REASON YOUR BRAINS OUT with Courtney Thompson and Nicole Fawcett (2 of 2)
Jul 23, 2026 · 30 min · 7 segments
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Nicole FawcettGuest
Courtney ThompsonGuestJohn MayerHost
Jul 23, 2026 · 30 min · 7 segments
Nicole FawcettGuestCourtney ThompsonGuestJohn MayerHost
Uh, Courtney strongly disagrees that kids need to love their coach, and Nicole is neutral.
So let's do the same thing, Courtney, where you see if you can move Nicole off of, uh, neutral.
I think that as an athlete that's played for a wide range of coaches, from my experience and also talking with others, you can actually have a pretty tough season and be unhappy in the moment, but upon reflection, learn quite a bit.
And I think there's a lot of amazing skills that come from learning to work with people that maybe you don't have a initially easy rapport with, you disagree with, you're not getting what you want, and you have to continue to find a way to be curious and learn.
So if a, a parent or a club director just removes an athlete because they don't love their coach all the time, we're missing so much of the pie of life and what's important.
I mean, I, I guess I like looked at it more as like, it doesn't h- you don't have to, like, love them, but you- it's like a respect thing.
And even then you're gonna have some terrible coaches, but you still, I think it, it still is a matter of, like, you still have to be, um, to Courtney's point, like, respectful of, like, the sport and, like, understanding the hard.
Uh, Courtney strongly disagrees that kids need to love their coach, and Nicole is neutral.
So let's do the same thing, Courtney, where you see if you can move Nicole off of, uh, neutral.
I think that as an athlete that's played for a wide range of coaches, from my experience and also talking with others, you can actually have a pretty tough season and be unhappy in the moment, but upon reflection, learn quite a bit.
And I think there's a lot of amazing skills that come from learning to work with people that maybe you don't have a initially easy rapport with, you disagree with, you're not getting what you want, and you have to continue to find a way to be curious and learn.
So if a, a parent or a club director just removes an athlete because they don't love their coach all the time, we're missing so much of the pie of life and what's important.
I mean, I, I guess I like looked at it more as like, it doesn't h- you don't have to, like, love them, but you- it's like a respect thing.
And even then you're gonna have some terrible coaches, but you still, I think it, it still is a matter of, like, you still have to be, um, to Courtney's point, like, respectful of, like, the sport and, like, understanding the hard.
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