Skip Bertman

We also explore what Paul Skenes taught him about humility and elite performance, how LSU works to create more player ownership within their culture, and why the best teams become willing to confront and demand the standard from one another.

And then finally, Jay r- also reflects on his relationship with the late Skip Bertman, the lessons he has learned through some heartbreaking losses, and why his greatest source of pride is the success of players that have s- uh, gone on to experience, uh, much more success well after leaving their program.

So there's a lot in here for coaches, leaders, and really just I think anybody that's responsible for developing, uh, people.

So if somebody comes to mind as you're listening to this, uh, and you think that they might benefit from the conversation, it would mean a great deal, uh, if you share it.

... "I'm just gonna be process-oriented and focused on it," and but they can't tell you what it is.

Well, that's not a process or, or a system.

And, you know, working for great coaches, working with great coaches, listening to, learning from great coaches, Skip Bertman, obviously, Augie Garrido, um, I've really tried to, like, build out our system and build out our process.

Now, I think the, the...

Everybody bought strength shoes from him back in the day.

Um, Boots Garland got him the job with Skip Bertman.

Yeah.

And Boots Garland used to wear Skip Bertman out and say, "You need to hire this guy.

If you get a GA position, you need to hire this guy." And he was on him for, like, a couple of years.

Yeah.

I believe so, yeah.

It was the year Les got in.

He was a character, no doubt.

Uh, who was the, uh, the baseball coach who just passed away? Skip Bertman.

He had a good, really good reputation, I think.

Uh, Press Maravich, Pete's dad, yeah, he's squeaky pretty much, you know.

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Skip Bertman.

Rest in peace.

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He was what he was at LSU, you heard me.

We talking Skip Bertman, rest in peace.

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