Worthy of the Jersey

Coach Lombardo joins Coach Flannery and Tim to check in on the St. Edward football team. Then, they discuss the basketball team, which is off to a 9-1 start.  Coach Lombardo will be on this Friday's broadcast against Lima High School. The broadcast will be streamed at stedwardeagles.com   Support us on patreon! patreon.com/wotj  

Coach Flannery and Tim are back from a Christmas season break. They catch up on the first 2-months of the season, which has included 4 games and a COVID-related break.  They also spend some time discussing offesnive philosophy, the environments of the games with reduced crowds and look forward to the next phase of the season. Watch St. Edward games on stedwardeagles.com Support us on patreon at pa...

This podcast is a recent zoom conversation Tim had with former St. Edward player Nick Kinzel (@nick_kinzel). Nick is doing some coaching work and training down in Charleston, SC while he finishes the masters. This conversation centers around thoughts on some ways to bring value to an established successful basketball program. Check out Nick's website at cantstoptraining.com Will be back soon with...

Coach Flannery and Tim discuss the 2020 NBA Draft and their thoughts on some of the top prospects. Players discussed include Lamelo Ball, Obi Toppin, and James Wiseman. They talk about the Cavs strategy and reasons the Cavs appear poised to draft Obi Toppin. And Coach Flannery gives his favorite draft sleepers to look out for! Find us on twitter at coachflan and at timmys24. Support us for $1 on p...

The Athletic's Zac Jackson (@AkronJackson) joins Coach Flannery and Tim to talk about his recently published piece on the Athletic about the historic Massillon Football program. Then they spend about the last 15 minutes talking Browns football. Follow Zac on twitter, at the Athletic and check out his A to Z Podcast with Andre Knott.

USA Basketball coaches Sharman White (Pace Academy) and Mike Jones (DeMatha) join Eric Flannery (St. Edward) and Tim Smith to talk bout: 1:00 - The current status of their schools in regard to the pandemic and outlook for basketball season. 6:00 - A question from Michael Roth via twitter on how the extra year of eligibility is impacting high school recruits in the classes of '21 and '22. 22:30 - W...

Eric and Tim have a no guest pod to introduce their new patreon page ( www.patreon.com/WOTJ ), discuss the impact of social media and thoughts inspired by The Social Dilemma documentary. And finally, they discuss St. Edward Football's playoff game against Medina and a big weekend of football ahead!

Eric and Tim have a no guest pod to introduce their new patreon page ( www.patreon.com/WOTJ ), discuss the impact of social media and thoughts inspired by The Social Dilemma documentary. And finally, they discuss St. Edward Football's playoff game against Medina and a big weekend of football ahead!

Part 2 (but really the 1st part) of our conversation with Chris Fedor, Cavs beat reporter for cleveland.com. Topics include all things Cavs, focusing on their roster, where they're at in the rebuild and best prospects in the upcoming NBA Draft.

Cavs beat reporter Chris Fedor joins Eric and Tim to discuss Doc Rivers leaving the Clippers, other NBA coaching news, and give thoughts on the NBA Finals. This is part 1 of a 2-part discussion with Chris. Look out for part 2 where we talk Cavs and NBA Draft.

St. Edward play by play man Adam Mendoza returns to the show to recap the win over Mentor and preview the St. Edward and St. Ignatius football game this Saturday. The game can be watched at stedwardeagles.com  

Adam Mendoza returns to the show to recap last week's loss by St. Edward to Akron Hoban and preview this Friday night's big matchup with Mentor.  

Adam Mendoza, the play by play broadcaster for St. Edward sports, joins Eric and Tim to talk about the football team's win over Massillon last week, preview this weeks game against Hoban and talk about the environment of the mostly empty stadium. Adam is on facebook and twitter (@stedwardpbp). Broadcasts and information to donate to support the broadcasts can be found here: https://www.stedwardeag...

It's our 200th episode! And I totally forgot to mention it. Fall sports for Ohio high schools start back up. Coach Flannery and Tim talk about the process leading up to this in Ohio and give their perspective on the plan for return to sports and return to school.    

