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Yeah, it was it.

Yeah, that's on the east coast.

The thing about Malaysia is it's got some fantastic islands, particularly on the east coast.

A lot of people know about Langkawi, which is a great island as well.

And there's some terrific beaches here too.

Yes, yes.

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Hey, Coach.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the podcast.

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Kind of my secret sauce, what allowed me to be the only applicant for a job 30 years ago and turn Madison Memorial into a nationally ranked team.

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How did you and why did you make the transition into management?

Well, first let me say thanks for having me on the podcast today.

I've been looking forward to this conversation, and I'm sure you two gentlemen will not disappoint.

William has a score open, if you can see, so I'm expecting some kind of quiz about voice leading and harmony.

Let's start with rhythm.

I'm better with that.

But anyway, how do I make the transition from stage to management? So in my early days after graduating from the Hart School, when it was the Hart School of Music, I got very much involved in performing and teaching as I had been and very much involved in working with education programs of some of the local orchestras.

How many applications did you receive? What was the process for selecting these final four?

What did you think about or what do you kind of understand now that was completely wrong about coaching when you think about your first season that maybe you've changed the way you think about things now?

That's a great question.

It's about the Jills and Joes, not the Xs and Os.

I thought it was more about the Xs and Os when I started coaching.

Um, I've talked to other coaches about this too.

I was, I was so obsessed about wins and losses that, and again, my first, I've told you this story, my first season, we were seven 14 and we lost a tough one in tournament.

You know, we played pretty well.

that fell onto my

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You know, we always talk to our boys or our girls about getting better, um, you know, working on their game.

I'm gonna, I'm gonna say that you need to do the same thing as a coach.

I built teachhoops.com, uh, for something that I would've wanted in early part of my coaching career.

Um, you know, I took over a program 30 years ago.

I was the only applicant.

What were you trying to solve?

Steve Collins Travel Grumpy Morning

Well, yes, good morning and greetings from Saigon, also known as Ho Chi Minh City, but about 95% of the population up here call it Saigon because that's its traditional name.

And it's a beautiful night.

I'm sitting on this boat.

It's a river boat that's going to take us up the Mekong River, up the Mekong River to Siem Reap in Cambodia.

The most gorgeous evening up here.

And the boat is called the Tium Tiu Boat.

What else do we need to know then beyond the fact that it's long?

Are there any other producers or DJs who particularly inspire you to DJ and buy more records and stuff like that?

Yeah, I mean, sort of the main heavy hitters, like your Koflo, Byron, Aquarius, Vic Lavender, Kyase.

Um, that sort of sound is sort of with me.

Um, but I'd say the biggest influences w- who I listen to is obviously when I'm journeying around s- supporting everyone.

So I've gotta give a big shout-out to my boy, Billy Cox, because when I first heard Billy play, he's very similar, like, sound-wise.

He loves that jazz percussion, so that's how me and him sort of clicked.

Um, so people like that.

So when did you set that up?

That harbor area looks amazing.

Uh, yeah.

Well, see, last night, I, we, my wife and I did the sunset dinner cruise on Darwin Harbor.

We've been up here plenty of times, and we thought, "We haven't done the sunset cruise.

Let's do it." You know how.

It is magnificent.

Um, the boat pulls out at, uh, just before, um, just before 5:00 PM, and you get out there, and Darwin Harbor...

Doesn't seem to matter.

By definition, very small boat trip.

Yes, well, a gondola, yes.

Gondola.

It certainly would.

I don't know if you pay extra to be serenaded, and I would imagine not every gondolier has a great singing voice, but yes, it does.

It doesn't seem to matter.

Well, the reason I said small boats is that they could be up to a particular...

It's a phenomenal

Where did you go? Where have you been in a caravan? How important has caravanning been? Or you suspect may become more and more important because it's a massive industry now in Australia, isn't it?

It's worth $27 billion per year.

And at the present time, there are over 817,000 towable RVs, which are caravans or camper trailers.

That's a massive number of vehicles when you consider the population of Australia and the number of people that are licensed to drive.

And, yeah, it's a really, really good way to see Australia.

I'm up in Darwin at the moment, and, of course, this is peak season up here because it's the dry season, and all the caravan parks are chockers.

You know, it's amazing.

And that's from Liz.

Really?

And at the present type, there, the time, there are over 100, uh, uh, sorry, 817,000 bu- thousand towable RVs, which are caravans or camper trailers.

That's a massive [laughs] number of vehicles when you consider, uh, the population of Australia and the number of people that are, uh, uh, uh, uh, licensed to drive.

Uh, and, uh, yeah, it's, it's a really, really good way, uh, to, uh, to see Australia.

