Coach Doherty On The Brett Winterble Show

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We're joined by Coach Matt Doherty from DohertyCoaching.com to talk about the tensions in Charlotte and the remarkable longevity of LeBron James. Coach Doherty reflects on the recent protests and unrest in Charlotte, noting that while the situation is disappointing, it’s not surprising for a major city dealing with complex political and legal issues. He emphasizes that the law is the law, and although many undocumented individuals contribute positively to the community, the city must still navigate safety concerns, economic impacts, and the real dangers connected to human trafficking.

Shifting to basketball, Coach Doherty marvels at LeBron James beginning his record-setting 23rd NBA season. He compares LeBron’s durability and discipline to earlier eras, recalling stories from Michael Jordan’s early career when players traveled under far less glamorous conditions. Doherty applauds LeBron’s incredible work ethic, physical conditioning, and ability to compete at an elite level despite now sharing the court with teammates who weren’t even born when he entered the league.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is my recital. I think it's very vital.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
That's right on top, that's right on Thomas. Oh, it's
my favorite time of the week when I get to
catch up with coach Matt Doherty. It's a pleasure to
welcoming back to the program. And the coach is a coach,
and he's also a coach. How you doing, coach?

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Great Brett. Good to be back on the show with you.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
It's great to be with you. Uh, let me ask
this question of you. Uh are you surprised by what
we're seeing in the streets of Charlotte and uh, the
the the back and forth that is happening here. How
should we digest this?

Speaker 1 (00:44):
Yeah, well, unfortunately, Uh you know, I think we're like
any other democratic, democratically run, you know, significantly sized city
and uh you know you get Saint Paul Tis involved.
I mean I'm not surprised, disappointed, not surprised.

Speaker 2 (01:06):
So when when you look at this, I mean, look
you you you travel to a lot of different cities
in New York, you know, other places. What are we
looking at here? Because obviously people are very upset, but
laws are the laws, and right, how do we how
do we kind of you know, spit spit this thing

(01:26):
into or split this thing into. How it's got to
be processed.

Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, I think that the laws, the law right and
these you you know, you can't change with a snap
of a finger. It takes a process if you want
to change certain laws. And I think that they just
want something to fight and they can justify saying, you know,

(01:52):
the humanize it. We all, you know, may have come
in contact with someone who is here illegally. We don't know.
We hate that. There are threats that people feel threatened
that they will be deported. But if you're entered here illegally,
there are opportunities to turn yourself in, get paid I

(02:14):
think two thousand dollars, get sent home, and then you
can enter in legally. Now you say, well, I'd rather
just take the chance to stay here and not have
to move and go through all that and no guarantee
of getting re entry into our country. But our nation
is a set of rules, and there are some very

(02:37):
good people here that are here illegally and doing good
work and adding to the community. But amongst them, you know,
from what I read, two hundred and fifty illegals were
arrested in Charlotte as of yesterday. So amongst them, there's
some bad people. And to clean it out, you have

(02:57):
to fix it. You have to go through this process.
And you know, if not, we are not as safe
as a city. And there's also an economic train that
hits the tax payers. Somebody's paying for this, right and uh,

(03:17):
you know, we just we've got to take care of
our own and people can come in legally.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
And look, a lot of this is also part of
the issue with trafficking. Nobody wants to see women, girls, boys,
men being trafficked and and uh and and being you know,
caused to be part of slavery. I mean, this is
this is a really scary thing.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
Yeah, that's you know, I don't think that's covered enough.
The human trafficking. Uh, it's real. Uh, it's happening all
over the world and in our country. I mean you
you know, you and I have have known actors like
jacovisil who in that movie American John A blank on

(04:03):
the title of the movie. But it is real. Uh
Sounds of Freedom I think it was called. And you know,
they're bad people, they're bad people in all walks of life.
But when you have people entering into our country illegally. Uh,
and we have the tools to remove them. I don't

(04:28):
understand the justification. Now, if it's done with unduly force,
and you know they're breaking some type of law in
the way that they manage the removing the illegals from
our country, then address it. But you know, to have

(04:51):
protests and threatening these ICE agents, shooting at these ICE agents,
throwing debris at these ICE agents. UH. It's it's disheartening
for me to see it. But I'm not surprised.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Where do people go to? Uh to get coached by you, coach,
because I know you do a great job with folks.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Thank you. I'm an executive coach, do keynote talks, enjoy
it to fulfilling work. I can be reached at Darty
coaching dot com. That's d O H d r t
y coaching dot com.

Speaker 2 (05:26):
All right now, I'm gonna I'm gonna pivot you to basketball,
but not not to the college ranks. I'm going to
go to the pro ranks. Last last night, Lebron James
came out playing in his twenty third season. That is
that that for whether or not people like Lebron or

(05:46):
like the way plays or any of that sort of stuff.

Speaker 1 (05:48):
My gosh.

Speaker 2 (05:49):
Have you have you ever seen somebody who's been able
to pull that off for that for that amount of time.

Speaker 1 (05:55):
Well, I you know, I'm sure if you look at
the details, it it is. Uh, I'm assuming a record, right.
The only other player that I think played twenty plus
years was probably Korean Dul Jabbar at a high level.
And what Lebron has done, he's a freaking major, you know,

(06:16):
in terms of his physique and the way he takes
care of himself to be able to do that, I'm laughing. Uh,
you know, at that age, just you know, it used
to hurt me just to play a pickup game for
three but to do that in an NBA game is
pretty remarkable.

Speaker 2 (06:37):
One of the one of the one of the reporters,
as you know, give him, gave him the stat that
he has seven players on his team that were not
born when he was when he was starting, they were
they were way, way, way a twinkle in the eye,
you know what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (06:59):
Stuff. Yeah, as I look it up, it is a
record setting twenty third season in the NBA. Wow, that
is truly amazing, and that's a tribute to his work,
ethic and discipline. And probably you know the travel yep,
like you know, Michael Jordan was a rookie. Michael had

(07:21):
a travel commercial. Yes, and he told me a story
his first road trip. And back then, they had to
take the first flight out in the morning because if
they were delayed, they wanted to make sure they got
their time for the game. So he was on a plane,
sitting in coach and he said, the person sitting next

(07:41):
to him was smoking a cigarette.

Speaker 2 (07:42):
There you go, there you go, what a difference. Holy cow?
Well you know what you lather up with the blue
EMU or whatever I mean, then you'd be.

Speaker 1 (07:50):
All right, yeah, so you know, can can I get
a draw in that camel? Im getting ready to fly
out of Chicago to Milwaukee? Wow wow? And play tonight?

Speaker 2 (08:03):
Holy cat.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
Those guys back then they coaches and players hayat cigarettes
and halftime? Who coach?

Speaker 2 (08:10):
Great stuff? Let's do it next week, all right, my friend?

Speaker 1 (08:12):
All right, thank you, bro, you got it.

Speaker 2 (08:14):
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