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Letter From AFM

On the way to the office recently, I heard a very interesting story on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike in the Morning”. In a conversation about coaching, one of the Mikes told about how Bill Belichick had sought out Urban Meyer, who was just starting at Florida, to talk about his spread offense. Belichick had just won his third Super Bowl with the Patriots the month before, but he was intrigued by Meyer’s innovative system and wanted to learn more. The two coaching luminaries have since become close friends and, along the way, have influenced each other’s coaching philosophies. While it might seem odd that a three-time Super Bowl winning coach would call on a college coach for advice, the point is that the most successful coaches never stop learning. And now that the off-season is here, at least for most of you, it’s the ideal time to take advantage of the resources available to you

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