Every generation says the next one is soft. Rob’s dad said it. Dustin’s dad said it. Now coaches are saying it about the athletes in their gyms right now. But before we accept the premise, it’s worth asking a harder question: what if they’re not softer at all? What if they’re just more aware, more informed, and asking better questions than we’re ready to answer?
In this episode, Rob and Dustin take on the lazy version of the “today’s athletes are soft” conversation and push toward something more useful — what coaches actually need to do differently when the people in front of them have more access, more options, and more questions than any generation before them.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been harder on my guys from a practice, from a communication, from an accountability standpoint. And yet I don’t think I’ve ever received more.” — Dustin Galyon
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