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Coach Don Bartel
@CoachDBartel
Head Football Coach/DC Mount Si HS; Founder of ARETAS: Culture, Leadership, & Coaching; 2016 LWSD Outstanding Educator, WA State Champ, PAC-10 Champ, AA Bowl DC
#ARETAS #ServeTheWork #HFST
Joined November 2011
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Apr 10, 2022
    Humbled by the opportunity to speak into this great program and introduce #ARETAS to @HailStateFB! I’m excited to see the work these guys do aligning & living their shared purpose while continuing to raise the standard at #STATE! #Praxis #HailState🐶
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    Mississippi State Football
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    Apr 9, 2022
    Impactful message to the team from @CoachDBartel! 💪 🗣 Leadership 🗣 Aligning Together 🗣 Moving The Anchor #HailState🐶
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Dec 25, 2021
    When I was 12, I REALLY wanted a new bike for Christmas. My dad gave me a toolbox & tools instead. I was angry & ungrateful. He died 6 years later but just gave me another Xmas gift-I used those same tools to build a bike for MY son this Christmas. Thanks Dad. I understand now.
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Oct 19, 2021
    This is not that difficult. Leadership means sacrificing your personal desires for the needs of the people in your care. It's doing what's difficult & not just what's easy. That's how people know you actually care, and it's embarrassing as a "leader" when you don't. #ServeTheWork
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Apr 1, 2021
    25 years. 7 schools. 17 as a head coach. 11 at Eastlake. I've written some thoughts I know most won't read, but I'm hoping you'll at least take a look at the start--it will help explain my motives, the work, and the decision. Thank you to all who have helped along the way. #WSPS
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @briankight
    The most entitled generation is not “kids these days” but the old guys who think the world should stay the way they see/understand. They’re just done learning/trying because understanding and changing is hard work.
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Jun 25, 2022
    I used to think my assistants needed a little $ and some gear to stay happy, but I eventually realized what they really needed was to feel like they were members of something special, AND they were growing as individuals by benefit of that membership. So, that became my purpose.
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Mar 4, 2018
    "Don't yell at your wide receivers for jumping offsides if all your drills start them on sound and not sight." -Dabo #NikeCOYPDX Don't blame others for problems you're creating. . . #BeIntentional
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Mar 5, 2020
    With spring tryouts come spring cuts. This is how one dad responded when I asked what he said to his son after he didn't make the team this week as a 9th grader.
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Nov 19, 2019
    When people find out where I coach, they usually say something like: "Oh man. That's gotta be tough. I couldn't coach up there--the parents must be really difficult to deal with." I always laugh to myself--the parents are half the reason I came back here! THIS is who they are...
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Nov 4, 2018
    In the social media era, all you have to do is pay the right private trainer in the off-season and @ the right promotors with your "highlights" on Twitter, and people will call you "one of the best"--but at some point you're gonna have to prove it... Culture>Hype #WSPS #1WAE
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Sep 21, 2018
    Got this stuck to my car window Friday & seeing this at 12:30 am after a 43-18 loss, I thought the worst, but I should've known better. I've no idea who wrote this, but I've looked at it every day since & it's helped make my week better & my work intentional. So, thank you! #WSPS
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Jan 15, 2020
    Actually, we’d really have a different country if all 20-year-olds had men who consistently SHOWED them they were loved. #Agapé
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Oct 31, 2019
    So. . .it's Halloween at Eastlake, and this guy thinks he's funny. . .smh. #WSPS
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    Niko Carste
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    Oct 31, 2019
    Ask me for the play call from now on
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    Coach Don Bartel
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    Jul 31, 2022
    “Pointless hard work on things that don't matter decreases motivation.” @stevemagness I wish more people understood this.