out around the funds of the week.
[00:09:46] Yeah.
[00:09:49] Matt: Let’s talk a little bit. Well, I guess w w uh, I’ll go back to, you know, you’re, you’ve got an email. Maybe you’re going to go to a tournament and see a kid, or they’re going to be at an ID camp, whatever the case may be. What is your kind of hierarchy of. Attributes that you’re looking for in a player, whether they’re on the field or off the field, what, what are your top, you know, things you gotta make sure check, check the box.
[00:10:15] Coach: I think on the field, it has to be a technical ability to start with. And I do the simple things to the highest standards, consistent with their first touch. And when they possible, often as this misconception that have passed, that goes to a teammate is a good pass. Now if sometimes it’s a really bad past and the next person loses the ball and everyone blames that person when really it was an awful pass to them.
[00:10:40] So, you know, the, uh, possible with the white, the right speed in front of them to the right foot, wherever it might need to be where you
[00:10:47] Matt: at my daughter’s practice last night. Cause I feel like you might’ve been sorry.
[00:10:53] Coach: Yeah. The first touch are off. Is it in the right direction? Or, you know, do you kill the ball and your body position as well?
[00:11:00] Cause your body position. It happens a lot in terms of your awareness of what you can see and then to make that decision, um, be it closely behind the technical ability is obviously the understanding, because if you understand these things, then you can, but you can’t quite execute. Maybe we can teach our executional fine tune yet.
[00:11:21] Um, if you don’t understand it, it’s a lot harder because they just don’t see it. You know, um, a question a lot more now how much the is being watched at the highest. Because if you’re seeing signs for the first time in one of our sessions, that’s not a good thing. You’re really not gonna understand why and how so and an off the field I, a good person.
[00:11:46] Um, I know that sounds really generic, really vague, but you know, I go back to the start of the email. Don’t lie to us, be truthful with us. Um, are you involved in the community? Are you, how important are your academics to. What do you, you have a plan for when you want to graduate. If not, that’s not a problem, but you need to have some sort of direction in where you want to go.
[00:12:10] Because if your, you can’t come here just for soccer and then try and work out when major later you can come in undeclared, knowing that you might go this route or this route or this route. And you’re not sure, but if you come in just to suck up the chances of you transpire in a lot higher.
[00:12:27] Matt: Yeah, for sure.
[00:12:30] You know, you mentioned that you’ve got, uh, we’ll just round and say 50, uh, on the roster of roughly, um, you know, your NCAA division two, you’ve got a limited number of scholarships that you can give from an athletic side. So what is the full scholarship picture again? Academic grants, athletic. How does it all fit?
[00:12:53] Uh, and. All work together to make sure that you get your 50, you know, kids in the door.
[00:13:00] Coach: Yes. I mean, pretty much everyone gets academic of some. So, um, how good that is, depends on your GPI, that also a mix of, you know, that can be increased dependent on you, sat, act, et cetera. Um, and then there are, uh, grants you can apply for, depending on the top of high school, you went to the area you come from, um, and things like that.
[00:13:25] So that there’s options. I want to get people where they want to help you come here if they can. And it works for both parties. So we don’t have a problem filling our number. We could have a lot more than that if we needed to or want it into. Okay.
[00:13:43] Matt: No, that’s, that’s good. Well, let’s talk a little bit more about the school.
[00:13:50] Um, you know, there’s, um, I’m down here in Florida and I’m guessing a lot of the kids that I know in my club would have never, ever heard again. And now I grew up in Ohio. So I, I know, I know about Gannon, but, um, you know, besides me clicking around the website, you know, give me the, give me the inside scoop.
[00:14:07] What are, what are some of the awesome things about Gannon that I might, I might not know about?
[00:14:12] Coach: Yeah. I think it’s a very forward-thinking university. So they tried to do things outside of, you know, as your textbook and read it, then we’re going to have a test on it. So for example, we just had 22 students, 22 business students from a few different majors within the business school, go down to the super bowl for a week and they work different events in the lead up to it and then get to go to the game.
[00:14:38] Um, and that’s something we’ve done for the last four or five years now. And that’s an experience that you just. You can’t buy that. Um, you only get that if you go to a school or something like this, that has that connection. We also did that with the baseball star game. When it was in Cleveland, I tried to give you that real world experience.
[00:14:59] We have, um, what’s called the ecosystem. They call it it’s the small business development center within the business building as well, where local businesses that are trying to start up and come in there and get help with their business plan marketing plan. You know, um, balancing the books, things like that, as you start a business, other things come up and you don’t know about, and students can work in there and get real world experience working with a real business.
