July 16, 2025 • 59 mins
Ever wondered what happens when the final whistle blows on your college athletic career? Quinn Flaspohler takes us on his journey from Oxford, Ohio to Cleveland as he navigates the transition from student-athlete to young professional.
Growing up in a family of academics – with his father teaching psychology at Miami University and grandfather teaching statistics at Xavier – Quinn carved his own path playing soccer at DePauw University before pursuing a Master of Finance at Case Western Reserve University. With refreshing candor, he shares how he balanced the demanding schedule of collegiate athletics with rigorous academic pursuits, and the unexpected challenges that emerged when his playing days ended.
The conversation delves into life in Cleveland's vibrant Little Italy neighborhood, where Quinn currently resides while coaching soccer, working in a restaurant, and interviewing for corporate positions. His experience working as a Graduate Assistant in university admissions reveals valuable insights about the skills developed through diverse work experiences during the formative post-graduation period.
Perhaps most compelling is the discussion about team dynamics and how the lessons from athletics transfer to professional settings. As our host Johnny aptly puts it, "When you're a part of a team, everyone is equally important, and without all those people, there is no team, it's just a bunch of individuals." Quinn's story reminds us that career paths aren't always linear, and sometimes the road less traveled leads to unexpected opportunities.
Whether you're a recent graduate, a current student-athlete contemplating your future, or simply interested in how young professionals navigate today's job market, Quinn's journey offers valuable perspective on finding your way forward when the structured world of college athletics comes to an end. Subscribe to hear more conversations with emerging professionals and established leaders sharing
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome everybody to another episode of the Ride Home
Rants podcast.
This is your special guest, hostFitty filling in today for Mike
Bono, and we have a great andspecial episode for you with a
great young man who's going tobe talking all things about a
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Without further ado, I'd liketo introduce Quinn Flashpolar,
who is coming to us today fromCleveland Ohio, but originally
from the other side of the state.
Quinn, welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Thanks for having me, johnny.
I feel like I got some shoes tofill Season five.
Man, it's cool.
So, yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yeah, it's been fun.
When we started this out forthe listeners that don't know
the newer listeners, or maybethe ones that have been
listening for a little bit butdon't know the background Mike
just kind of started thispodcast on a whim.
He was working during COVID incustomer service and he would
just rant on his way home aboutthe stupid questions that he
gets all day, thus how the titleof Ride Home Rants started.
(01:34):
And then, for people that don'tknow, mike had a few individual
episodes and then he waslooking for guests and was like
hey, like does anybody want tobe a guest?
And I'm like I'll be a guest.
And then, after we recorded wayback in January of 2021, then I
came on as the manager andwe've been hosting people every
week.
So, for people that don't know,a little bit, behind the scenes
(01:56):
here and Quinn, you'll find thisout is Mike and I work in
tandem with all of our guests.
We have pretty much had all ofour friends on the show and a
lot of people we've connectedwith during various stops in our
careers as well.
And then really, mike does allthe technical great stuff with
the show and all the editing,and he does all that stuff, and
(02:17):
I come up a lot of times withthe flow of the show and the
topics and things like that.
So we really work hand in hand.
That's a little bit behind thescenes for everyone listening
right now about how we do this.
So, and Quinn, you just foundthat out too.
So there you go.
There's your like tidbit ofcool information from the day.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah, it's cool.
It's the dynamic duo, so get tobe with one half.
Obviously, we know each otherproud to the show, but um, yeah,
it's really cool to know, andyou guys have come a long way
since, since the covid days, sokeep it going?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
yeah, we have, we have.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
So, quinn um, tell us originally where you're from
yeah, so originally from oxford,ohio, so from Oxford Ohio, so
Miami university, if you know,for those listening it's about
four hours Southwest ofCleveland, about an hour North
of Cincinnati, um, so yeah, Igrew up there and small town um,
(03:19):
as many, many other probablyfellow guests of the show are
from, it seems to be a commontheme small town, ohio kid.
So now living in Cleveland,although I'm a Cincinnati guy at
heart.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So yeah, Okay Now, quinn, this is actually probably
something for all the listenersthat they'll find out.
So your first name's notactually Quinn, it's actually
one of many names that you have.
So can you tell the listenersactually what your name is?
And then, how did you start togo by Quinn?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Yeah, that's a great question.
I feel like I don't even knowthe origin story of why I
started to go by Quinn, but mylegal name is technically David
and then my two middle names areArthur, quinn and last name is
Flassbower.
I think my parents chose Quinnand then they chose David and
Arthur because those are my twograndfather's names, um, and
(04:16):
then I think they just felt likethat was the best flow of the
four.
Like if you were to sound itout or say it out loud, I think
that's probably the best way.
So maybe that was the decision,but it still seems to be a
mystery.
I mean, they, they had to comeup with something original
themselves and it just stuck.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
So, yeah, stood the test of time so was that hard
when you were like going byquinn but you were like saying
like elementary school or evenin middle school or high school
and people seeing like David onlike your attendance book, did
you get like have to tell peoplea lot that you're?
You went by Quinn but your namewas David.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Still still, to this day, like I mean, yeah, it's uh,
it's confusing because peopleare like I can't find your name
in the system and then I'm like,oh yeah, that's because my real
name is is david or vice versa.
So people still struggle withthat.
I mean I'm constantly tellingpeople no, my real legal name is
(05:13):
david.
So, yeah, been doing that forfor 23 years, so it's been fun I
gotcha, I gotcha.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
so, originally from oxford, ohio, you grow up there,
um, you know, and then you gooff to college.
So you do your undergrad out inIndiana.
Tell us about why you chosethat school.
What school did you choose?
You know what was thatexperience like and you were a
student athlete.
So what was that recruitingprocess like?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
So kind of walk us through that whole process like
so kind of walk us through thatwhole process.
Yeah, so I chose to attenddepaul university.
It's a small liberal artsschool in green castle, indiana,
kind of middle of nowhere, um,again, small town feel, which I
think there's a common themethere.
But um, essentially I knew Iwanted to go to school to play
(06:01):
soccer.
That was pretty much the numberone thing for why I was
pursuing any school.
I knew of DePaul because I hadtwo cousins that had previously
attended and played sports there.
So I'd heard of the school.
I had visited, been there a fewtimes and felt like looking
(06:22):
into it and reaching out to thecoaching staff at the time and I
think, after visiting a numberof times, felt like it was kind
of the right school Small feel,felt like I could play my sport
kind of right away and beimpactful and get a good
education.
And then, in terms of distance,was like you know, two and a
half hours from where I grew up,so kind of perfect balance of
(06:46):
not too far but far enough, andhad a lot of family that grew up
and then lives in Indianapolis,which is like 45 minutes away,
so it's like kind of had somefamiliarity with the area.
So it was.
You know plenty of schools outthere.
It was just about making achoice, and I chose DePaul.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Okay, and you mentioned you played soccer.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
What position did you play in soccer?
A number of different ones.
I started my career out as awinger and then, the way I look
at it is, as I progressively gotolder and slower, I started to
move towards the middle of thefield, which is, I think,
sometimes a common theme.
So winger to then centerattacking midfielder and then to
(07:31):
defensive midfielder.
So that was kind of the naturalprogression of things, gotcha.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Now you mentioned Indianapolis.
I've heard a lot of greatthings about there.
I've personally never beenthere, but for people that don't
know much about Indianapolis,it holds the NFL Combine there
every year at the Colts Stadium.
The Big Ten Championship gameis played there as well.
Usually Ohio State isrepresenting one of the teams
there, it seems like, but youknow what was Indianapolis like?
(08:01):
I'm sure you visited, onlybeing 45 minutes away, you know,
I heard it's a very fun town.
What was that like there?
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I've been to a number of Pacers games and have been
downtown a few times.
To be honest, I haven't spent aton of time in Indianapolis,
but similar to a Cleveland orCincinnati or Columbus, it's
similar size to my understanding.
I mean some really greatcompanies there.
You know Eli Lilly, one of themthat I think about a lot, among
(08:34):
many others, but it's a greatcity, very Midwest kind of like
similar vibe to.
You know a lot of the cities inOhio, Pittsburgh, so on and so
forth.
So yeah, it's a good time,think it's, it's on the come up,
I mean it's.
It's still got a lot of work todo in terms of development, but
there's a lot of opportunityand a lot of great people live
there.
So I love it.
Um, and I think the surroundingareas of indianapolis you kind
(08:59):
of break into, like the caramelsand the zinesvilles of the
world, like those two places,are really spectacular, so a lot
of great friends from there aswell.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Are you a Pacers fan?
Speaker 2 (09:09):
I think like it depends on who they're playing.
I mean I would root for theCavs over the Pacers, but I'd
root for the Pacers over theThunder.
Like I'm not a huge NBA guy, tobe fair.
I'm more of a collegebasketball fan, to be honest,
but I mean it was cool to seethem get that far.
It's unfortunate that theydidn't win the ring, but, um,
(09:32):
yeah, so so, kind of to answeryour question, I'm kind of a fan
of the pacers.
Maybe fair weather would be theright, okay definition.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Okay, who you rocking out with college basketball?
Who's your squad?
Speaker 2 (09:43):
well, xavier musketeers man, that's my school
.
Yeah, that's just kind of thethe family lineage parents went
there, grandfather uh, you knowother family um, grandparents
taught there, so on and so forth.
So yeah, I've been a xavier fansince I was like born, I guess
okay okay, I am.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I am a.
I am a Hawaii Warriorsbasketball and football fan.
So I, you know, you know me Igot my like Yeti Hawaii um water
mug in my office.
So, um, not not too many people, you know, cheer on Hawaii
sports here on the mainland but,um, you know people that don't
know.
Xavier, it's a really niceschool.
It's a smaller Division Ischool.
It's a Catholic university, soyou do have a large contingency
(10:27):
of Catholic students there aswell.
But down in the Cincinnati areaactually big rivals with
Cincinnati and also Dayton dueto geographic location.
So just throwing that out therefor Xavier.
So I know this.
You mentioned this to me beforeand you just kind of talked
about it.
Um, a lot of your familiesworked in higher ed um, and more
(10:49):
of the academic space, um, Ibelieve.
So can you kind of talk about,like, what family has worked.
You mentioned about Xavier, butI believe one of your parents
works in the higher ed space too.
What is, uh, you know where,where, where were they at?
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Yeah, so my dad is currently a professor at Miami
university the school where youknow it's where I grew up and
whatnot.
Um a professor of psychology,clinical psychology.
He um has taught there for,yeah, probably 22 years now.
Um did his PhD at university ofSouth Carolina, then did a sort
(11:26):
of fellowship at Yale and thenstarted his career at Miami and
has kind of been there eversince.
So, yeah, I think he kind offollowed the lineage as well.
My grandfather was also aprofessor of statistics at
Xavier and you know, othermembers of my family are in
(11:49):
academia and whatnot.
So it's nice because that'swhere I probably get a lot of my
school brains from.
For sure, my dad's a prettysmart fellow, so it's cool.
It's something that I've alwayskept in the back of my mind,
like, am I going to keep thefamily tradition alive or do I
do my own thing?
So, um, yeah, it's nice to togrow up with a smart guy, um,
(12:14):
but he's kind of ventured offinto different areas over time
but he does still teach.
So hope that answers thequestion.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah, absolutely.
And you know what?
It's never too soon or too lateto get in the higher ed space.
So you have a lot of time, many, many years in front of you.
So maybe you'll get yourgraduate degree from and
continue with your last yeareligibility for soccer.
