Ep 168 - My Responsibility with Sherman Smith

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Sherman Smith is a former NFL player and coach that holds a powerful story. Drafted in the 2nd round of the 1976 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks, Sherman would play eight seasons in the league before starting a coaching career that spanned over 30+ years.

During that time , Sherman won Super Bowls and created close bonds with the players he mentored, including his son Deland McCullough.

Today on the show, Eric and Sherman discuss the mysterious ways God can impact your life, what separates elite NFL players from the rest and other lessons in humility and leadership. Topics include:

(2:40-5:30) - Being drafted by the Seahawks, Sherman's transition from QB to WR to RB.

(5:30-14:00) - Advice to rookies for a successful NFL career. What separates elite NFL players from the rest. Stories of Marshawn Lynch and Eddie George.

(14:00-18:50) - Why Sherman got into coaching. Attending the 'Cradle of Coaching' Miami (OH).

(18:50-21:40) - Sherman's mindset while coaching. Impacting lives.

(21:40-29:00) - The story of Sherman Smith and his son Deland McCullough.

(29:00-39:30) - How Sherman was introduced to Christianity. How his faith impacts him today.

And much more. Rate, review and subscribe to the show today!

Link to Sherman's E60 story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WrNmnOgKd8

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Transcript

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0:00.0	And so that was my mindset, my thought, you know, I'm treating like you're my son.
0:09.3	And every, and I just, I saw it as a responsibility that, you know, every guy that walked in
0:13.6	the room, every guy that I coached, I felt I had a responsibility, you know, with that guy.
0:18.4	And so, you know, God, I felt, you know, God had put him in front of me for a
0:22.9	reason and I was just going to make sure that the impact was positive.
0:29.8	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood. Our next guest is Sherman Smith. And I recently got to
0:35.6	hear Sherman's story and hear him speak at the Father's Day
0:38.7	Service at our church here in Louisville, which will make sense why he spoke on the Father's Day
0:43.3	Service as you hear his story. Sherman played in the NFL for eight seasons and coached for over 30
0:49.4	years, including being the offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins at the time and winning
0:53.9	a Super Bowl as a coach with the Seahawks.
0:56.4	You will be impacted greatly by this man. And I cannot wait for you to hear his words that he shares on this episode.
1:03.9	If you haven't already, please rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast wherever you tune in weekly. Thanks and enjoy.
1:12.6	Sherman, welcome to the show, my brother.
1:15.0	Hey, Eric. Thanks for having me on the show. Yeah, and us both being Ohio guys, we could
1:20.4	likely just sit here right now and talk about Ohio high school football and how great it is.
1:26.2	And we could sit here, but that probably wouldn't be as appealing to most of the people
1:30.0	tuning into this podcast as the rest of your story is.
1:34.3	So I want to start this way.
1:36.2	You coached at a time when Seattle had the loudest fans in the league.
1:42.0	You know, I played there on a Monday night and deafening noise out there in Seattle.
1:46.0	But when you were drafted there in the second round back in 1976, they were an expansion
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