[00:15:27] You know, it’s not just, I know there’s classes that do, you know, make up a business and a business plan. We’ll hear you actually doing it. Some, if someone that affects their livelihood and their wealth, um, I did my master’s here in one of my entire classes with working with the local staff. And suggest in different market and ideas and such.
[00:15:47] So it really, it really is forward thinking in terms of how can we best prepare you for the real world? Um, our engineering school is very strong. We have a number of different engineering majors and what just actually NASA thought in cyber engineer in cyber business. Um, so it’s, you know, looking at what sort of industries are going to be prominent in the future.
[00:16:13] Um, so I think I really do think as a forward thinking university.
[00:16:19] Matt: No, that’s awesome. Well, you mentioned some, some really good academic things there. What do, what do you do for your players or what does the school do in terms of support systems and how do they help players manage academics and athletics?
[00:16:36] How does that all kind of intertwined in your.
[00:16:39] Coach: Yeah. So for freshmen, we have the mandatory six hours of study hall on their first semester. If you get over a 3.0, you get out of study hall, and then at any time during your college career, if you get below a 3.0 last semester, not queue, you come back into study hall.
[00:16:55] Um, so we monitor our freshman year as well. We get all week eight week and 12 week grades. So we can monitor your throughout the semester. Um, one shot after a freshman that goes down just the midweek, midterms and finals, but we can still monitor and we have an early academically farewell system. So I have a teacher puts into the system, a concern about a student where various, um, you know, missing too many classes or maybe failed a test or missing homework.
[00:17:26] If that’s an athlete, we get CC’d on that information so we can monitor. So we’ll then we also have academic athletic liaisons within the department. Um, so it’s really hard for one of our players to be found in a class and us not to know about it and not to be able to do something. Um, of course it doesn’t always stop it from happening, but at least that way we know they’re not completely on their own and we can try and get them the help that I need.
[00:17:58] Matt: That’s really good. Uh, you know, obviously there’s game days and non game days and that kind of thing, but what, give me what an average week during the season would look like for a player from waking up to going to bed. How does it work? Both on game days and non game days?
[00:18:16] Coach: Yes. I mean, it depends if we’re home or away, um, cause of travel.
[00:18:21] So generally most times you would play Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday, so Sunday would be our off day or that’s often when the second thing. We never have them play on the sine die. Um, so that Monday training would be a little bit heavier than of classes in the morning. We train to 3:00 PM. That would be video op for them to watch from the game before on our own performance.
[00:18:46] And then they’d have the evening to rewatch the game. We’ll catch up on homework, whatever it is. Cheers. They, we would try to free o’clock every night. I said a movie in his wife’s class time and out of the office. On the Tuesday, that would be the video up or the clips off of the opposition and training would be a little bit more focused on the opposition and how we can stop them, um, or maybe how we can explore them.
[00:19:11] And then if, depending on how far it might be a traveled, I traveled choose the, uh, the evening Wednesday, normally a guy I don’t travel in the middle. And then firstly, it would be recovery session with our strength and conditioning coach and maybe a bit lighter. Talk about the game from the day before, go over some stats.
[00:19:32] Um, maybe do something very light and bit heavier with those that didn’t play as much. And then Friday we’re preparing again for the game.
[00:19:42] Matt: You mentioned, uh, your travel, your, your part of the PSAC. And, um, for those not familiar with Pennsylvania, you know, that that conference seems to stretch from the bottom corner of the Southeast to the very top corner of the Northwest of the state. Um, so you know, how much do you guys usually travel? How much that’s overnights, what’s your non-conference schedule look like?
[00:20:07] Coach: Which is split into the east and the west they’ll. So we only have six teams in the west, um, to whatever day trips, the famous one is free hours. Um, so that’s the one day trip. And then outside of conference, our conference schedule is a bit of a struggle every year, to be honest and organizing it because a lot of the other conferences around us have more conference games than.
[00:20:35] So we are constantly looking for the most amount of games than any of the others. Like the MEC I’ve 16 conference games. The GMAC are 14 conference games and that the two closest conferences to us. And then even the other side that a P stack in the east side get 12 conference games. And they’ve got all the conferences that in New Jersey and New York that when I can travel two hours and do day trips and find games.
[00:21:02] We don’t mind traveling. I don’t mind doing overnight trips. I think it’s great for the culture. I think it’s great for the boys and getting to know each other and building a good same spirit. So for instance, next year, w our opening weekend, again, some New Jersey and Philadelphia, that will be a little first the morning and get back Sunday night by two games, we got down to DC next year for a game.
[00:21:23] And then other than that, it’s all, it’s all day trips and home games. Um, but we like to be. Probably at least two or three overnights every year. I think it’s good to get them off campus, get them some good meals and look after them. Like the season’s very demanded, um, academics, Aflac. So I think that is to.
