My goal is to figure out the tips and tricks of professional football players and also to give you a glimpse into their personal and professional lives. In this episode, I talk with former CFL player and current CFL coach Richie Hall. Richie has been in the CFL for a total of 32 years through playing and coaching. Through his playing career, he played with the Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. Through his coaching career, he has coached with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Eskimos and is now coaching for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Richie has won three out of the four Grey Cups that the Riders have won and is the only person in Rider history to do so. Richie and I got into a lot of conversations that you have not heard before, he talks about his book and how he decided on the title and some of the stories he has in his book and he even talks about how being a football player at 5’6″ made him have to work harder and how that work ethic and his ability to make relationships and trust those people carried out into his everyday day life but without further ado, I hope you enjoy.
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Show Notes
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2:10
Smoke and Mirrors: Life in the CFL with Richie Hall
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4:40
What do you look for in a player?
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6:20
What does it mean to be coachable?
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7:05
Who you are on the field is who you are off the field.
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7:53
How do you help your players be better players and people?
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9:43
Why the locker room is sacred.
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11:06
How do you build trust with your players?
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14:25
Why he got benched as a player.
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16:05
How doing what you love impacts your life.
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17:12
What was it like for you to retire from football?
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18:06
What did football teach you about life?
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19:40
Playing versus coaching.
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21:23
When did Richie set the goal to become a coach?
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23:19
What coach inspires you?
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24:26
What is your goal setting process?
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27:54
How do you gain confidence?
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30:16
Rituals that he does before a game.
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34:52
When you were playing on the playground who did you pretend to be?
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37:01
How do you make up for your small size?
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39:27
What message would you put on a fortune cookie?
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40:35
What was you craziest or cutiest fan moment?
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42:54
Tell me about a time when something didn’t work out for you and you were disappointed but now you are grateful it turned out that way.
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44:33
What did you learn from being the head coach for the Edmonton Eskimos?
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45:36
What is your vision for Winnipeg?
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46:15
Greatness often comes from being different from the crowd.
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50:33
Morning routine.
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51:43
What does the week before a game look like?
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54:26
What makes a successful defence?
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55:07
The book he has gifted most often.
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55:38
Who do you think of when you hear the word success?
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56:42
Favourite memory in his football career.
Selected Links From the Episode
Connect with Richie Hall:
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Smoke and Mirrors: Life in the CFL with Richie Hall, Richie Hall and Guy Scholz
