One of the first things that Coaches Hubbard, Morse and Hutchinson taught me as a first-year football coach is to do everything you can to avoid distractions. They taught me the value of establishing and maintaining practice and weekly game preparation routines. “Any time that there is an interruption of the normal routine, it can often be to the detriment of the team,” Miles Hubbard once told me.
For those of you who have played and/or coached team sports, you understand what distractions can do to destroy momentum.
I will never forget an incident during my first year at Trinity-Pawling.