So kind of walk us through thatnow, because that's a little
bit different and I think peoplethat know the eligibility stuff
(12:55):
and the things that happen withCOVID is that a lot of students
got an extra year or two, maybesome even three, and they went
on to other schools as graduatestudents and playing.
So walk us through the graduaterecruitment space and where did
you ultimately end up to playsoccer for your last year?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Yeah, so I graduated from DePaul in fall of 2023.
And this was kind of aninteresting time because, as you
, you, you well know that mostpeople graduate in the spring.
I was a winter grad and was fora long time.
I wanted to use the last yearof eligibility, um, so a big
(13:39):
part of graduating and then, umknow, figuring out the next
steps, was like finding theright school and so thinking
about schools that I hadpreviously communicated with, um
, schools that I knew were inthe area of where I grew up or,
you know, close to depaul andwhatnot, um, and programs that
(14:05):
had done well on both the soccerstandpoint and had good
academic programs, were kind ofthe main things that I was
looking for.
I just felt like I had someextra power in the legs and so,
yeah, I found Katie's Plus.
That's where I ultimatelydecided to go to school.
I'd been recruited therepreviously, when I was in high
(14:25):
school, which feels like foreverago, but I used that last year
to do the master of finance atCase, which was a great program
For me.
I wanted to go to school again,but only for a year, and
provide that flexibility.
Let me, just let me fix thisreal quick, okay, so anyways,
(14:55):
let me let me know, is thatbetter?
Are you getting any?
Yeah, yeah, okay, sorry aboutthat, so anyways yeah, slight
technical difficulties.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
It happens when you're on zoom.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Yeah, so it's all good yeah, yeah, okay, sorry
about that.
So anyways, um, yeah, I foundcase or kind of revisited, felt
like it had the best graduateprogram in terms of what I was
looking for.
I started econ at DePaul andthen, yeah, I felt like the
combination of finance was agreat duo, so reached out to the
(15:27):
coaching staff, got connectedwith them, who I had previously
been in contact with when I wasin high school.
But this coaching staff, thehead coach, was at a different
school back then.
So, yeah, long story short, thekind of process looked like
reaching out to a bunch ofschools and communicating with
coaching staffs and sending filmand talking about my grades and
(15:51):
my academic pursuits andwhatnot, and just Case Western
was kind of the best, um, meshof those two worlds.
So that's where I ended up andit was a great experience, I
think.
Um, exactly what I was lookingfor and happy to continue
playing for another year at thecollege level.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
So Okay, and for people that don't know much
about um, case Western ReserveUniversity, it is in Cleveland.
It is a top 50 school in thecountry academically the second
ranked school, or first rankedschool depending on the rankings
in the state of Ohio with OhioState by a pretty wide margin,
verse number three.
About 6,000 undergrads thereand then about 6,000 master's
(16:33):
degree through doctoratestudents as well.
So very good academic school.
So, quinn, how did you balancesuch a high academic school with
being a student athlete?
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I didn't, no, I'm just kidding.
Yeah, I think it's all aboutcoming up with a list of
priorities.
Yeah, I think it's all aboutcoming up with a list of
priorities and I think the storyhas always been school first
and then sports second or havingfun second.
So, yeah, it was about gettingthe work done and sacrificing
(17:07):
time.
Sacrificing, you know, goingout on the weekends and whatnot.
So, yeah, I think the nicething about the Master of
Finance program at Case Westernis that a lot of the work that
you do is in groups, and I thinkthat the groups that I worked
(17:28):
with were very accommodating.
They understood that I was anathlete and what I wasn't able
to do some weeks I'd kind ofbalance out by doing extra the
following week and so on and soforth.
So I think that's it was ablessing that I think the
program that I was in wasflexible, the people were great,
the faculty and the staff weregreat.
I mean it was.
You don't really know what youdon't know until you really go
(17:53):
through something like that.
And I think, looking back, I'mvery grateful for um the ability
to manage my schedule more thananything, because if it weren't
for the people that helped me,then I probably would have been
able to do it.
So Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And you know one of my own college coaches um, shout
out to to Tim Weaver, who wasprevious guest on the show one
of my college football coachesused to tell us and he said when
you're a college athlete,priority one can be sports, but
priority 1A better be academics.
And it's okay to flip that andmake academics priority one and
sports 1A, but you can't playsports in college without your
(18:28):
academics and you're not goingto have much of a career if you
don't emphasize the academics.
But the sports are giving youthe tools to also succeed in
academics too.
So I always remember that.
I always used to tell my guysthat when I coached for a long
time and it's just a great thingto think about when you're a
(18:49):
college athlete that you reallyneed to make sure both of them
are on par with one another.
So soccer ends and you stillhave another semester to go.
The Master of Finance is atwo-semester program, so you
actually get a job as a graduateassistant, in theory a lead
ambassador in the admissionsoffice for graduate admissions
(19:10):
at Weatherhead, so uh, which isthe management school at case
western.
So, uh, what was that like?
Speaker 2 (19:17):
yeah, it was interesting.
Like you retire from fromsports, you realize that you're
likely not going to go pro.
I don't know if I'll ever saynever, but uh, you know, career
is over and and so it's like you.
You kind of got to fill in thegaps because it's like you've
got all this time on your hands.
So, yeah, I found thisincredible GA position with the
(19:40):
lovely Weatherhead School ofManagement admissions team and
it was great, really experiencedbefore in terms of reaching out
to people, doing someperspective stuff, speaking with
people from other countriesevery single week, emailing
(20:01):
dozens of people every week, um,basically telling people that
case western is the school forthem.
Um, and it very well could be,for for many people it turned
out to be, so it was really fun.
I loved working with the teamand Johnny, as you may well know
, working with me every week.
It was a lot of fun.
(20:22):
So I learned a lot and was ledby some great mentors at the
Weatherhead School.
So it's a skill or a job thattaught me many skills that have
been helpful, um, as I kind ofcontinue to pursue professional
opportunities.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
So it's been great it was great, absolutely Well, on
behalf of all of us there.
We appreciated you, uh, youknow, jumping in and working
hard for us every week and doingall the great things that um
you, that you could do for usand especially all that reach
out.
So really grateful.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
And talking to all the prospective students when
they were on campus it's fun Igot to add, it's fun because to
anyone that's maybe going to bea college student, I would
highly recommend doing somethinglike this, because you learn
skills, you learn how to speakwith people, but you feel like
you're providing people withsuch a great service and you
(21:16):
feel good because it's likeyou're kind of paying it back in
a sense.
You know you had a lot ofquestions when you were thinking
about going to school, as I did, and being able to answer them.
For people that are curious andwant to figure out the next
steps for life, it's like, ohman, what's better than that?
So, yeah, yeah, absolutely, thatwas just add a detail.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
All right, sorry, yeah, no, absolutely no, feel
free to add.
You know, I think I wouldalways tell people, whether
you're a graduate student orundergrad, you know, find
opportunities to connect oncampus and I'm not just saying
that with sports right, ifyou're an athlete and I was an
athlete, you were an athlete orif you're in the band or
cheerleading or whatever clubsand organizations.
(21:56):
But find other opportunitieslike working.
Right, you're going to meet alot of professional people.
If you have a work, study jobor a graduate assistant job.
I mean a lot of people you'regoing to learn from a lot of
great people in a lot ofpositions who have been there
for maybe a couple months ortheir whole life.
You know you're going to learna lot of skills from a lot of
(22:17):
different people and you'regoing to pick up on one or two
things and I think learningthose skills from professionals
as a young person you know 18,19, 21, 22, whatever it may be
you know it's going to help youwith the longevity of your
career because, as I'm sureyou've seen, you know our office
has had many differentindividuals in it and you
probably picked up a skill ortwo from each of us or just some
(22:39):
type of mannerism or somethinglike that.
So you know, I would encouragepeople to connect that way.
It's also great to work oncampus and when you make those
connections, those people reallygood job references.
You know they're great forletters of recommendation.
Those people are really goodjob references, you know they're
great for letters ofrecommendation, you know, later
on.
So I would encourage people towork, you know, just for a
(23:01):
little bit when you're on campusand just connect with the
professionals there, because alot of people in higher ed, as
you know with, like your dad andyour family, not are always
higher ed people.
They know a lot of people inthe public sector or the private
sector or health care orwhatever it may be.
So I think it's always great toconnect with those people and
work on campus.
Did you work at all when you'reat the pod?
Did you have any jobs oranything?
Speaker 2 (23:24):
No, I didn't work for the school at all, I just yeah,
I was just a full-time athlete.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Gotcha, you know I was right there with you, though
I did when I was at bethanywhen I was doing my degree you
had to do.
At that time I was in sportsmanagement.
Um, you had to do two on campuson practicums and then also an
off-campus internship.
So I'll never forget my two oncampus, um, practicums.
One was I was responsible forfilling the vending machines in
(23:52):
the athletic center every week.
So I had to like, of course,with, like my advisor, but I had
to fill the machines, tell the,you know, write down how much
we needed of each pop, or soda,as people say, or soda pop, as
some other people say.
But I had to do that.
I had to deposit the quarters.
I had to manage that with, likethe business office.
(24:16):
So I think that gave me like areally well-rounded set of
skills to do something like that.
And then my other one was I hadto manage the 6 am to 2 pm work
shift in the rec center withthe workers.
So that was always was alwaysum, interesting and and fun as
well, um, so those are two I didwhen I was on campus.
(24:37):
So so you're at Case.
Uh, you know, originally fromOxford, so you're getting a
chance to, to learn aboutCleveland.
Um, you know, and you end upfinding a place in little Italy,
uh, the famous little Italy inCleveland.
So tell us about, um, tell usabout living in little Italy.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
That's great.
It's a great area.
I mean.
I think pretty much anyone thatlives here can testify to that
it's uh, it's not short of greatfood, plenty of stuff to do.
I mean it's a cute little spotnot too far from university
circle, which is ranked as oneof the, I think, best places to
be, um, definitely in ohio, interms of just culture.
(25:20):
Um, so your your stones throwaway from from case, from a
bunch of different museums, soit's a great place to be.
I mean, I've loved living here.
I've been here for about a yearand you know, every day I'm
walking to, you know, somewherenearby, whether that's a
restaurant or a cafe or a marketor whatever.
(25:41):
So it's fun and if you're everin Cleveland, it's definitely
worth stopping by and grabbingsome food or a drink or
something like that.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
What is your favorite restaurant in Little Italy?
I'm curious to hear this.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Home Bistro.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Oh, I did not expect that from you.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
You know why?
Because I work there now.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
Oh nice.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Yeah, so that's my weekend thing, but no, it's
actually, I would say, becauseevery place has a great food.
The thing that Home Beach,charlotte, it separates itself
is because it's not Italian.
I mean, you go to Little Italy,of course people are like
everything's going to be Italianfood.
It's not, it's New American andit's very good.
So that's my pick, although ofcourse you know you've got
(26:31):
plenty of great Italianrestaurants.
You know, sometimes it's niceof of great Italian restaurants.
Um, you know, sometimes it'snice that there is something
different to the mix.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
So shout out Okay, a little shameless plug right
there.
We appreciate that.
Uh, you know, shout out thebusinesses.
So I would say mine is probablyTrattoria.
Um, I really, really loveTrattoria, I love the patio
there.
So, yeah, I just think that'sprobably my favorite.
I know a lot of people are veryopinionated on their favorite
restaurant in Little Italy.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
To be fair, I've only really experienced four of them
in terms of going out to eat,so that's my ranking for now.
Okay, I'll, but trattoria isdefinitely up there.
I, I like trattoria.
We had a good.
We had a good meal there latein the semester, in may, so yeah
, that's a great restaurant aswell so did you like to go to
corbo's bakery a lot I've onlybeen there probably three times.