I'm up in Darwin at the moment, and of course, this is peak season up here because it's the dry season, and there's, all the caravan parks are, are chockers.

You know, it's amazing.

But I, I've, I've stayed in on-site vans, uh, in caravan parks at beaches and that.

And that's from Liz.

So this takes place right in the heart of?

Well, you see, Darwin Airport is actually a military airport.

And it happens right there.

And occasionally they have to stop the fighter jets to let the occasional domestic flight through.

Qantas lands every day between a few jet fighters or whatever.

But yeah, between one and four every day, they take off and land.

And these things are... seriously loud and seriously fast.

safe is what I'm saying?

What's special? What do you look forward to in Cambodia?

Well, first of all, the most popular destination in Cambodia is Siem Reap because that's where Angkor Wat and the other temples are.

I mean, there's heaps of them all over the place.

It's very, very impressive.

The first time I went there was in 2002 when barely anybody went there.

I went to Angkor Wat and I basically had the place to myself.

It was wonderful.

I mean, you'd make the same observation, wouldn't you, about Bali, really? People that went to Bali 40, 45 years ago.

What's special? What do you look forward to in Cambodia? Yeah.

Well, first of all, the most popular destination in Cambodia is Siem Reap because that's where Angkor Wat and the other temples are.

I mean, there's heaps of them all over the place.

It's very, very impressive.

The first time I went there was in 2002 when barely anybody went there.

I went to Angkor Wat and I basically had the place to myself.

It was wonderful.

I mean, you'd make the same observation, wouldn't you, about Bali, really? People that went to Bali 40, 45 years ago.

What are some of the unique struggles and traumas that particularly the kids who have incarcerated parents deal with? Help us understand kind of that landscape a little bit.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, for a lot of these families, camp is a new kind of a foreign experience for them.

It's not part of their family history.

Those of us that grew up going to camp, you know, we understand it and know what to expect.

But for a lot of these kids, it's a new concept, not something they're really familiar with at all.

What is the value that you've seen over the years in kids' lives?

So what would that constitute? What would be the characteristics of a great flight or a great time as opposed to one that didn't go quite so well? The delays are somewhat inevitable, really.

Oh, yeah.

Well, I mean, look, I'm not talking about – I mean, delays are caused by a variety of reasons, least of all usually the airline because airlines get particular slots at airports.

and they want to get there on time and they want to leave on time because otherwise it just smucks up the schedule for the airline so it's very rare that a airline is at fault if there is a delay of the flight so i don't unless there's something particularly wrong with the plane or something like that.

But usually delays are caused by other things, mainly weather in some cases, because if you get a storm or whatever, you know, they shut down the airports.

So the delays don't, I mean, it's annoying, but it's usually not the airline's fault if there is a delay.

But apart from that, Flying is so common these days.

I thought it was such a great

... frustration puts her in sort of good standing j- with a wide swath of the Maine electorate generally? I mean, she obviously keeps winning.

Well, she has, she has successfully done that for many years.

I, I'm skeptical that she is as, is as popular as she used to be.

I mean, Maine is, Maine is, uh, not, not thrilled with Trump.

And, and Susan Collins hasn't seemed quite as, uh, antagonistic to the administration as she, as she was back in his first term.

Um, but she is a very smart politician.

And, and even though, y- you know, both sides have their problems with her, she's going to get a lot of votes, and sh- Graham Platner's got a, got a tough road ahead of him.

Does, uh, does, does, is Graham Platner's sort of like appeal and reported appeal to working class voters, is that, um, is that starting to wear too, given more information about his actual background educationally, work history-wise? Uh, or is that still sort of going to be his bread and butter, uh, in, in this race and, and keep him, keep him competitive?

don't know what a donger is.

They were built for mining sites.

But these are very good ones.

They're air conditioned.

They've got your own bathroom, your own, obviously, bedroom and a small sitting room and verandas.

But they're sealed really, really tightly.

And they're very, very comfortable.

You were going to say grumpy?

don't know what a donger is.

They were built for mining sites.

But these are very good ones.

They're air conditioned.

They've got your own bathroom, your own, obviously, bedroom and a small sitting room and verandas.

But they're sealed really, really tightly.

And they're very, very comfortable.

You were going to say grumpy?

Great food.

That was one of the things kids would say.

We had Angel Tree kids that would come to camp.

Sometimes they would ask me, why do we eat so much here? You know, because they were used to getting one meal a day.

And another thing we don't think about is a lot of times the best meal that these kids get is the free lunch they get at school.

And during the summer, school's out.

And so, yeah, camp is special.

Steven Collins, Angel Tree senior director for camping, says, "A big surprise awaits every Angel Tree camper, and that is great food."