Thread by @tjbeisner

Cal always talks about how great our players are as people and we get to see it every day in thousands of little moments that the public will never know about. Those are my favorite things about my job...and I’m going to embarrass Ashton a little and share a story from camp.

One of the camp stations is a dribbling drill. I walked over to shoot video just as I saw Ashton pull a kid over the side. As I got closer, I noticed the boy was crying. I guess he was having trouble dribbling and got upset about not being able to keep up with the other kids.

I walked past as Ashton put his arm around him and I heard him say, “It’s ok to cry and be upset, but don’t stop believing in yourself. You can do this.”

Then he took the kid away from the group and gave him 1-on-1 ballhandling coaching until it was time to switch.

Ashton might forget about that by tomorrow or next week, but I bet that little boy will remember for a long time. Those are the little things that can make a big difference and it’s just one example of what Cal is talking about when he says, “We’ve got a group of great kids.”