Resume Writing 101

Fri Oct 5 12:38:06 CDT 2007

Q; "which is pretty much like a
stamp of approval for his brain."

Well, I'm afraid not as much as this post is a stamp of disapproval of
yours.. :-)

This is not exactly constructive conversation. If you guys just feeling like
trash-talking and having fun with the meaningless bashing - fine with me,
just state the obvious in the subject of your posts so I'll skip it the next
time..

AG

On 10/5/07, Ryan W <ubiquitous_am_i at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hey Pat,
>
> Alex has been playing pro sports for like his ENTIRE
> life (hoops mostly), so obviously he knows a thing or
> two about trans-Atlantic flights and jet-lag because
> pro sports teams are always flying back and forth from
> this continent to that continent for various matches
> and to foster international goodwill.  So you're
> probably gonna want to defer to his experience on this
> one.  Anyway, as Alex points out, Doc surely knows
> what he's doing, especially since he has the title of
> NBA Coach of the Year, which is pretty much like a
> stamp of approval for his brain.
>
> Ryan
>
>
> --- Alex Goldblatt <alex.goldblatt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Patric,
> >
> > This looks like a joke to me, sorry.. You comparing
> > your week-long
> > volleyball experience to Doc's work in the NBA?..
> > Travel to Dayton vs EMEA
> > 2-week camps with the 6hrs jetleg?
> >
> > I've been playing pro sports my entire life (hoops
> > mostly). When you travel
> > overseas you have no idea how people on your team
> > will handle this situation
> > until you face it. It might go absolutely unnoticed,
> > it might put some
> > people to the bed for a couple of days in the 100%
> > recovery mode. It all
> > starts on the plane - you have pretty much 48 hrs
> > sleepless stretch just to
> > start with, you take your first practice
> > sleep-walking, on the day 2 you
> > just wish someone will take you out of your misery.
> > Usually - it takes
> > between 3 to 7 days just to get over.
> >
> > Again - this is not about justification of what Doc
> > is doing with this team,
> > this is about not having any doubts whatsoever. We
> > always know better than
> > players and coaches. We always tend to discard
> > things that we don't want to
> > acknowledge and that do not fit our take. The fact
> > is that Doc is the
> > NBA-level coach that has the title of the NBA coach
> > of the year, so probably
> > he knows what he's doing once in a while. We simply
> > post on this forum for
> > fun.
> >
> > AG
> >
> > On 10/5/07, Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil
> > <Patrick.Ryan at westover.af.mil>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > SNIP Just a simple question: have you ever left
> > your backyard?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Naah. I'm saying these things based on no prior
> > experience whatsoever.
> > > Never played, coached or did anything with sports
> > at any level before
> > > saying anything at all. That reminds me I need to
> > trim some tree limbs
> > > so I can see the stars better at night when I'm
> > out there sleeping.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And now that sarcasm is out of the way. Yes. I
> > don't write critiques in
> > > this forum based on anything other than previous,
> > deep, experiences,
> > > including personal and observed, across a spectrum
> > of sport and life.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > SNIP At least West coast?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Played for, and won a week long Air Force level
> > volleyball championship
> > > (comparable to college level competition) in
> > Ogden, UT on Friday,
> > > boarded the red-eye to Dayton, OH that evening,
> > arrived at about 1 am,
> > > in bed by about 230am, got up at 5 am for the 40
> > min trip to Columbus,
> > > before playing and placing third at the USAVB
> > National Championships
> > > (comparable to let's say the NBDL or CBA when it
> > existed) that ended at
> > > approximately 1130 that night. Not quite west to
> > east coast, but close
> > > enough.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > SNIP International travel? Jetleg ever?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Traveled, eerily enough, to Italy (from once
> > again, SLC, UT) for the
> > > International competition with European
> > counterparts. Arrived on a
> > > Thursday ("direct" flight SLC - Philadelphia -
> > Azores - Italy),
> > > conducted two practices (and yeah, it sucked, but
> > we did it because we
> > > needed the work - we had two new guys on the team
> > that we didn't know
> > > all that well - sound familiar?) on Friday before
> > competition on Sat
> > > through the following Thursday.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I won't share the other travel experiences, just
> > as physical, but of my
> > > full time career, but we'll just say they're
> > extensive.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > SNIP Ever tried to do 2-a-day after you cannot
> > sleep at night?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > See above. Did pretty well that tournament too
> > (5th out of thirty). Got
> > > the night off from a scheduled practice after
> > kicking butt on Tuesday to
> > > get us into the final single-elimination end of
> > competition tournament.
> > > Then it felt earned as a reward instead of just
> > par for the course. And
> > > this was at the end of a long season, not the very
> > beginning of training
> > > camp when everyone is still fresh.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > SNIP I'd suggest to apply some common sense before
> > bashing anything or
> > > anyone.
> > >
> > > Right now it just a cherry-picking on everything
> > Doc does.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And I suggest not calling into question
> > credentials without knowing who
> > > you're speaking to. The critique is based on
> > empirical fact that Doc
> > > Rivers consistently cancels the second practice of
> > two a days, practice
> > > after losses, and practice after back to backs
> > while compiling an under
> > > five hundred career coaching record.  If he
> > garners success this year
> > > with that process then it will be proven
> > effective, but since I can't
> > > read the future then there is only past record to
> > evaluate upon in which
> > > it has consistently proven ineffective.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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