Mikhail's Coaching Philosophy

Scouting Principles

-Is the player '6'4 period' or 6'4 AND' -Scouting for what matters vs. what doesn't -Having the courage to be 'contrarian and right' -Our bias to 'scout what we can see' (linear) -Negativity Bias (we focus on what they can't do instead of what they can -The edge is in the non-linear aspects

Belonging

- A quote from Owen Eastwood's book - It's undervalued because you can't see it and it's difficult to measure -Start with Belonging -Florida Panthers and Western Michigan players post-championship, "This is the closest team I've ever played for."

Principles, Not Systems

Topics -The downsides of systems (longer feedback loop, fragile) -Principles teach the why both implicitly and explicitly -The use case for inverted offensive games to focus attention and intention -Examples of teaching OZP and entry using constraints and incentives

Drew's Coaching Philosophy

We connect the common thread between both of our philosophies, talk 'Power' and 'play' culture

Mikhail's Coaching Philosophy

Mikhail talks about his coaching philosophy -Ownership -Compete and Growth Mindsets -Embodied Culture as a Leader -Player relationships are more about ‘who you are’ not ‘what you do’ -Being available, making space for conversations to take place and acting on those affordances -Organic vs. Forced Interactions w/ Players