(27:31):
Okay, I gotta stay away from thebakeries.
That's the thing.
It's right there.
It's so tempting to go there,or to go to the Murray Hill
Market or to get gelato right upthe street.
It's always tempting.
Yeah, I've only been there acouple of times, but it's great.
(27:52):
I mean, I've gotten a bunch ofthe cakes.
I got a cake there once, likewhat, got gelato there, um, a
bunch of pastries.
So, yeah, it's, it's good.
Is that your?
Is that your spot?
When you're you're done?
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Oh yeah, no, for sure , for sure.
Um, they did our desserts, uh,desserts for our wedding.
So it was really, it was reallyawesome.
But even before that, you knowI love going there.
Cannolis are wonderful therainbow cookies some people call
them seven layer cookiesthey're.
They're great too.
They sell a great Corleonesauce, clemenza's, highly
(28:26):
recommended for all my paisansout there that love Italian food
and love a good sauce.
Shout out to Clemenza Corleonesauce.
But no, definitely love Corbo's.
They do a great business there.
They have the other business inPlayhouse Square, so big fan of
them.
So the other thing, talkingabout a little bit of
self-control, of going to thebakery, you're also pretty in
(28:48):
shape still.
You still like working out, youstill like keeping busy.
So what were your workouts likewhen you were in soccer,
compared to now being a retiredathlete?
Speaker 2 (29:02):
so I guess, in terms of like in in college, uh, the
workouts would definitely changeyear to year.
Um, I would say a lot morefitness, a lot more running.
I think the I feel like a lotof student athletes would attest
to this.
Um, the natural progression islike you finish your sport and a
(29:27):
lot of people get into, likeweightlifting, and I feel like
that's what's happened with me,where it's been less about
endurance and running and moreabout let's bulk up and build
some strength, you know.
So that's kind of the bigdifference.
I think the workouts as asoccer player are heavy cardio,
(29:48):
of course, strength training,but it's not about size, it's
about speed and agility andwhatnot.
So you can kind of imagine thedifferences in the workouts
today, where it's more aboutgetting big and strong versus
just being fit.
So, yeah, I would say I need tostart running again.
(30:12):
Let's just put it that way.
Yeah, I'm already out of breath, if you can't tell.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
You got to run when you can because it's harder as
you get older, especially withthe wear and tear from being a
college athlete.
I don't know if I ever told youthis.
So you know, after I retiredfrom playing football on track
and graduated, you know, I didused to bang the weights out
pretty good and then I startedto have some back issues and
(30:40):
then I found out I haddegenerative arthritis in my
back.
So I've had to really cater myworkouts around that.
But probably about maybe aboutsix years ago, leading up to our
first game, when I was coachingcollege football and working in
admissions, I was like I wantto run sprints, I'm going to do
a pyramid and run 10s, 20s, 30sand 40s.
(31:01):
And don't you know, my last 40,my last 40 of that workout, I
significantly pulled and tore mygroin.
So I don't know if I ever toldyou that and that was the end.
That was the end of my runningdays.
It's been nothing but theelliptical, the stairmaster or
power walking, and for anyonethat's never tore their groin
(31:23):
partially, it's terrible, morethan full muscles.
So not a fun time.
So I've had to adjust big time.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
I gotta just mention how much I resonate with you in
terms of the low back problems.
That was something that I dealtwith a lot in college and had
disc issues and had surgery andwhatnot, and I've been looking
into getting one of those Nordicbenches.
Been going back and forth withthis guy on Facebook Marketplace
(31:52):
trying to get a good deal.
Those things are like fantastic, though I'm sure you know a lot
about the.
Nordic bench.
So that's like I'm trying tobuild my own home gym, as kind
of the next thing you know, I'mbecoming an adult.
Own home gym as kind of thenext thing you know, I'm
becoming an adult.
I feel like that's what adultsdo.
So building my home gym.
(32:12):
I got to have an order ofpension there, but I got to get
a good price on it on FacebookMarketplace first, so the low
back stuff is no joke.
I had sciatica oh, it washorrible.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
So that's a career breaker for sure I remember I
remember so, even horrible, sothat's a career breaker for sure
.
I remember.
I remember so, going, evenbefore that, dealing with the
back issues, I remember I waslike weightlifting, I was
coaching high school footballand then my back just really
flared up and it was probablythe worst flare up, um, I ever
had, and I was trying to coach aseven on seven passing
(32:41):
scrimmage with that and Iremember I could barely get out
of my car when I got home andthen, like the next day, I
couldn't even walk.
I actually I like I fell overin my house and had to pull
myself up by the doorknob.
So you know, back injuries areno, no joke.
Um, so I would tell people, youknow, got to take care of your
back, you got to do abs, you gotto do lower back exercises to
(33:02):
strengthen your abs.
Um, even if, even if you,you've catered your workouts
differently, still do those, youneed to keep your back, because
your back, as you know, quinn,controls every other part of
your body, and if your back ishurt and you can't move your
neck and your head from side toside without shooting pain going
down through your back and toyour legs, as you probably know,
(33:24):
yeah, it's no fun, people.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Just keep your listen to John.
I'll just put listen to John,all right.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
Yeah, you know, and when I started catering my
workouts different, I would goto Planet Fitness, which is a
little bit more friendly to whatI would want.
And you know I can see why thata lot of people who go there,
you know, enjoy going therebecause it's not like being in a
typical gym and banging outjust heavy weights and deadlifts
and squats, a lot of it's, youknow, the dumbbells and the
Smith machines and things likethat to really help, you know,
(33:59):
people out.
But we're in the process ofputting a home gym in in our
basement right now.
There you go.
So we got a bench down there,got some dumbbells, um, you know
, got got a um strength grip bar, so just enough for me to do
what I need to do, and a lot ofbody weight exercises too.
Right, so you can't, can'treally.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
You got the bicep curl machine in there yet not
the bicep curl machine.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
We got an easy bar, though yeah, we do have uh, we
do have, uh, we do have yeah,you know, it's kind of kind of
all I need.
You know, I was just talking tosomebody the other day and
they're like well, what do youdo for your leg workouts?
I was like, I do, I do sumosquats, uh, with a dumbbell, I
do a lot of calf raises on thesteps, I'll do side raises, uh,
lunges, body weight lunges, I'lldo like hip thrusts, like
(34:42):
things like that I think is justjust enough for me.
And you know, going on my walksand stuff too, so, um, so
that's all you need, Right, soyou graduate from Weatherhead,
right, you just graduate.
Um, you know, really, sevenweeks ago, eight weeks ago, Um,
you know what's next in thejourney for Quinn?
Speaker 2 (35:07):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I think I'm.
I wish I had an answer for you,but uh, what I do know is that
I'll be in Cleveland, um, youknow, I'm coaching soccer, um
keeping myself busy on theweekends, making some money
working at you know, arestaurant, waiting tables and
interviewing, uh, still.
So, uh, it's one of thosethings where been in a handful
(35:30):
of of of interview processes andthey've just not, um, they've
gone well, they just have.
I've come up short a handful oftimes.
So, just continuing to bepersistent and and we'll find
something that fits what I wantto do, be persistent and and
we'll find something that fitswhat I want to do, hopefully
(35:50):
soon.
But, um, at the same time, I'menjoying kind of the time off.
I mean, I'm still, um, you know, doing some stuff here and
there and keep myself busy asmuch as I can.
But, yeah, hopefully, hopefully, corporate life at some point
and then just doing a wholebunch of other things.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
So, yeah, well, and that leads into a great segue
here, because I think when yougraduate from college, whether
an undergrad or graduate degree,I think people are always
reaching for this shiny object,and the shiny object sometimes
isn't always there, right, andpeople have to take some other
jobs and but they learn otherskills, right, and they do
things that they may not havethought before and they find a
(36:26):
passion for that.
You know, I probably wouldassume maybe when you were in
the finance program you probablythought you know, hey, I'm not
gonna coach, I'm just gonna gowork in the corporate world.
But then yet you found yourselfin that path and another door
is opened.
Well, maybe the corporatefinance door hasn't opened, or
the psychology room hasn'topened for someone, or economics
, or math.
(36:46):
You're opening new doors foryourself and I think that's
great for any graduate toexperience.
You know, I got out of my degreeand I didn't land something in
sports management right away,but I found my passion and
coaching at that time andworking with individuals in the
sports space, and I think thatthat really helped me in my life
get to the part of the careerI'm in now.
(37:07):
So that's great, you're doingthat and I would encourage
anyone you know to dive intosomething too if something's
quite not in front of you.
You know that shiny object thatyou're searching for because
it'll be there and you'll getthere.
You'll definitely get there,but definitely take the road
less traveled, I like to say,for certain people, right,
(37:30):
because the road less traveledsometimes leads to the highway,
uh, forever for yourself.
So, um, you know, good,definitely good luck to you in
that you know that realm.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
So let me just say you've got like the best sayings
, like the best phrases, stufflike that.
Dude, you've been having thatsince, like I think, we met, so
I just got to give you a shoutout.
You've got the good.
What's the?
What's the name for having?
What's the name for the phrase?
Speaker 1 (37:48):
It's like.
I'm coming out no, you're good,You're good.
I'll say no, Thank you for the,the the compliment there.
So you also in life you learn.
You learn a lot of cool sayingsas you get older and you're
around a lot of other people andyou'll take those life
experiences too.
But no, thank you.
Thank you for that.
And I think you know probablyone of the best things I've told
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people, whether it was workingin higher ed or coaching or
really any spaces and I justsaid this the other day too.
Again, my college coach, TimWeaver, used to say when you're
a part of a team, no matter howmany people are on that team,
whether it's a team of 120 guysin football or an office of 10
people, right, Everybody is justas important as the next person
on that team.
And the moment people stoprealizing that they're just as
(38:34):
important as the next person,the team suffers and you become
a bunch of individuals.
And I really have resonatedwith that with my career,
because in my life and I used totell people that because when
you're a part of a team,everyone is contributing in a
different way, whether you'rethe best recruiter out there and
somebody else maybe isn't, oryou're the best football player
(38:54):
or the soccer player or thetrack person, whatever it is,
but there's always somebody elseon the team contributing in a
different way, you know,bringing some type of positivity
, some type of good nature andsomething to that team.
So I think that's probably oneof the most favorite things I
ever heard is, when you are apart of a team, everyone is
equally important, and withoutall those people, there is no
(39:15):
team, it's just a bunch ofindividuals.
So that's probably my favoritequote.
I can tell you right there yeah, there there's no.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Uh, there's no iron team team right.
Speaker 1 (39:25):
Exactly Very old school right there.
One of my I think eighth gradeteachers used to have this
saying on the wall and it saidanother just funny saying here
(39:54):
says I can't died in the war ofI'll try.
So I think that's somethingelse I can't died in the war of
I'll try, um.
So my ape green, uh civicsteachers used to have that on
the wall.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
So this is what this'm saying, johnny, you've
got the sayings.
I'm glad you said that, becauseI think it's not just myself I
would assume it's not justmyself that is going through any
kind of process or whatever itmight be, that's similar in
(40:23):
terms of trying to find theirnext team or the next thing.
Any kind of process or whateverit might be, that's similar in
terms of of of trying to findtheir next team or the next
thing, and and so um, yeah, Ithink that you kind of spoke to
that very well and like um, andwhatever it might be, you know
it's, you're just as importantas the next guy, so yeah
absolutely Absolutely so.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
Quinn, before we wrap up the show here, I want to
talk to you a little bit moreabout Cleveland.
So you've been in Clevelandabout a year.
