This is the most heartbreaking thing about the tragedy yesterday!! ... Lost a guy that was doing all he could do to be the best he could be in all aspects of life!
I just saw a tweet complete with edited photo graphic and all about where a player in the 2023 class will attend HIGH SCHOOL!! Are we serious?
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Was fun to have Herb Jones in the gym this morning! Guys willing to work like he did this morning almost always have success! Thanks for stopping by
@_hoopinglife
!
Typed this last night and sent to our team. Wasn’t going to post it, but the more I lay here the more I think that people should know what this group
@FaulknerHoops
was about!
Read if you’d like but carry-on if not.
One year to the day apart!!
2021 SSAC Tournament Champs ➡️ 2020 SSAC Regular Season Champions
Brooks doesn’t know a world where
@faulknerhoops
doesn’t win a championship!!
The Eagles take down Dalton State 100-97 to clinch the SSAC Regular Season Title and punch their ticket to Kansas City for the national tournament!
#BirdsOfPray
WAY more to recruiting and winning than most people think. You have to have WAY MORE than just talent to make it at ANY LEVEL of college basketball!
Don’t pile on a guy that just got fired about how he should have done this or that.
19-11 for the regular season. Too many disappointing losses, but I’ll bet these numbers are better than most....
- 4 Ws vs Top20 teams; 6 Ws vs Top30
- Winning record vs Top30
- 7-1 Non-Conf record vs teams..
- w/ 134 Wins
- 3 with 20+ wins
- .623 Winning %
A coach told me this past preseason our program was not ELITE&did not have elite players.
Not the 1st or last guy 2criticize our program,me,or my players.
But this one stuck with me because ELITE is such a snobby term that I really don’t understand it.
Special crew!! Lots of fight and toughness in these guys!! They went out and proved it again in one of the greatest college basketball games I may ever be a part of.
#8
in
@NAIAHoopsReport
poll!!
4 weeks left! Coffee cup I used this mornign said “It’s not how you start, it’s how you FINISH!”
Excited to work towards finishing strong with this crew!
Tough one last night!!
Have to say a big thanks to the TERRIFIC FANS who showed up and showed out this week in Pensacola!
Best fan base in the SunBelt and you proved it this week!
What a night and what a team!!
Doubled up last night! Regular Season and Tournament Champions!!
National Tournament up next!! Opening Round site in Montgomery!!
Eagles overcome a 7 point Halftime deficit to win on the road @ (22) Loyola
Next up the Eagles will travel to Hattiesburg to take on (RV) William Carey at 2:00 PM Saturday afternoon.
Proud of this dude! For the player he is AND for the person he is off the floor!
@NorchadO
is an AMAZING representation of all that is good about college athletics.
Player of the Year ✅
Defensive Player of the Year ✅
First Team All-Sun Belt ✅
⚫ 1st player in SBC history to average more than 15 pts while shooting better than 63% FG
⚫ 10th player in league history with 50+ blocks and 40+ steals, first since 2010-11
#WolvesUp
Big time plays from last night! The win ultimately put us in first place alone by the end of the night…
Keep pressing! Fought hard to get here, gotta fight harder to stay here.
Good team win 10-3 at the break. With wins over
#11
and
#19
in the nation losses by a combined 12 to
#20
(on the road) and
#24
and a NCAA D2 team!
Pretty salty first semester! Lots of hoops left to be played in 2020!! Gotta finish strong.
The NAIA has cancelled all winter championship events effective immediately.
@FaulknerHoops
will officially end its season at 27-4. Phenomenal run for our Eagles.
#BirdsOfPray
Excited for one of the guys that inspired me to become a college coach to get a new opportunity!!
@CoachBobHoffman
will be great for the players and community at Central OK. Coaching is better with guys like Coach Hoffman in it.
You just plug away and find players and families that value the things your program has to offer and not worry about the players that have that “D1 or bust”. Players/families have to make decisions for themselves.
In today’s basketball culture, idk how non-NCAA D1 coaches do it. You have my Respect, Admiration, and Support. I will keep fighting against this “D1 or bust” mentality.
Hurting for our guys! This was a special crew that enjoyed each other and played for each other! They will be remembered. Sad for them to have their journey end like this and not on the floor together like they wanted it to.
Great publication for a less covered level of GREAT hoops!
Loved reading it and catching up with some great friends and memories from the NAIA days!
@NAIAHoopsReport
LOVE THIS!! This guy came to the US not knowing a single word of the english language and 5 yrs later he’s leaving with a degree!! What was your excuse again?!?!
Happy for our players to get some recognition for past accomplishments! Time to keep pressing forward though! Finals this week and another BIG one on Friday afternoon.
EAGLES WIN!!!! Come from 14 down in the 2nd half to down Middle Georgia State for their 13th consecutive win!! Eagles are also now in sole possession of FIRST PLACE in the SSAC!!
Advice for Young Coaches:
35) On-court coaching will make up only 10-15% of your duties. Game coaching under 5%. To be a great coach you need to thrive at fundraising, community service, player development, compliance, recruiting, academic oversight, and more.
With the announcement this week of Milan Skundric and CJ Williamson onto All American teams that makes EIGHT All-American Selections for the Faulkner Eagles since Coach Scott Sanderson took over in 2014!!
#allin
#never_fail
Noticed this when it happened live!! It’s bigger than just YOU! ... 🐅 had to hit every shot and make every putt but in the most joyous and spontaneous moment his default was WE ... That’s how you become SPECIAL!! Realize that it’s bigger than just you!
Eagles go to (RV) William Carey and comes out with a GUTSY 65-56 victory... Setting up a TOP 10 showdown with Dalton State with a chance to clinch the
@SSACsports
Regular Season Title!!!
Live periods are completed!! Time to take recruiting into your own hands. Get signed up for our Elite Camp today!! Click link below for more information and to sign up.
False... EVERYONE should utilize the weight room. Not the same way, but you cannot reach your full potential as a player without utilizing the weight room to become STRONGER!
Well said ... “The real world has a scoreboard” if you can’t be held accountable then you can’t be hired ... There’s no time to hold hands and explain ourselves in the heat of battle.
Table in the office is getting kinda full!!
Individual awards arrived today from a great season.
Player of the year ✅
Newcomer of the Year ✅
Tournament MVP ✅
Coach of the Year ✅
4 All Conference Players ✅
All Freshman Team ✅