[00:21:46] Matt: Yeah, for sure. No, that’s that’s good stuff. Um, well, let’s talk a little bit more about, about the team and your playing and that kind of thing. So with the reserve team, you know, in so many players, you’re bringing in, like you said, 10, 11, 12 freshmen. Um, you know, what, if I’m a freshman coming in and am I assuming I’m going to be on the reserve team or am I fighting for first team minutes?
[00:22:08] How does that kind of work for you guys?
[00:22:10] Coach: We might get crabby. Uh, well, which team were recruiting you for where you would start at least. Um, so for instance, that the squad is set for day one. It’s not, we’re not sure yet where you’re going to be. And then of course, it’s very fluid there’s movement between the two teams.
[00:22:28] Um, to give you an example, we had one boy came in two years ago on the development, same, um, within five days he was on the first team and just stayed there because he did a lot better than we expected. And so what happened. We’ve got that one wrong coming, you know, come and play with it. First thing we’re never too proud for that.
[00:22:47] But last year we had four freshmen on the first team. Um, one of them played, started every game and played the most minutes on the team and was the defensive athlete of the year. Another one played 19 out of 21 games and started 15 of them. Another one played, uh, 17. Oh, six ain’t nothing. It was and started around half of them before we had a season ending injury.
[00:23:15] So we don’t, we don’t care how old you are. We don’t care what your year is. I’d go every, every year with our recruiting classes to bring in better players than we already have. So if we’re successful in that in technically the freshmen should be playing a lot. Um, if a freshman and a senior have the same ability, the freshmen would play more times.
[00:23:37] Because of seeing you, then it’s making the same mistakes as the freshmen, but we have four years to work with them to develop. So it doesn’t make sense then supply of senior that’s at the same level and making the same mistake. Um, so we certainly don’t have that attitude of upperclassmen, uh, or, you know, I know sometime we that’s, part of the reason we don’t quit a JV team with Gordon development, because the idea obviously is then once you become a junior, you are naturally on past.
[00:24:07] Well, that’s not how it works. Yes. It’s the best 24 fires will be in the first thing that gives us the most chance of winning the most amount of games and the rest will be on the development team.
[00:24:17] Matt: Oh, that makes sense. Um, you had mentioned before you, you had recruited with your, your co keeper coach. So how, how big is your staff?
[00:24:25] What roles do each of them play?
[00:24:28] Coach: So we have three coaches plus a volunteer coach, um, myself who oversees, obviously everything in the program. Um, focus is with Burstein. And then my assistant is the assistant to the first team and the head coach for the development team. So we have clear responsibilities where he’ll focus on the recruiting for the development.
[00:24:51] Same, um, obviously get involved in it’s still and he’ll do most of the talking with them, but I also send him videos of the first employers as looking at the case opinion. Um, but then I’ll do more to talking with the first implies recruits, obviously. And then the goalkeeper coach also strength and conditioning.
[00:25:10] He does a while wipe stuff, stretching warmups. Um, he’s only nutritionist as well. He’s very big into that side of it and he’s very good at it. So he takes care of that and goalkeeper recruit. And so we try to split up the tasks as much as we can and have clear responsibilities. So we. Who’s in charge of what?
[00:25:32] Um, I’ll still go to pretty much every development team practice. Cause I want to watch see what’s going on. I’ll go to all the home team people. Haven’t seen games and the really close ones that Hawaii. Um, so we have, we have a good stuff. And then academic wise, I oversee it again and take charge of the first team.
[00:25:53] My assistant will take care of the development team and then I’ll talk to them if I need to talk to them about. Um, we’re actually doing individual meetings right now with, everyone’s talked about plans for the spring and how to win a win. And we just got midterm grades. So down for them as well. Right now.
[00:26:15] Matt: Sorry, my dog was barking in the background. Um, so let’s talk about off season, you know, it’s March, you said you were just starting, uh, pre-season stuff or getting to the game portion. So what does your typical off season.
[00:26:30] Coach: We’re lucky enough to have an indoor facility here. It’s about is that were the witnesses and just gone.
[00:26:38] We try and three times a week as a team. And then we did one day, a week as a small group and twice a week in the gym. Plus I was expected to go once by themselves. So we maximize, uh, eight hours a week from the NCAA with the four hours. We were both. And then going into the spring season. When you buy it there in five days a week, because we can cause we have the time, but I actually decided I wanted to keep out four days a week.
[00:27:04] Um, I think that the demands on the student athletes now more than ever, and I think at times it’s too much what we put on them. So I think with four days, a week of practice is more than enough. Plus we’re going to be out in one game every weekend, pretty much. So that still gives them two full days. Be a college kid and, uh, catch up on their academics and you know, maybe to go home and see family if that’s what they need to do or want to do.