You know, living in LittleItaly we talked about that, we
talked a little bit aboutUniversity Circle and the
museums, but what have been someof your favorite things that
you've experienced?
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Yeah, that's the nice thing is, I've got a lot to
explore, but I think thehighlight has been the Metro
Parks for sure.
I think that's just an obviousone.
I think there's pretty goodfood, I mean, even outside of
Little Italy.
Ohio City is a great placeTremont plenty of nice places to
(41:22):
go and eat and hang out.
Been to a Guardians gamealthough they lost, I think it's
a pretty cool field and then aCavs game as well.
So, actually, good sports,which is like, I mean, maybe not
the Browns, but it's good tohave a couple of good teams in
your city.
(41:43):
What else do I enjoy?
I enjoy the fact that it's anaffordable city to live in.
I'm sure you can probably agreewith that.
It's, I mean, it's nice thatyou could do fun things and not,
you know, burn an arm and a legwhile doing it.
So, yeah, there's, there's alot, and I I'm sure that I'm
going to need to take a few morerecommendations off of your you
(42:03):
know your list to do thissummer.
But no, there's there's a lotof fun things.
I've enjoyed it and, um, it'sconvinced me to stay for the
future.
So that kind of speaks foritself, I guess.
How about you?
What's your favorite.
What's your favorite part?
I know you're a Willoughby guy,but um what else do you?
Speaker 1 (42:24):
Yeah, that's that.
That's a great question.
So shout out Willoughby, loveWilloughby.
I would say it's one of thebest suburbs in Cleveland I'm
biased though.
You know I'm biased.
People like to say, though,when you're in Cleveland I'm
sure you've seen this there islike a divide of the east side
versus west side and that divideis real.
For people that don't know, thewest side don't mix with the
(42:46):
east side and the east sidedon't go to the west side for
some reason.
But you know I love Willoughbyand shout out Willoughby.
We actually did a show aboutall things Willoughby a while
back with a lot of great guests,so that's really cool.
If you want to check that out,definitely recommend for you to
check that out.
But I love Willoughby.
You know actually was just atWild Goose, one of the best
pizza places probably in all ofCleveland.
(43:08):
There it's really cool.
But the things probably that Iwould say I've enjoyed in
Cleveland we've been to a Cavsgame, which is fun.
Been to a couple of Guardiansgames, which are fun.
There's some great restaurants.
Lulo's is great Latin Americanfood, probably one of my
favorite restaurants.
Been to Morton's, been to theMarble Room, which are really
cool experiences when you'rethere.
(43:29):
And the suburbs offer a lot too.
I mean there's a lot of greatthings on the west side.
Been out to Avon to watch theCrushers play a game on the east
side Been to watch the Captainsplay, who are affiliated with
the Guardians.
The Crushers are an independentball club, so you know there's
a lot of great things like that.
I mean, you know UniversityCircle is great, love the Coffee
(43:52):
House.
You know it's a great, greatstaple there.
I was just there today.
Yeah, it's great.
And it's just so affordable andcheap.
Shout out the Coffee Housethere right by Weatherhead if
people want to go check that out.
It's literally a stone's throwaway.
So you know, I think thosethings are really cool.
But I think the suburbs have alot to offer too.
You know, the thing aboutCleveland is and I've been to a
(44:15):
lot of cities, I've been toBaltimore, been to Erie,
pittsburgh, morgantown,charleston, west Virginia,
memphis, I mean a lot ofdifferent places, omaha,
nebraska, ann Arbor I think theunique thing about Cleveland,
compared to all those otherplaces, is the suburbs offer
just as much, if not more, thanthe city too.
And the city offers a ton, butthe suburbs are fantastic.
(44:37):
I mean for people that you knowhaven't checked out Willoughby
or Mentor or Westlake, haven'tchecked out.
You know something like ChagrinFalls as well.
I mean there's a lot of cool.
You know suburbs with a lot, alot to do in Cleveland and you
know the one shameless plug I'llput out there is a new
Superband movie for everyonethat's going to check that out
(45:00):
Coming out this summer here.
It was actually filmed inCleveland.
Superman was founded inCleveland, I think, like 1932 in
a comic book.
So they came back to do that.
So, and can't forget thebeaches when you think of
Cleveland, you probably don'tthink of the beaches, but
there's a lot of great beachesright by the city or in the city
(45:20):
itself with like Edgewater so,and there's Mentor Headlands and
there's Fairport Harbor, evenout in Vermilion a little bit
way on the west side there.
So just a lot of cool places togo there.
So you know, hopefully you andall the listeners who get a
chance to experience Clevelandcan check out all those
wonderful things.
So, quinn, we're going to finishup the show with the vaunted
(45:44):
Fast 55.
And it's five random questionsbrought to you by yours truly
that literally talk aboutnothing we've had on the podcast
.
So you can choose to elaborateon these and go into as much
depth as you want, or you canjust answer them quickly and we
can move on.
But for all the new listenersout there, this is a segment we
came up with, mike and I, backin the summer of 2021 to kind of
(46:06):
end the show on on a on a funnynote.
So we've had all types ofanswers here, all types of
questions.
I just think of them and thenwe come up with them.
So, wayne, if you're ready, wecan get started all right, let's
do it okay, number one.
This is a tough one.
What is the best soap to use inthe shower?
Speaker 2 (46:26):
My soap, I don't know , that's a good answer Soap
brand.
Speaker 1 (46:32):
Yeah, soap brand.
Speaker 2 (46:36):
Yeah, hmm, I don't know.
Honestly, I feel likeeverything has all these crazy
chemicals in them nowadays.
Get something, get somethinghandmade.
That's my, that's my tip.
Go to your farmer's market, getsomething handmade.
Can't go wrong.
Speaker 1 (46:54):
Okay, shout out farmer's markets right there and
some farmer's market.
Speaker 2 (46:57):
Yeah, yeah, you gotta go to the farmer's unbranded.
That's my choice non-brand.
Speaker 1 (47:03):
Okay, you love a good , love a good farmer's market.
Are you a farmer's market fan?
That's not a question for thefast five when I'm.
Speaker 2 (47:11):
When there's one around, I feel like they pop up
like carnivals.
You know, you never really seethem, they're just like they're
there once in a while.
When I see one, it's like let'sget at it, let's get all the
soaps possible.
Speaker 1 (47:23):
So yeah, I like farmer's markets.
They're cool yeah, farmer'smarkets are definitely great and
shout out.
Willoughby's farmer's market isevery Saturday, rain or shine,
8 am until noon.
You can go.
You can go to brunch after alot of great brunch spots down
there, seoul, go to the wildgoose, go to Fiona's and get
coffee right across the street,you know.
Go to the bakery right there.
So definitely check outWilloughby's Farmer's Market.
(47:45):
But question number two for you, quinn what's worse If you have
to eat cereal with water orhaving to eat cereal with a fork
?
Speaker 2 (47:57):
Cereal with water, for sure, like you can have milk
with the cereal, but you haveto eat with a fork.
Or cereal with water, oh yeah,cereal with a fork.
You have to eat with a fork.
Or cereal with water, oh yeah,cereal with a fork, because then
it's like you're not ruining it.
You know what I mean?
You can still.
It's like, is it as good aswith a spoon?
No chance, but you can stillconsume the whole thing.
Water with cereal, that's likeright.
(48:18):
I don't think any cereal tastesgood with water cereal added,
so that I'm passionate aboutthat one.
Okay, okay, what's yourfavorite cereal of war?
Speaker 1 (48:23):
One big cereal added, so that I'm passionate about
that one.
Okay, okay, what's?
Speaker 2 (48:27):
your favorite cereal.
Cool Depends on the day.
I'm a big Captain Crunch fan,big Cinnamon Toast Crunch fan
those two.
Speaker 1 (48:40):
Are you a fan?
After you eat Captain Crunchand it rips the roof of your
mouth apart.
Speaker 2 (48:44):
I mean, do I like Getting my mouth ripped apart?
No chance, that didn't soundright, but no, yeah.
No, that's not fun, but CaptainCrunch is the best.
So thanks, okay.
Speaker 1 (48:57):
Okay, question number three when do you think the GPS
ranks as one of the topinventions ever?
Speaker 2 (49:06):
Alright, I gotta clarify what you're asking.
So there's a ranking system ofwhat's the best inventions.
Where do I think it falls?
Speaker 1 (49:13):
Okay, who?
Where do you think thedevelopment of the GPS falls in
the best inventions of all time?
Speaker 2 (49:21):
It's got to be top 20 , in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (49:26):
Uh, I'll go 17th okay , I would say to me it's
probably top five, because thegps literally makes the world go
round now with trains and busesand trucks, and but you gotta
think though if it's top five,that means's got to beat a lot
of other really good inventionsLike top five, like granted, you
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need a GPS in order to use manyof the other inventions.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
So I do think that's not a bad take, but I could
maybe get behind top five, butI'm going to stick with top 20.
I'll go 70.
Okay.
Question number four Areriarsoverrated or underrated,
underrated, underrated yeah, Ithink so, because I think
(50:19):
they're underrated, because Ifeel like you don't really get
to have them that often and likeit's kind of a good time to get
away from the TV and sports andyou know crap on the internet.
You know you're outside, youknow you're cooking s'mores.
(50:40):
Some hot dogs, like you, can beversatile with a campfire.
Yeah, I think it's underrated.
What about you?
Speaker 1 (50:47):
I think they're underrated.
Do I like smelling like smokeafter and having to clean it up?
Probably not, but if we're justtalking about the ambiance of a
bonfire, sure, I would saythey're underrated.
Speaker 2 (50:58):
I kind of like the smell of fire on the clothes.
Speaker 1 (51:04):
It makes me feel cool , you know, like, yeah, it's a
fire man, all right.
Last question, and this isgoing to be one you're probably
going to have to think oh great,if you and your best friend
were locked in a racquetballcourt?
Okay, so you know the size of aracquetball court.
So you and whoever your bestfriend is are locked inside a
racquetball court and you hadone flare with a flare gun, a
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box of pencils and a hose thathas water in it that you can
squirt, and you're in there witha blind but angry polar bear.
Do you think you can last fiveminutes For a million dollars?
Speaker 2 (51:47):
First of all, that is such a great hypothetical.
I mean, it's a scary one, butfive minutes for a hockey ball
court is small.
Flares, dude.
If the polar sees me, it's youhave a flare gun with one flare.
Speaker 1 (52:03):
But the bear's blind, but it's angry.
So, I have.
I have water.
You have a garden hose withwater, a box of pencils and a
flare gun with one flare.
You and your best friend in aracquetball court With a very
angry but blind Polar bear.
Speaker 2 (52:24):
I'm going to say, yeah, yeah, I can make it.
Why not Five minutes?
Let's be optimistic because,yeah, five minutes, let's do it.
I'm just going to say I think Ican do it.
I don't doubt my best friend'sabilities with those pencils.
So I think we can take thePolar Bear if we really have to.
Okay, yeah.
Speaker 1 (52:44):
So I think we can take the polar bear, if we
really have to.
Okay, yeah, so for people thatdon't know, I used to come up
with a lot of those questionslike the Fast 55.
We just had especially onesabout animals when we were in
college.
We'd be in stretch line and I'dbe like, hey, who do you think
wins in a fight?
Like five guys or 100 emperorpenguins.
And we would just have theseconversations and stretch.
And you know it's so funnybecause we did the bethany
football reunion show a coupleweeks ago so we had a lot of my
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old coaches and and formerplayers through the program on
there and it was brought up and,uh, you know, guys were just
talking about the nonsense wewould, we would talk about.
