Off Duty ADs

The Off Duty ADs talk about the cons of team bonding activities.  They also discuss Ryan's technical difficulties, the return of Big Ten wrestling, an odd Uncle Bill's Corner, the value of team bonding trips, risk management during those activities, free Frostys from Wendys, first-person shooters in high school esports competitions, PBR hard coffee, the Browns draft room, and Mark's t-shirt game.

The Off Duty ADs talk about their eligibility and suspension policies and procedures for alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse violations.  They also discuss North Dakota tourism efforts, Uncle Bill and Chicken Joe, end of season coaches meetings, guilt by association or proximity penalties, getting asked to solve all problems, a Netflix documentary, and Red Pine Distillery.  

The Off Duty ADs talk about academic eligibility processes and requirements.  They also discuss spelling issues, the best weekend ever for a colleague in MN, a change of opinion about Uncle Bill, the timing of grade checks, our recording locations, coaches and parents collaborating on a you gotta minute, and jumping from skyscraper to skyscraper for a beverage.

The Off Duty ADs talk about how they budget and spend equipment money.  They also discuss the Browns coaching job, getting paid to not work, Husker basketball, Uncle Bill clicking 30, activity funds vs. fundraising funds vs. booster club funds, various ways to budget for expenses, distributing funds throughout programs, unexpected purchases, an IEP scholarship concern, the Backyardigans, and the l...

The Off Duty ADs respond to listener emails.  Throughout the episode, they discuss season overlaps, vaping, a new t-shirt idea, athletic director injuries, resume building, ignoring Joe from Washington, South Dakota, Uncle Bill, and recap the last month of winter break life.

The Off Duty ADs give listeners a throwback episode in order to spend time with their families.  Enjoy Episode 1 as The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the more frustrating aspects of being an athletic director and their favorite interview questions, Ryan suggests that pessimism is the best optimism as a sports fan and relates to the Big Lebowski, Mike vents about the Friday at 5:00 conversation a...

The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting events in their buildings over the holiday break.  They also discuss Big Ten Minute without Mike, the benefits and detriments of playing games over break, Jan. 1 practices, mandatory or optional holiday practices, Kona Brewing, and wish a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all of our loyal listeners.

The Off Duty ADs talk about youth and middle school feeder programs.  They also discuss Uncle Bill's new slogan for the podcast, rental agreements, the varying structures of youth programs, unicorns dancing on rainbows, pushing your philosophy, and keeping Mike on a timer.

The Off Duty ADs talk about the greatness of the National Athletic Director Conference.  They also lack editing in this episode because of the timing of recording, spend some extended time in Uncle Bill's Corner, listen to Mark correct last week's mistake, heap mountains of praise on the NADC committee, discuss urgency in our email replies, and various burger joints.

The Off Duty ADs talk about all of the stuff that routinely sits around in their vehicles.  They also talk about the best week of the year, feedback about middle school students, scheduling various levels, Uncle Bill's Husker ticket sales, random keys, using our cars as storage units, Ryan's caffeine problem, things freezing in Mark's car, an odd stop at McD's, learning the key rings, port-o-potty...

The Off Duty ADs talk about advancing middle school students to high school teams.  They also discuss the new addition to Mike's family, Mike's technical difficulties, a double dose of Uncle Bill's Corner, varying middle school policies in states, a lengthy and extensive advancement process, the thoughts that come along with an anonymous envelope, coaches getting sued for coaching, winter beverage...

The Off Duty ADs bring in two guests to discuss their experience with athletic specific degrees.  They also talk about the continued growth of the pod despite Uncle Bill's disbelief, lots of feedback from last week's episode, Philly fans, learn from Jordan from Maine and Matt from Ohio, different paths to an AD job, differences between some masters programs, lessons learned on the job, and our gue...

The Off Duty ADs talk about balancing the hours of being an AD while spending time with our family.  They also talk about kicking Mike off of today's episode for understandable reasons, avoiding our own fandom, Uncle Bill's Corner, dragging the family with for game supervision, responding to coaches' texts, trying to trade out some work time, estimating the end of the workday for your spouse, prio...