Alex Cooper (@bigaldiddy), the boxing coach for UFC Heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic, joins Tim (@timmys24) to discuss Stipe's win over Daniel Cormier at UFC 252. Alex talks about the fight, the strategy going in, how it was different fighting with no crowd and the keys for Stipe's win.  Also discussed is how the Strongstyle coaching team prepares for a fight, the roles each coach plays, and what go...

Don Showalter, USA Basketball National Director for Coach Development, joins Sharman White (Pace Academy), Mike Jones (DeMatha) and Eric Flannery (St. Edward) for a wide ranging discussion on various basketball topics. 1:23 - An introduction to Coach Showalter, his experience as a coach and current role with USA Basketball. 6:30 - Coaches Jones, White and Flannery give a brief background of their...

Coaches Mike Jones (Dematha, MD), Sharman White (Pace Academy, GA), and Eric Flannery (St. Edward, OH) join Tim Smith to talk about the events in the past week in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Topics include: 2:30 - Intial thoughts and emotions over the events around the country in the last week. 7:30 - The coaches talk about how they've connected with their players and lead conversatio...

St. Edward seniors Montorie Foster (Michigan St.), Devontae Blanton (Eastern Kentucky) and Grant Huffmann (Davidson) join Eric Flannery and Tim Smith on the latest Worthy of the Jersey show. Topics on this show: 1:15 - A check in with the players, how they're doing, and what they are doing to stay busy while stuck at home. 8:45 - What sort of workouts and how else the players have handled the last...

This weeks episode focuses on practice habits and game prep in a conversation with USA Basketball junior national coaches Eric Flannery (St. Edward), Sharman White (Pace Academy), and Mike Jones (DeMatha). This episode includes conversation on the following topics: - Discussion of new Showtime documentary Basketball County that includes an appearance by Mike Jones. - Practice planning, goal settin...

Coaches Mike Jones (DeMatha High School), Sharman White (Pace Academy) and Eric Flannery (St. Edward High School) join Tim Smith (St. Edward High School) for their 3rd show. On this episode, the crew recounts their experiences with the Team USA U16 Basketball team that won the gold medal at the Tournament of the Americas in Belem, Brazil in June of 2019. Things they discuss: -Training camp in Flor...

USA Basketball coaches Mike Jones (DeMatha High School) and Sharman White (Pace Academy) join coach Eric Flannery and Tim Smith (St. Edward High School) for another conversation. Topics on this episode include: - Mike Jones discusses his involvement in the upcoming basketball documentary Basketball County on Showtime. - The group answers twitter questions on what makes incoming freshmen stand out...

Podcast episode taped on April 21, 2020. Participants are USA Basketball National Coaches Mike Jones (DeMatha High School), Sharman White (Pace Academy) and Eric Flannery (St. Edward High School). Also in this episode is Tim Smith (St. Edward High School). Topics discussed include: -Each coach gives their coaching background and how they got started with their current schools. -The Team USA coache...

Lori Flannery (@mamaflan6) and Angela Smith join Eric and Tim to give the wives perspective. The topics of conversation on this show include: -Handling our families during home learning and quarantine.  -Lori and Eric's memories from when they originally took the St. Ed's job. -Having children play in college and other high schools. -Being a parent of a player versus the coach's wife -Favorite St....

Thanks for checking out our 1st video podcast! Eric and Tim discuss how they have been dealing with the stay at home order and handling of their kids and schoolwork. Coach Flannery talks about the official cancellation of the OHSAA Basketball tournament and how the St. Edward basketball players handled the news. They also discuss some ideas for future episodes while folks are stuck at home over th...

In part 2, Eric and Tim have a little more of a light-hearted conversation. What will we read or watch during the 3 weeks without in home school? What will Eric's approach be to virtual teaching? And we also answer most of the listener questions that were sent over twitter. Thanks for all the questions! Please leave a rating and review, check out our archive and find us on twitter @coachflan and @...