So that's kind of where thefast five originated about 20
years ago when I was playing uh,playing college football.
So, um, quinn, thank you so muchmuch for being a part of the
show today.
We really appreciate you takingyour time out of your evening
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to be on here with us.
I'd just like to say bestwishes and all of your future
endeavors and thank you for yourhard work.
You know that you helped uswith during your time as a
student at Weatherhead.
So, as always, if you enjoyedthe show.
Be a friend and tell a friendand if you didn't like it, tell
them anyways, because I betthey'd like to show just because
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Without further ado, I'd liketo introduce Quinn Flashpolar,
who is coming to us today fromCleveland Ohio, but originally
from the other side of the state.
Quinn, welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Thanks for having me, johnny.
I feel like I got some shoes tofill Season five.
Man, it's cool.
So, yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
Yeah, it's been fun.
When we started this out forthe listeners that don't know
the newer listeners, or maybethe ones that have been
listening for a little bit butdon't know the background Mike
just kind of started thispodcast on a whim.
He was working during COVID incustomer service and he would
just rant on his way home aboutthe stupid questions that he
gets all day, thus how the titleof Ride Home Rants started.
(01:34):
And then, for people that don'tknow, mike had a few individual
episodes and then he waslooking for guests and was like
hey, like does anybody want tobe a guest?
And I'm like I'll be a guest.
And then, after we recorded wayback in January of 2021, then I
came on as the manager andwe've been hosting people every
week.
So, for people that don't know,a little bit, behind the scenes
(01:56):
here and Quinn, you'll find thisout is Mike and I work in
tandem with all of our guests.
We have pretty much had all ofour friends on the show and a
lot of people we've connectedwith during various stops in our
careers as well.
And then really, mike does allthe technical great stuff with
the show and all the editing,and he does all that stuff, and
(02:17):
I come up a lot of times withthe flow of the show and the
topics and things like that.
So we really work hand in hand.
That's a little bit behind thescenes for everyone listening
right now about how we do this.
So, and Quinn, you just foundthat out too.
So there you go.
There's your like tidbit ofcool information from the day.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Oh yeah.
Oh yeah, it's cool.
It's the dynamic duo, so get tobe with one half.
Obviously, we know each otherproud to the show, but um, yeah,
it's really cool to know, andyou guys have come a long way
since, since the covid days, sokeep it going?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
yeah, we have, we have.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
So, quinn um, tell us originally where you're from
yeah, so originally from oxford,ohio, so from Oxford Ohio, so
Miami university, if you know,for those listening it's about
four hours Southwest ofCleveland, about an hour North
of Cincinnati, um, so yeah, Igrew up there and small town um,
(03:19):
as many, many other probablyfellow guests of the show are
from, it seems to be a commontheme small town, ohio kid.
So now living in Cleveland,although I'm a Cincinnati guy at
heart.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
So yeah, Okay Now, quinn, this is actually probably
something for all the listenersthat they'll find out.
So your first name's notactually Quinn, it's actually
one of many names that you have.
So can you tell the listenersactually what your name is?
And then, how did you start togo by Quinn?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Yeah, that's a great question.
I feel like I don't even knowthe origin story of why I
started to go by Quinn, but mylegal name is technically David
and then my two middle names areArthur, quinn and last name is
Flassbower.
I think my parents chose Quinnand then they chose David and
Arthur because those are my twograndfather's names, um, and
(04:16):
then I think they just felt likethat was the best flow of the
four.
Like if you were to sound itout or say it out loud, I think
that's probably the best way.
So maybe that was the decision,but it still seems to be a
mystery.
I mean, they, they had to comeup with something original
themselves and it just stuck.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
So, yeah, stood the test of time so was that hard
when you were like going byquinn but you were like saying
like elementary school or evenin middle school or high school
and people seeing like David onlike your attendance book, did
you get like have to tell peoplea lot that you're?
You went by Quinn but your namewas David.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Still still, to this day, like I mean, yeah, it's uh,
it's confusing because peopleare like I can't find your name
in the system and then I'm like,oh yeah, that's because my real
name is is david or vice versa.
So people still struggle withthat.
I mean I'm constantly tellingpeople no, my real legal name is
(05:13):
david.
So, yeah, been doing that forfor 23 years, so it's been fun I
gotcha, I gotcha.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
so, originally from oxford, ohio, you grow up there,
um, you know, and then you gooff to college.
So you do your undergrad out inIndiana.
Tell us about why you chosethat school.
What school did you choose?
You know what was thatexperience like and you were a
student athlete.
So what was that recruitingprocess like?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
So kind of walk us through that whole process like
so kind of walk us through thatwhole process.
Yeah, so I chose to attenddepaul university.
It's a small liberal artsschool in green castle, indiana,
kind of middle of nowhere, um,again, small town feel, which I
think there's a common themethere.
But um, essentially I knew Iwanted to go to school to play
(06:01):
soccer.
That was pretty much the numberone thing for why I was
pursuing any school.
I knew of DePaul because I hadtwo cousins that had previously
attended and played sports there.
So I'd heard of the school.
I had visited, been there a fewtimes and felt like looking
(06:22):
into it and reaching out to thecoaching staff at the time and I
think, after visiting a numberof times, felt like it was kind
of the right school Small feel,felt like I could play my sport
kind of right away and beimpactful and get a good
education.
And then, in terms of distance,was like you know, two and a
half hours from where I grew up,so kind of perfect balance of
(06:46):
not too far but far enough, andhad a lot of family that grew up
and then lives in Indianapolis,which is like 45 minutes away,
so it's like kind of had somefamiliarity with the area.
So it was.
You know plenty of schools outthere.
It was just about making achoice, and I chose DePaul.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Okay, and you mentioned you played soccer.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
What position did you play in soccer?
A number of different ones.
I started my career out as awinger and then, the way I look
at it is, as I progressively gotolder and slower, I started to
move towards the middle of thefield, which is, I think,
sometimes a common theme.
So winger to then centerattacking midfielder and then to
(07:31):
defensive midfielder.
So that was kind of the naturalprogression of things, gotcha.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Now you mentioned Indianapolis.
I've heard a lot of greatthings about there.
I've personally never beenthere, but for people that don't
know much about Indianapolis,it holds the NFL Combine there
every year at the Colts Stadium.
The Big Ten Championship gameis played there as well.
Usually Ohio State isrepresenting one of the teams
there, it seems like, but youknow what was Indianapolis like?
(08:01):
I'm sure you visited, onlybeing 45 minutes away, you know,
I heard it's a very fun town.
What was that like there?
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I've been to a number of Pacers games and have been
downtown a few times.
To be honest, I haven't spent aton of time in Indianapolis,
but similar to a Cleveland orCincinnati or Columbus, it's
similar size to my understanding.
I mean some really greatcompanies there.
You know Eli Lilly, one of themthat I think about a lot, among
(08:34):
many others, but it's a greatcity, very Midwest kind of like
similar vibe to.
You know a lot of the cities inOhio, Pittsburgh, so on and so
forth.
So yeah, it's a good time,think it's, it's on the come up,
I mean it's.
It's still got a lot of work todo in terms of development, but
there's a lot of opportunityand a lot of great people live
there.
So I love it.
Um, and I think the surroundingareas of indianapolis you kind
(08:59):
of break into, like the caramelsand the zinesvilles of the
world, like those two places,are really spectacular, so a lot
of great friends from there aswell.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
Are you a Pacers fan?
Speaker 2 (09:09):
I think like it depends on who they're playing.
I mean I would root for theCavs over the Pacers, but I'd
root for the Pacers over theThunder.
Like I'm not a huge NBA guy, tobe fair.
I'm more of a collegebasketball fan, to be honest,
but I mean it was cool to seethem get that far.
It's unfortunate that theydidn't win the ring, but, um,
(09:32):
yeah, so so, kind of to answeryour question, I'm kind of a fan
of the pacers.
Maybe fair weather would be theright, okay definition.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Okay, who you rocking out with college basketball?
Who's your squad?
Speaker 2 (09:43):
well, xavier musketeers man, that's my school
.
Yeah, that's just kind of thethe family lineage parents went
there, grandfather uh, you knowother family um, grandparents
taught there, so on and so forth.
So yeah, I've been a xavier fansince I was like born, I guess
okay okay, I am.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
I am a.
I am a Hawaii Warriorsbasketball and football fan.
So I, you know, you know me Igot my like Yeti Hawaii um water
mug in my office.
So, um, not not too many people, you know, cheer on Hawaii
sports here on the mainland but,um, you know people that don't
know.
Xavier, it's a really niceschool.
It's a smaller Division Ischool.
It's a Catholic university, soyou do have a large contingency
(10:27):
of Catholic students there aswell.
But down in the Cincinnati areaactually big rivals with
Cincinnati and also Dayton dueto geographic location.
So just throwing that out therefor Xavier.
So I know this.
You mentioned this to me beforeand you just kind of talked
about it.
Um, a lot of your familiesworked in higher ed um, and more
(10:49):
of the academic space, um, Ibelieve.
So can you kind of talk about,like, what family has worked.
You mentioned about Xavier, butI believe one of your parents
works in the higher ed space too.
What is, uh, you know where,where, where were they at?
Speaker 2 (11:02):
Yeah, so my dad is currently a professor at Miami
university the school where youknow it's where I grew up and
whatnot.
Um a professor of psychology,clinical psychology.
He um has taught there for,yeah, probably 22 years now.
Um did his PhD at university ofSouth Carolina, then did a sort
(11:26):
of fellowship at Yale and thenstarted his career at Miami and
has kind of been there eversince.
So, yeah, I think he kind offollowed the lineage as well.
My grandfather was also aprofessor of statistics at
Xavier and you know, othermembers of my family are in
(11:49):
academia and whatnot.
So it's nice because that'swhere I probably get a lot of my
school brains from.
For sure, my dad's a prettysmart fellow, so it's cool.
It's something that I've alwayskept in the back of my mind,
like, am I going to keep thefamily tradition alive or do I
do my own thing?
So, um, yeah, it's nice to togrow up with a smart guy, um,
(12:14):
but he's kind of ventured offinto different areas over time
but he does still teach.
So hope that answers thequestion.
Speaker 1 (12:33):
Yeah, absolutely.
And you know what?
It's never too soon or too lateto get in the higher ed space.
So you have a lot of time, many, many years in front of you.
So maybe you'll get yourgraduate degree from and
continue with your last yeareligibility for soccer.
So kind of walk us through thatnow, because that's a little
bit different and I think peoplethat know the eligibility stuff
(12:55):
and the things that happen withCOVID is that a lot of students
got an extra year or two, maybesome even three, and they went
on to other schools as graduatestudents and playing.
So walk us through the graduaterecruitment space and where did
you ultimately end up to playsoccer for your last year?
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Yeah, so I graduated from DePaul in fall of 2023.
And this was kind of aninteresting time because, as you
, you, you well know that mostpeople graduate in the spring.
I was a winter grad and was fora long time.
I wanted to use the last yearof eligibility, um, so a big
(13:39):
part of graduating and then, umknow, figuring out the next
steps, was like finding theright school and so thinking
about schools that I hadpreviously communicated with, um
, schools that I knew were inthe area of where I grew up or,
you know, close to depaul andwhatnot, um, and programs that
(14:05):
had done well on both the soccerstandpoint and had good
academic programs, were kind ofthe main things that I was
looking for.
I just felt like I had someextra power in the legs and so,
yeah, I found Katie's Plus.
That's where I ultimatelydecided to go to school.
I'd been recruited therepreviously, when I was in high
(14:25):
school, which feels like foreverago, but I used that last year
to do the master of finance atCase, which was a great program
For me.