The Off Duty ADs discuss making coaching changes on short notice.  They also talk about the early snow days of the year, limited gym space, Uncle Bill's Husker struggles, an interruption to dissertation work, ERO from Focus 3, pausing to temper an emotional response, managing the domino effect after coaches move on, knowing that our coaching jobs are a small piece of a bigger puzzle, economic prob...

The Off Duty ADs talk about vetting new vendors for their athletic departments.  They also discuss the NIAAA Strategic Plan, experts in our field, tennis tournaments during a blizzard, hiding ineligible athletes, the cream of the crop in the B1G, a lawsuit against a bankrupt company, accepting credit cards in your school, getting agreements on paper, cleaning out portable toilets, good questions t...

The Off Duty ADs discuss the California Compensation Law set to go into effect in 2023 for college athletes.  They also talk about Mike's rough fandom week, Big 10 Minute replaces Uncle Bill's Corner, Dave from NJ's important events, how compensating college athletes may trickle down into high schools, used car salesmen, how catching touchdowns relates to cleaning toilets, potential upside to payi...

The Off Duty ADs respond to a variety of listener mail and random topics.  They also discuss the Black Sox anniversary, recruiting Pop Warner players, Big Ten rock fights, protocol during a blowout, transgender policies, making a difference in the job place, learning on the job, finding your support structure, random phone calls about the quality of umpiring, and additional fan talks.

The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting special events on their game days.  They also discuss the first game in Ryan's new stadium, Coug'n It with Joe from WA, character programs, Uncle Bill's Corner, appreciating our officials, homecoming, guessing at the weather, live email reads, appreciation nights, Mike's mom, a tricky code of conduct violation, a mildly sports-related movie, a Beastie Boys meme,...

The Off Duty ADs talk about some of their game-day crowd policies.  They also discuss a long autumn for their fandom, Uncle Bill's Corner, managing junior high students at high school contests, who supervises whom at games, students being held captive, outside food and beverage, clear bag policies, figuring out what you can control, unwanted waste on the artificial turf, using a track long before...

The Off Duty ADs talk about questionable rules in the high school world.  They also discuss the competitive ability of the MAC, feedback from Uncle Bill, crowd noise at games, student noisemakers, baseball coaching uniforms, the importance of communication between officials and coaches, rules enforcements, football chains and volleyball nets, Netflix shows, flowery and citrusy IPAs from Bent Paddl...

The Off Duty ADs talk about managing off-site administrative coverage.  They also discuss the extra hours in Mark's neighborhood, the return of the factory of sadness, Uncle Bill's Huskers, traveling to away games, coordinating with hosting ADs, dealing with someone else's kids, making sure your kids don't act like everyone else's kids, becoming familiar with facilities, power washing neighbor's h...

The Off Duty ADs talk about the difficult balance required to host events in a stadium located in a residential area.  They also discuss the plight of Mike's White Sox, the NFHS partner memo with state associations, Uncle Bill's busy retirement, angry voice mails from neighbors, how stadiums don't appear from thin air, strategies for managing conflicts, Mike's singing, Mike's mom, Mike's missing g...

The Off Duty ADs talk about Mondays in the office.  They also discuss another Orioles loss for Uncle Bill, the return of college football, their theories about Monday craziness, construction updates, blocking or not blocking off time in the morning, forgetting to send emails, forgetfulness in general, purchasing and business offices, squishing kids into small helmets, the two heads of Barry Bonds,...

The Off Duty ADs talk about managing dual season athletes.  They also talk about live baseball updates, poor sponsorship reads, Uncle Bill's Corner, various district AD office structures, ways to promote the need for additional department positions, bowling as a non-strenuous sport, managing multiple conflicts for dual-sport athletes, delayed stadium construction projects, skunks on Ryan's field,...

The Off Duty ADs talk about their social media usage.  They also discuss Mark's crushed soul during the recording, Uncle Bill's Corner, Iowa's exclusion from a list of great college football programs, participation in two sports during the same season, sharing a personal and professional Twitter account, the Midgets mascot, trying to keep up with many updates, reinforcing your school's culture on...