[00:27:34] So we’ll train Monday, Monday, Tuesday morning, and then Thursday, Friday night, and then have a games coming up starting next weekend.
[00:27:46] Matt: Okay. Um, how would you describe your style of coaching and the team style?
[00:27:55] Coach: I think where we liked to have the ball. We like to dominate with the bull when we can, with lots of black in the back, we like to high press and win the ball back early.
[00:28:04] Um, we like to score goals and attack teams and not sit back a thing in terms of a style I’m very data-driven with, we have a clear set of metrics that we. Um, based on how we apply that we measure when we watched a game back and the team has really bought into that. They like to see the stat sheet after a game.
[00:28:29] Um, we do a lot on shop maps and where, where what’s true in from where we’re conceding shots from, because that then helps us determine how we want to apply and how we get the ball in some areas and how we defend these areas. Um, and we know this purely based on. Where it goes a generally scored from where they’re generally conceded from.
[00:28:50] Obviously you get the first yard bang is does every now and again, but the front yard bang, it goes in a lot less than a eight yard scrappy off the knee rebound or whatever it is. So we do a lot on that and that definitely influences how we play. Um, I don’t think style in terms of style coach know, people have very honest.
[00:29:12] Sometimes they like, sometimes they don’t like depends on, you know, we tell them, ask the question if you’re not necessarily gonna like the answer. So, um, it goes back with, I don’t like starting a relationship with a line in an email. Uh, I’d rather be honest. They’re not like the answer, then hear a ally and find it out somewhere else.
[00:29:33] So they were very honest, but people are very fair and, you know, I just this time of year, especially with what we want to win our spring games, but we want to see the team develop once he, the individuals develop and be ready to push out and really have a strong competitive squad for the fall.
[00:29:54] Matt: That’s good.
[00:29:55] Um, but you know, we’ve, we’ve covered a lot of ground, uh, talk about a lot of different things. So my last question is always the same, but it’s a. It’s what didn’t we talk about? What, what didn’t I ask? What, what did we miss? Or, or what else would you want? Players, prospects, parents, anybody to know about the school, the program, or anything
[00:30:13] Coach: else?
[00:30:14] Um, uh, favorably Kreutz needs a recruiting so big now, because this year, I think we’ve lacked them with COVID. There’s more flyers than ever for less spots than ever. And that’s still going to be in effect for what the next two years, essentially, because of everyone getting the COVID. So you need to find a way to stand out and sometimes standing out is just doing the simple things, right.
[00:30:41] And in the simple things effectively, um, you know, I go back to the emails. Don’t lie. Don’t tell me I’m going to be amazing for you instead, ask what can I do to be amazing for you? Like how can I be a player for you? And that comes down to the video as well. No. Think about what your strengths are in the video of what you want to show in your video, because I’m even probably gonna watch the first minute or I’m going to watch the entire video.
[00:31:09] There’s not really much in between that. You have to grab me early and make me want to watch. Then I steal video to make it clear who you are, which player are you? Treat me like a Dominique. There’s no need for replays. When you put it on YouTube, you put it on YouTube. We can scroll backwards and forward, speed up, slow down.
[00:31:28] Um, one of the things with videos that hurts me as well as when they do something good side and be a man, one, be one, and they’ve still got a ball and I cut the video and I got to the next highlight. Well, show me what you did with the ball still. I could see you can beat a man, but then is it a decision making?
[00:31:43] Is it a technical issue? Um, I think that the first impression with the video and the height, the video and the email can certainly be worked on, um, uh, being open. There’s nothing wrong. Contact in 20, 30, 40 schools here in a conversation and then say, no, actually, you know what, that’s not for me. I’m going to move on, but starting with two free four or five schools, and then scrambling at the end is the wrong way to go, to find the program, find the program that fits you academically, culturally, socially, environmentally, and soccer wise.
[00:32:21] If I go back to it and something I’ve noticed more now, If you pick the program for soccer, the chance of transferring is so much higher and it interrupts your college experience. You have to go make new friends again, you have to get comfortable again. So much easier. Staying at one place for four years, being happy, being content, being comfortable, and then moving on.
[00:32:43] Matt: Absolutely good, good advice there. Well, coach, I appreciate the time. Uh, Really good stuff. Interested in, interesting to learn about Gannon. You had a wonderful season and hopefully you’ll, you’ll, you’ll crack the Millersville, uh, not, not, not a little more this fall and, uh, and, and keep going to the NCAA tournament.
[00:33:04] So we wish you the best of luck and really appreciate the time today. I
[00:33:08] Coach: promise. Thanks man. Appreciate it. Thank you.