I wanted to go to school again,but only for a year, and
provide that flexibility.
Let me, just let me fix thisreal quick, okay, so anyways,
(14:55):
let me let me know, is thatbetter?
Are you getting any?
Yeah, yeah, okay, sorry aboutthat, so anyways yeah, slight
technical difficulties.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
It happens when you're on zoom.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Yeah, so it's all good yeah, yeah, okay, sorry
about that.
So anyways, um, yeah, I foundcase or kind of revisited, felt
like it had the best graduateprogram in terms of what I was
looking for.
I started econ at DePaul andthen, yeah, I felt like the
combination of finance was agreat duo, so reached out to the
(15:27):
coaching staff, got connectedwith them, who I had previously
been in contact with when I wasin high school.
But this coaching staff, thehead coach, was at a different
school back then.
So, yeah, long story short, thekind of process looked like
reaching out to a bunch ofschools and communicating with
coaching staffs and sending filmand talking about my grades and
(15:51):
my academic pursuits andwhatnot, and just Case Western
was kind of the best, um, meshof those two worlds.
So that's where I ended up andit was a great experience, I
think.
Um, exactly what I was lookingfor and happy to continue
playing for another year at thecollege level.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
So Okay, and for people that don't know much
about um, case Western ReserveUniversity, it is in Cleveland.
It is a top 50 school in thecountry academically the second
ranked school, or first rankedschool depending on the rankings
in the state of Ohio with OhioState by a pretty wide margin,
verse number three.
About 6,000 undergrads thereand then about 6,000 master's
(16:33):
degree through doctoratestudents as well.
So very good academic school.
So, quinn, how did you balancesuch a high academic school with
being a student athlete?
Speaker 2 (16:46):
I didn't, no, I'm just kidding.
Yeah, I think it's all aboutcoming up with a list of
priorities.
Yeah, I think it's all aboutcoming up with a list of
priorities and I think the storyhas always been school first
and then sports second or havingfun second.
So, yeah, it was about gettingthe work done and sacrificing
(17:07):
time.
Sacrificing, you know, goingout on the weekends and whatnot.
So, yeah, I think the nicething about the Master of
Finance program at Case Westernis that a lot of the work that
you do is in groups, and I thinkthat the groups that I worked
(17:28):
with were very accommodating.
They understood that I was anathlete and what I wasn't able
to do some weeks I'd kind ofbalance out by doing extra the
following week and so on and soforth.
So I think that's it was ablessing that I think the
program that I was in wasflexible, the people were great,
the faculty and the staff weregreat.
I mean it was.
You don't really know what youdon't know until you really go
(17:53):
through something like that.
And I think, looking back, I'mvery grateful for um the ability
to manage my schedule more thananything, because if it weren't
for the people that helped me,then I probably would have been
able to do it.
So Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
And you know one of my own college coaches um, shout
out to to Tim Weaver, who wasprevious guest on the show one
of my college football coachesused to tell us and he said when
you're a college athlete,priority one can be sports, but
priority 1A better be academics.
And it's okay to flip that andmake academics priority one and
sports 1A, but you can't playsports in college without your
(18:28):
academics and you're not goingto have much of a career if you
don't emphasize the academics.
But the sports are giving youthe tools to also succeed in
academics too.
So I always remember that.
I always used to tell my guysthat when I coached for a long
time and it's just a great thingto think about when you're a
(18:49):
college athlete that you reallyneed to make sure both of them
are on par with one another.
So soccer ends and you stillhave another semester to go.
The Master of Finance is atwo-semester program, so you
actually get a job as a graduateassistant, in theory a lead
ambassador in the admissionsoffice for graduate admissions
(19:10):
at Weatherhead, so uh, which isthe management school at case
western.
So, uh, what was that like?
Speaker 2 (19:17):
yeah, it was interesting.
Like you retire from fromsports, you realize that you're
likely not going to go pro.
I don't know if I'll ever saynever, but uh, you know, career
is over and and so it's like you.
You kind of got to fill in thegaps because it's like you've
got all this time on your hands.
So, yeah, I found thisincredible GA position with the
(19:40):
lovely Weatherhead School ofManagement admissions team and
it was great, really experiencedbefore in terms of reaching out
to people, doing someperspective stuff, speaking with
people from other countriesevery single week, emailing
(20:01):
dozens of people every week, um,basically telling people that
case western is the school forthem.
Um, and it very well could be,for for many people it turned
out to be, so it was really fun.
I loved working with the teamand Johnny, as you may well know
, working with me every week.
It was a lot of fun.
(20:22):
So I learned a lot and was ledby some great mentors at the
Weatherhead School.
So it's a skill or a job thattaught me many skills that have
been helpful, um, as I kind ofcontinue to pursue professional
opportunities.
Speaker 1 (20:39):
So it's been great it was great, absolutely Well, on
behalf of all of us there.
We appreciated you, uh, youknow, jumping in and working
hard for us every week and doingall the great things that um
you, that you could do for usand especially all that reach
out.
So really grateful.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
And talking to all the prospective students when
they were on campus it's fun Igot to add, it's fun because to
anyone that's maybe going to bea college student, I would
highly recommend doing somethinglike this, because you learn
skills, you learn how to speakwith people, but you feel like
you're providing people withsuch a great service and you
(21:16):
feel good because it's likeyou're kind of paying it back in
a sense.
You know you had a lot ofquestions when you were thinking
about going to school, as I did, and being able to answer them.
For people that are curious andwant to figure out the next
steps for life, it's like, ohman, what's better than that?
So, yeah, yeah, absolutely, thatwas just add a detail.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
All right, sorry, yeah, no, absolutely no, feel
free to add.
You know, I think I wouldalways tell people, whether
you're a graduate student orundergrad, you know, find
opportunities to connect oncampus and I'm not just saying
that with sports right, ifyou're an athlete and I was an
athlete, you were an athlete orif you're in the band or
cheerleading or whatever clubsand organizations.
(21:56):
But find other opportunitieslike working.
Right, you're going to meet alot of professional people.
If you have a work, study jobor a graduate assistant job.
I mean a lot of people you'regoing to learn from a lot of
great people in a lot ofpositions who have been there
for maybe a couple months ortheir whole life.
You know you're going to learna lot of skills from a lot of
(22:17):
different people and you'regoing to pick up on one or two
things and I think learningthose skills from professionals
as a young person you know 18,19, 21, 22, whatever it may be
you know it's going to help youwith the longevity of your
career because, as I'm sureyou've seen, you know our office
has had many differentindividuals in it and you
probably picked up a skill ortwo from each of us or just some
(22:39):
type of mannerism or somethinglike that.
So you know, I would encouragepeople to connect that way.
It's also great to work oncampus and when you make those
connections, those people reallygood job references.
You know they're great forletters of recommendation.
Those people are really goodjob references, you know they're
great for letters ofrecommendation, you know, later
on.
So I would encourage people towork, you know, just for a
(23:01):
little bit when you're on campusand just connect with the
professionals there, because alot of people in higher ed, as
you know with, like your dad andyour family, not are always
higher ed people.
They know a lot of people inthe public sector or the private
sector or health care orwhatever it may be.
So I think it's always great toconnect with those people and
work on campus.
Did you work at all when you'reat the pod?
Did you have any jobs oranything?
Speaker 2 (23:24):
No, I didn't work for the school at all, I just yeah,
I was just a full-time athlete.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Gotcha, you know I was right there with you, though
I did when I was at bethanywhen I was doing my degree you
had to do.
At that time I was in sportsmanagement.
Um, you had to do two on campuson practicums and then also an
off-campus internship.
So I'll never forget my two oncampus, um, practicums.
One was I was responsible forfilling the vending machines in
(23:52):
the athletic center every week.
So I had to like, of course,with, like my advisor, but I had
to fill the machines, tell the,you know, write down how much
we needed of each pop, or soda,as people say, or soda pop, as
some other people say.
But I had to do that.
I had to deposit the quarters.
I had to manage that with, likethe business office.
(24:16):
So I think that gave me like areally well-rounded set of
skills to do something like that.
And then my other one was I hadto manage the 6 am to 2 pm work
shift in the rec center withthe workers.
So that was always was alwaysum, interesting and and fun as
well, um, so those are two I didwhen I was on campus.
(24:37):
So so you're at Case.
Uh, you know, originally fromOxford, so you're getting a
chance to, to learn aboutCleveland.
Um, you know, and you end upfinding a place in little Italy,
uh, the famous little Italy inCleveland.
So tell us about, um, tell usabout living in little Italy.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
That's great.
It's a great area.
I mean.
I think pretty much anyone thatlives here can testify to that
it's uh, it's not short of greatfood, plenty of stuff to do.
I mean it's a cute little spotnot too far from university
circle, which is ranked as oneof the, I think, best places to
be, um, definitely in ohio, interms of just culture.
(25:20):
Um, so your your stones throwaway from from case, from a
bunch of different museums, soit's a great place to be.
I mean, I've loved living here.
I've been here for about a yearand you know, every day I'm
walking to, you know, somewherenearby, whether that's a
restaurant or a cafe or a marketor whatever.
(25:41):
So it's fun and if you're everin Cleveland, it's definitely
worth stopping by and grabbingsome food or a drink or
something like that.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
What is your favorite restaurant in Little Italy?
I'm curious to hear this.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
Home Bistro.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Oh, I did not expect that from you.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
You know why?
Because I work there now.
Speaker 1 (26:05):
Oh nice.
Speaker 2 (26:07):
Yeah, so that's my weekend thing, but no, it's
actually, I would say, becauseevery place has a great food.
The thing that Home Beach,charlotte, it separates itself
is because it's not Italian.
I mean, you go to Little Italy,of course people are like
everything's going to be Italianfood.
It's not, it's New American andit's very good.
So that's my pick, although ofcourse you know you've got
(26:31):
plenty of great Italianrestaurants.
You know, sometimes it's niceof of great Italian restaurants.
Um, you know, sometimes it'snice that there is something
different to the mix.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
So shout out Okay, a little shameless plug right
there.
We appreciate that.
Uh, you know, shout out thebusinesses.
So I would say mine is probablyTrattoria.
Um, I really, really loveTrattoria, I love the patio
there.
So, yeah, I just think that'sprobably my favorite.
I know a lot of people are veryopinionated on their favorite
restaurant in Little Italy.
Speaker 2 (27:09):
To be fair, I've only really experienced four of them
in terms of going out to eat,so that's my ranking for now.
Okay, I'll, but trattoria isdefinitely up there.
I, I like trattoria.
We had a good.
We had a good meal there latein the semester, in may, so yeah
, that's a great restaurant aswell so did you like to go to
corbo's bakery a lot I've onlybeen there probably three times.
(27:31):
Okay, I gotta stay away from thebakeries.
That's the thing.
It's right there.
It's so tempting to go there,or to go to the Murray Hill
Market or to get gelato right upthe street.
It's always tempting.
Yeah, I've only been there acouple of times, but it's great.
(27:52):
I mean, I've gotten a bunch ofthe cakes.
I got a cake there once, likewhat, got gelato there, um, a
bunch of pastries.
So, yeah, it's, it's good.
Is that your?
Is that your spot?
When you're you're done?
Oh yeah.
Speaker 1 (28:06):
Oh yeah, no, for sure , for sure.
Um, they did our desserts, uh,desserts for our wedding.
So it was really, it was reallyawesome.
But even before that, you knowI love going there.
Cannolis are wonderful therainbow cookies some people call
them seven layer cookiesthey're.
They're great too.
They sell a great Corleonesauce, clemenza's, highly
(28:26):
recommended for all my paisansout there that love Italian food
and love a good sauce.
