by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 20, 2010 | Featured, Research Tips, Strategy
Reader Ryan Funkhouser from Washington submitted the following question: Hello! I attended the TX ethos camp this year and one of the things discussed was masking DAs. I understand the principal behind it, but I can’t find any generic evidence supporting it. Is...
by Nathanael Yellis | Dec 16, 2010 | Coaching, Strategy
“Nathanael, no numbers!” It was my first year in business school, early in the first semester. I was so excited about my newfound Excel and math skills. In every class discussion, I tried to present my numbers and an innovative formula. In every class. In...
by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 15, 2010 | Example Rounds, Briefs, and Case Studies, From Advanced to National-Class, Strategy
I talk about burdens and create metadebate to weigh competing arguments. When you are in a debate round, especially one where facts are in dispute (policy) or unverifiable (parli), or you just happen to be at the short end of the argument stick, it is time to debate...
by Anthony Severin | Dec 14, 2010 | Strategy
One of the first football games I can remember watching was the 1999 AFC championship between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans. The Jaguars were up 14-0 at halftime– looking good so far. Their defense had stepped up and the offense gotten a...
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by Isaiah McPeak | Dec 3, 2010 | Strategy
We received the following question from one of our peeps in Texas: A coach I know recently informed me that he’d slay any (team policy) student he knew that would put for their timeline “upon an affirmative ballot”. His reasoning was basically that...
by Allen Scheie | Dec 2, 2010 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Strategy, Thinking Strategically
What would you say if you saw a warrior do battle and lose—because he never thought to use his strongest weapon? What would you think if you saw a chess player who refused to ever bring out his queen? And what would you think of a football coach who never threw to his...
