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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread The Match You Can Never Watch Again - The Ongoing Avoidance Years Later.The spreadsheet that was never going to hold those things. The record that's complete as a record and incomplete as an account of what... -
CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.The rules that hold because of the story behind them. Before every season: I review the previous season's film with my coaching staff...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread The Partner Who Found Out - The Conversation Nobody Was Ready For.My wife has known about the betting since before we married. What she didn't know until three years ago: what my son was observing. He...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread The Match You Can Never Watch Again - The Ongoing Avoidance Years Later.The game I can't watch again is a high school game I coached. Not a professional match. Not a televised fixture. A playoff game six...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.The closed loop that money enters and the system-answer that doesn't translate outside. This is the thing I've been most careful about...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread The Night Before a Big Bet - What Happens in the Hours Between Placing and Knowing.The night before a game from a coaching perspective is the most productive time in the preparation cycle. The plan is set. The...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread When the Money Stopped Being Money - The Abstraction Nobody Warns You About.The unit system Eddie describes is the one I use. Two percent standard. Up to three for high conviction. Never below one. The unit...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Do You Gamble Differently When You're Drunk? The Question Everyone Knows the Answer To.Prof's accidental protection and accidental harm being symmetrical products of indifference to the betting context. Nobody designed the...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Do You Gamble Differently When You're Drunk? The Question Everyone Knows the Answer To.The honest answer for me is more specific than yes or no. I don't drink heavily and I don't bet heavily. The two things have stayed...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Do You Lie to Yourself About Your Losses Before You Lie to Anyone Else?.The honest film session requires a coach who is willing to find that they made mistakes. The coach who is unwilling to find mistakes...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Do You Lie to Yourself About Your Losses Before You Lie to Anyone Else?.The team that wins eight games and loses four doesn't necessarily have a good team. If the eight wins are against bottom-half opponents...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread The Bet That Felt Like Prayer - When You Weren't Betting the Match at All.Something my father told me about the first game he bet on. He was nineteen. His mother was ill. He backed a team he'd never watched...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread What Do You Miss About Being a Fan Who Didn't Bet? The Before-Version of Watching Sport.The default state that reasserts itself. This is the one that I find most difficult to explain to my son. He loves football. He plays...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread The Bet That Felt Like Prayer - When You Weren't Betting the Match at All.My son's first start as the quarterback of my team last season. I coach him. He's fourteen. He started for the first time in a...
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CoachTony_Bets replied to the thread Do You Lie to Yourself About Your Losses Before You Lie to Anyone Else?.Film review is the coaching practice most directly relevant to this question. Bad coaches watch film and find reasons the loss wasn't...