Shout out to Clemenza Corleonesauce.
But no, definitely love Corbo's.
They do a great business there.
They have the other business inPlayhouse Square, so big fan of
them.
So the other thing, talkingabout a little bit of
self-control, of going to thebakery, you're also pretty in
(28:48):
shape still.
You still like working out, youstill like keeping busy.
So what were your workouts likewhen you were in soccer,
compared to now being a retiredathlete?
Speaker 2 (29:02):
so I guess, in terms of like in in college, uh, the
workouts would definitely changeyear to year.
Um, I would say a lot morefitness, a lot more running.
I think the I feel like a lotof student athletes would attest
to this.
Um, the natural progression islike you finish your sport and a
(29:27):
lot of people get into, likeweightlifting, and I feel like
that's what's happened with me,where it's been less about
endurance and running and moreabout let's bulk up and build
some strength, you know.
So that's kind of the bigdifference.
I think the workouts as asoccer player are heavy cardio,
(29:48):
of course, strength training,but it's not about size, it's
about speed and agility andwhatnot.
So you can kind of imagine thedifferences in the workouts
today, where it's more aboutgetting big and strong versus
just being fit.
So, yeah, I would say I need tostart running again.
(30:12):
Let's just put it that way.
Yeah, I'm already out of breath, if you can't tell.
Speaker 1 (30:20):
You got to run when you can because it's harder as
you get older, especially withthe wear and tear from being a
college athlete.
I don't know if I ever told youthis.
So you know, after I retiredfrom playing football on track
and graduated, you know, I didused to bang the weights out
pretty good and then I startedto have some back issues and
(30:40):
then I found out I haddegenerative arthritis in my
back.
So I've had to really cater myworkouts around that.
But probably about maybe aboutsix years ago, leading up to our
first game, when I was coachingcollege football and working in
admissions, I was like I wantto run sprints, I'm going to do
a pyramid and run 10s, 20s, 30sand 40s.
(31:01):
And don't you know, my last 40,my last 40 of that workout, I
significantly pulled and tore mygroin.
So I don't know if I ever toldyou that and that was the end.
That was the end of my runningdays.
It's been nothing but theelliptical, the stairmaster or
power walking, and for anyonethat's never tore their groin
(31:23):
partially, it's terrible, morethan full muscles.
So not a fun time.
So I've had to adjust big time.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
I gotta just mention how much I resonate with you in
terms of the low back problems.
That was something that I dealtwith a lot in college and had
disc issues and had surgery andwhatnot, and I've been looking
into getting one of those Nordicbenches.
Been going back and forth withthis guy on Facebook Marketplace
(31:52):
trying to get a good deal.
Those things are like fantastic, though I'm sure you know a lot
about the.
Nordic bench.
So that's like I'm trying tobuild my own home gym, as kind
of the next thing you know, I'mbecoming an adult.
Own home gym as kind of thenext thing you know, I'm
becoming an adult.
I feel like that's what adultsdo.
So building my home gym.
(32:12):
I got to have an order ofpension there, but I got to get
a good price on it on FacebookMarketplace first, so the low
back stuff is no joke.
I had sciatica oh, it washorrible.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
So that's a career breaker for sure I remember I
remember so, even horrible, sothat's a career breaker for sure
.
I remember.
I remember so, going, evenbefore that, dealing with the
back issues, I remember I waslike weightlifting, I was
coaching high school footballand then my back just really
flared up and it was probablythe worst flare up, um, I ever
had, and I was trying to coach aseven on seven passing
(32:41):
scrimmage with that and Iremember I could barely get out
of my car when I got home andthen, like the next day, I
couldn't even walk.
I actually I like I fell overin my house and had to pull
myself up by the doorknob.
So you know, back injuries areno, no joke.
Um, so I would tell people, youknow, got to take care of your
back, you got to do abs, you gotto do lower back exercises to
(33:02):
strengthen your abs.
Um, even if, even if you,you've catered your workouts
differently, still do those, youneed to keep your back, because
your back, as you know, quinn,controls every other part of
your body, and if your back ishurt and you can't move your
neck and your head from side toside without shooting pain going
down through your back and toyour legs, as you probably know,
(33:24):
yeah, it's no fun, people.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
Just keep your listen to John.
I'll just put listen to John,all right.
Speaker 1 (33:35):
Yeah, you know, and when I started catering my
workouts different, I would goto Planet Fitness, which is a
little bit more friendly to whatI would want.
And you know I can see why thata lot of people who go there,
you know, enjoy going therebecause it's not like being in a
typical gym and banging outjust heavy weights and deadlifts
and squats, a lot of it's, youknow, the dumbbells and the
Smith machines and things likethat to really help, you know,
(33:59):
people out.
But we're in the process ofputting a home gym in in our
basement right now.
There you go.
So we got a bench down there,got some dumbbells, um, you know
, got got a um strength grip bar, so just enough for me to do
what I need to do, and a lot ofbody weight exercises too.
Right, so you can't, can'treally.
Speaker 2 (34:19):
You got the bicep curl machine in there yet not
the bicep curl machine.
Speaker 1 (34:22):
We got an easy bar, though yeah, we do have uh, we
do have, uh, we do have yeah,you know, it's kind of kind of
all I need.
You know, I was just talking tosomebody the other day and
they're like well, what do youdo for your leg workouts?
I was like, I do, I do sumosquats, uh, with a dumbbell, I
do a lot of calf raises on thesteps, I'll do side raises, uh,
lunges, body weight lunges, I'lldo like hip thrusts, like
(34:42):
things like that I think is justjust enough for me.
And you know, going on my walksand stuff too, so, um, so
that's all you need, Right, soyou graduate from Weatherhead,
right, you just graduate.
Um, you know, really, sevenweeks ago, eight weeks ago, Um,
you know what's next in thejourney for Quinn?
Speaker 2 (35:07):
Yeah, that's a good question.
I think I'm.
I wish I had an answer for you,but uh, what I do know is that
I'll be in Cleveland, um, youknow, I'm coaching soccer, um
keeping myself busy on theweekends, making some money
working at you know, arestaurant, waiting tables and
interviewing, uh, still.
So, uh, it's one of thosethings where been in a handful
(35:30):
of of of interview processes andthey've just not, um, they've
gone well, they just have.
I've come up short a handful oftimes.
So, just continuing to bepersistent and and we'll find
something that fits what I wantto do, be persistent and and
we'll find something that fitswhat I want to do, hopefully
(35:50):
soon.
But, um, at the same time, I'menjoying kind of the time off.
I mean, I'm still, um, you know, doing some stuff here and
there and keep myself busy asmuch as I can.
But, yeah, hopefully, hopefully, corporate life at some point
and then just doing a wholebunch of other things.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
So, yeah, well, and that leads into a great segue
here, because I think when yougraduate from college, whether
an undergrad or graduate degree,I think people are always
reaching for this shiny object,and the shiny object sometimes
isn't always there, right, andpeople have to take some other
jobs and but they learn otherskills, right, and they do
things that they may not havethought before and they find a
(36:26):
passion for that.
You know, I probably wouldassume maybe when you were in
the finance program you probablythought you know, hey, I'm not
gonna coach, I'm just gonna gowork in the corporate world.
But then yet you found yourselfin that path and another door
is opened.
Well, maybe the corporatefinance door hasn't opened, or
the psychology room hasn'topened for someone, or economics
, or math.
(36:46):
You're opening new doors foryourself and I think that's
great for any graduate toexperience.
You know, I got out of my degreeand I didn't land something in
sports management right away,but I found my passion and
coaching at that time andworking with individuals in the
sports space, and I think thatthat really helped me in my life
get to the part of the careerI'm in now.
(37:07):
So that's great, you're doingthat and I would encourage
anyone you know to dive intosomething too if something's
quite not in front of you.
You know that shiny object thatyou're searching for because
it'll be there and you'll getthere.
You'll definitely get there,but definitely take the road
less traveled, I like to say,for certain people, right,
(37:30):
because the road less traveledsometimes leads to the highway,
uh, forever for yourself.
So, um, you know, good,definitely good luck to you in
that you know that realm.
Speaker 2 (37:33):
So let me just say you've got like the best sayings
, like the best phrases, stufflike that.
Dude, you've been having thatsince, like I think, we met, so
I just got to give you a shoutout.
You've got the good.
What's the?
What's the name for having?
What's the name for the phrase?
Speaker 1 (37:48):
It's like.
I'm coming out no, you're good,You're good.
I'll say no, Thank you for the,the the compliment there.
So you also in life you learn.
You learn a lot of cool sayingsas you get older and you're
around a lot of other people andyou'll take those life
experiences too.
But no, thank you.
Thank you for that.
And I think you know probablyone of the best things I've told
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people, whether it was workingin higher ed or coaching or
really any spaces and I justsaid this the other day too.
Again, my college coach, TimWeaver, used to say when you're
a part of a team, no matter howmany people are on that team,
whether it's a team of 120 guysin football or an office of 10
people, right, Everybody is justas important as the next person
on that team.
And the moment people stoprealizing that they're just as
(38:34):
important as the next person,the team suffers and you become
a bunch of individuals.
And I really have resonatedwith that with my career,
because in my life and I used totell people that because when
you're a part of a team,everyone is contributing in a
different way, whether you'rethe best recruiter out there and
somebody else maybe isn't, oryou're the best football player
(38:54):
or the soccer player or thetrack person, whatever it is,
but there's always somebody elseon the team contributing in a
different way, you know,bringing some type of positivity
, some type of good nature andsomething to that team.
So I think that's probably oneof the most favorite things I
ever heard is, when you are apart of a team, everyone is
equally important, and withoutall those people, there is no
(39:15):
team, it's just a bunch ofindividuals.
So that's probably my favoritequote.
I can tell you right there yeah, there there's no.
Speaker 2 (39:21):
Uh, there's no iron team team right.
Speaker 1 (39:25):
Exactly Very old school right there.
One of my I think eighth gradeteachers used to have this
saying on the wall and it saidanother just funny saying here
(39:54):
says I can't died in the war ofI'll try.
So I think that's somethingelse I can't died in the war of
I'll try, um.
So my ape green, uh civicsteachers used to have that on
the wall.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
So this is what this'm saying, johnny, you've
got the sayings.
I'm glad you said that, becauseI think it's not just myself I
would assume it's not justmyself that is going through any
kind of process or whatever itmight be, that's similar in
(40:23):
terms of trying to find theirnext team or the next thing.
Any kind of process or whateverit might be, that's similar in
terms of of of trying to findtheir next team or the next
thing, and and so um, yeah, Ithink that you kind of spoke to
that very well and like um, andwhatever it might be, you know
it's, you're just as importantas the next guy, so yeah
absolutely Absolutely so.
Speaker 1 (40:45):
Quinn, before we wrap up the show here, I want to
talk to you a little bit moreabout Cleveland.
So you've been in Clevelandabout a year.
You know, living in LittleItaly we talked about that, we
talked a little bit aboutUniversity Circle and the
museums, but what have been someof your favorite things that
you've experienced?
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Yeah, that's the nice thing is, I've got a lot to
explore, but I think thehighlight has been the Metro
Parks for sure.
I think that's just an obviousone.
I think there's pretty goodfood, I mean, even outside of
Little Italy.
Ohio City is a great placeTremont plenty of nice places to
(41:22):
go and eat and hang out.
Been to a Guardians gamealthough they lost, I think it's
a pretty cool field and then aCavs game as well.
So, actually, good sports,which is like, I mean, maybe not
the Browns, but it's good tohave a couple of good teams in
your city.
(41:43):
What else do I enjoy?
I enjoy the fact that it's anaffordable city to live in.
I'm sure you can probably agreewith that.
It's, I mean, it's nice thatyou could do fun things and not,
you know, burn an arm and a legwhile doing it.
So, yeah, there's, there's alot, and I I'm sure that I'm
going to need to take a few morerecommendations off of your you
(42:03):
know your list to do thissummer.
But no, there's there's a lotof fun things.
I've enjoyed it and, um, it'sconvinced me to stay for the
future.
So that kind of speaks foritself, I guess.
How about you?
What's your favorite.
What's your favorite part?
I know you're a Willoughby guy,but um what else do you?
Speaker 1 (42:24):
Yeah, that's that.
That's a great question.
So shout out Willoughby, loveWilloughby.
I would say it's one of thebest suburbs in Cleveland I'm
biased though.
You know I'm biased.
People like to say, though,when you're in Cleveland I'm
sure you've seen this there islike a divide of the east side
versus west side and that divideis real.
For people that don't know, thewest side don't mix with the
(42:46):
east side and the east sidedon't go to the west side for
some reason.
But you know I love Willoughbyand shout out Willoughby.
We actually did a show aboutall things Willoughby a while
back with a lot of great guests,so that's really cool.
If you want to check that out,definitely recommend for you to
check that out.
But I love Willoughby.
You know actually was just atWild Goose, one of the best
pizza places probably in all ofCleveland.
(43:08):
There it's really cool.
But the things probably that Iwould say I've enjoyed in
Cleveland we've been to a Cavsgame, which is fun.
Been to a couple of Guardiansgames, which are fun.
There's some great restaurants.
Lulo's is great Latin Americanfood, probably one of my
favorite restaurants.
Been to Morton's, been to theMarble Room, which are really
cool experiences when you'rethere.
(43:29):
And the suburbs offer a lot too.
I mean there's a lot of greatthings on the west side.
Been out to Avon to watch theCrushers play a game on the east
side Been to watch the Captainsplay, who are affiliated with
the Guardians.
The Crushers are an independentball club, so you know there's
a lot of great things like that.
I mean, you know UniversityCircle is great, love the Coffee
(43:52):
House.
You know it's a great, greatstaple there.
I was just there today.
Yeah, it's great.
And it's just so affordable andcheap.
Shout out the Coffee Housethere right by Weatherhead if
people want to go check that out.
It's literally a stone's throwaway.
So you know, I think thosethings are really cool.
But I think the suburbs have alot to offer too.
You know, the thing aboutCleveland is and I've been to a
(44:15):
lot of cities, I've been toBaltimore, been to Erie,
pittsburgh, morgantown,charleston, west Virginia,
memphis, I mean a lot ofdifferent places, omaha,
nebraska, ann Arbor I think theunique thing about Cleveland,
compared to all those otherplaces, is the suburbs offer
just as much, if not more, thanthe city too.
And the city offers a ton, butthe suburbs are fantastic.
(44:37):
I mean for people that you knowhaven't checked out Willoughby
or Mentor or Westlake, haven'tchecked out.
You know something like ChagrinFalls as well.
I mean there's a lot of cool.
You know suburbs with a lot, alot to do in Cleveland and you
know the one shameless plug I'llput out there is a new
Superband movie for everyonethat's going to check that out
(45:00):
Coming out this summer here.
It was actually filmed inCleveland.
Superman was founded inCleveland, I think, like 1932 in
a comic book.
So they came back to do that.
So, and can't forget thebeaches when you think of
Cleveland, you probably don'tthink of the beaches, but
there's a lot of great beachesright by the city or in the city
(45:20):
itself with like Edgewater so,and there's Mentor Headlands and
there's Fairport Harbor, evenout in Vermilion a little bit
way on the west side there.
So just a lot of cool places togo there.
So you know, hopefully you andall the listeners who get a
chance to experience Clevelandcan check out all those
wonderful things.
So, quinn, we're going to finishup the show with the vaunted
(45:44):
Fast 55.
And it's five random questionsbrought to you by yours truly
that literally talk aboutnothing we've had on the podcast
.
So you can choose to elaborateon these and go into as much
depth as you want, or you canjust answer them quickly and we
can move on.
But for all the new listenersout there, this is a segment we
came up with, mike and I, backin the summer of 2021 to kind of
(46:06):
end the show on on a on a funnynote.
So we've had all types ofanswers here, all types of
questions.
I just think of them and thenwe come up with them.
So, wayne, if you're ready, wecan get started all right, let's
do it okay, number one.
This is a tough one.
What is the best soap to use inthe shower?
Speaker 2 (46:26):
My soap, I don't know , that's a good answer Soap
brand.
Speaker 1 (46:32):
Yeah, soap brand.
Speaker 2 (46:36):
Yeah, hmm, I don't know.
Honestly, I feel likeeverything has all these crazy
chemicals in them nowadays.
Get something, get somethinghandmade.
That's my, that's my tip.
Go to your farmer's market, getsomething handmade.
Can't go wrong.
Speaker 1 (46:54):
Okay, shout out farmer's markets right there and
some farmer's market.
Speaker 2 (46:57):
Yeah, yeah, you gotta go to the farmer's unbranded.
That's my choice non-brand.
Speaker 1 (47:03):
Okay, you love a good , love a good farmer's market.
Are you a farmer's market fan?
That's not a question for thefast five when I'm.
Speaker 2 (47:11):
When there's one around, I feel like they pop up
like carnivals.
You know, you never really seethem, they're just like they're
there once in a while.
When I see one, it's like let'sget at it, let's get all the
soaps possible.
Speaker 1 (47:23):
So yeah, I like farmer's markets.
They're cool yeah, farmer'smarkets are definitely great and
shout out.
Willoughby's farmer's market isevery Saturday, rain or shine,
8 am until noon.
You can go.
You can go to brunch after alot of great brunch spots down
there, seoul, go to the wildgoose, go to Fiona's and get
coffee right across the street,you know.
Go to the bakery right there.
So definitely check outWilloughby's Farmer's Market.
(47:45):
But question number two for you, quinn what's worse If you have
to eat cereal with water orhaving to eat cereal with a fork
?
Speaker 2 (47:57):
Cereal with water, for sure, like you can have milk
with the cereal, but you haveto eat with a fork.
Or cereal with water, oh yeah,cereal with a fork.
You have to eat with a fork.
Or cereal with water, oh yeah,cereal with a fork, because then
it's like you're not ruining it.
You know what I mean?
You can still.
It's like, is it as good aswith a spoon?
No chance, but you can stillconsume the whole thing.
Water with cereal, that's likeright.
(48:18):
I don't think any cereal tastesgood with water cereal added,
so that I'm passionate aboutthat one.
Okay, okay, what's yourfavorite cereal of war?
Speaker 1 (48:23):
One big cereal added, so that I'm passionate about
that one.
Okay, okay, what's?
Speaker 2 (48:27):
your favorite cereal.
Cool Depends on the day.
I'm a big Captain Crunch fan,big Cinnamon Toast Crunch fan
those two.
Speaker 1 (48:40):
Are you a fan?
After you eat Captain Crunchand it rips the roof of your
mouth apart.
Speaker 2 (48:44):
I mean, do I like Getting my mouth ripped apart?
No chance, that didn't soundright, but no, yeah.
No, that's not fun, but CaptainCrunch is the best.
So thanks, okay.
Speaker 1 (48:57):
Okay, question number three when do you think the GPS
ranks as one of the topinventions ever?
Speaker 2 (49:06):
Alright, I gotta clarify what you're asking.
So there's a ranking system ofwhat's the best inventions.
Where do I think it falls?
Speaker 1 (49:13):
Okay, who?
Where do you think thedevelopment of the GPS falls in
the best inventions of all time?
Speaker 2 (49:21):
It's got to be top 20 , in my opinion.
Speaker 1 (49:26):
Uh, I'll go 17th okay , I would say to me it's
probably top five, because thegps literally makes the world go
round now with trains and busesand trucks, and but you gotta
think though if it's top five,that means's got to beat a lot
of other really good inventionsLike top five, like granted, you
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need a GPS in order to use manyof the other inventions.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
So I do think that's not a bad take, but I could
maybe get behind top five, butI'm going to stick with top 20.
I'll go 70.
Okay.
Question number four Areriarsoverrated or underrated,
underrated, underrated yeah, Ithink so, because I think
(50:19):
they're underrated, because Ifeel like you don't really get
to have them that often and likeit's kind of a good time to get
away from the TV and sports andyou know crap on the internet.
You know you're outside, youknow you're cooking s'mores.
(50:40):
Some hot dogs, like you, can beversatile with a campfire.
Yeah, I think it's underrated.
What about you?
Speaker 1 (50:47):
I think they're underrated.
Do I like smelling like smokeafter and having to clean it up?
Probably not, but if we're justtalking about the ambiance of a
bonfire, sure, I would saythey're underrated.
Speaker 2 (50:58):
I kind of like the smell of fire on the clothes.
Speaker 1 (51:04):
It makes me feel cool , you know, like, yeah, it's a
fire man, all right.
Last question, and this isgoing to be one you're probably
going to have to think oh great,if you and your best friend
were locked in a racquetballcourt?
Okay, so you know the size of aracquetball court.
So you and whoever your bestfriend is are locked inside a
racquetball court and you hadone flare with a flare gun, a
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box of pencils and a hose thathas water in it that you can
squirt, and you're in there witha blind but angry polar bear.
Do you think you can last fiveminutes For a million dollars?
Speaker 2 (51:47):
First of all, that is such a great hypothetical.
I mean, it's a scary one, butfive minutes for a hockey ball
court is small.
Flares, dude.
If the polar sees me, it's youhave a flare gun with one flare.
Speaker 1 (52:03):
But the bear's blind, but it's angry.
So, I have.
I have water.
You have a garden hose withwater, a box of pencils and a
flare gun with one flare.
You and your best friend in aracquetball court With a very
angry but blind Polar bear.
Speaker 2 (52:24):
I'm going to say, yeah, yeah, I can make it.
Why not Five minutes?
Let's be optimistic because,yeah, five minutes, let's do it.
I'm just going to say I think Ican do it.
I don't doubt my best friend'sabilities with those pencils.
So I think we can take thePolar Bear if we really have to.
Okay, yeah.
Speaker 1 (52:44):
So I think we can take the polar bear, if we
really have to.
Okay, yeah, so for people thatdon't know, I used to come up
with a lot of those questionslike the Fast 55.
We just had especially onesabout animals when we were in
college.
We'd be in stretch line and I'dbe like, hey, who do you think
wins in a fight?
Like five guys or 100 emperorpenguins.
And we would just have theseconversations and stretch.
And you know it's so funnybecause we did the bethany
football reunion show a coupleweeks ago so we had a lot of my
(53:07):
old coaches and and formerplayers through the program on
there and it was brought up and,uh, you know, guys were just
talking about the nonsense wewould, we would talk about.
So that's kind of where thefast five originated about 20
years ago when I was playing uh,playing college football.
So, um, quinn, thank you so muchmuch for being a part of the
show today.
We really appreciate you takingyour time out of your evening
(53:28):
to be on here with us.
I'd just like to say bestwishes and all of your future
endeavors and thank you for yourhard work.
You know that you helped uswith during your time as a
student at Weatherhead.
So, as always, if you enjoyedthe show.
Be a friend and tell a friendand if you didn't like it, tell
them anyways, because I betthey'd like to show just because
you didn't.
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And once again, make sure youcheck out all of our sponsors in
the pre-roll and post-roll assmall business owners.
This is Fitty signing off andwe will catch you all next week.
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