Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera

Daniel Gotera
  • 5.0 (3)
  • Personal Journals

Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera explores what happens when life doesn’t go according to plan. Through personal stories and candid conversations, Daniel goes beyond the scoreboard to talk sports, life after TV, fatherhood, health, career reinvention and the unexpected turns that shape who we become.

Episodes

  1. 59m ago

    Episode 2: Butch Alsandor - TV Life, Covering Houston Sports, Loss & Moving Forward

    On Episode 2 of Playbook Optional, Daniel Gotera sits down with longtime Houston television personality and former KHOU 11 Sports Director Butch Alsandor for a conversation that goes from funny stories inside the TV newsroom to one of the most difficult chapters of Butch's life. Butch shares stories from his years in television, what life was really like behind the scenes, the people and moments that shaped his career, and some memories Daniel and Butch share from their time working together. But the conversation goes far beyond television. Butch opens up about the unexpected loss of his son, the impact it had on him and his family, and the strength, faith and perspective it has taken to continue moving forward. There are laughs. There are stories. And there are moments that get very real. That's what Playbook Optional is all about. Games have playbooks. Life doesn't. Real Life. Real Talk.

  2. 1d ago

    Episode 1: When the Playbook Changes

    What happens when the life you planned suddenly isn't the life you're living anymore? In the first episode of Playbook Optional, Daniel Gotera turns the microphone on himself. He looks back at the career he dreamed about as a kid, his years in sports television at KHOU 11 in Houston, Texas, the unexpected end of that chapter, the disaster that became his next job...and the uncertainty that came with figuring out what was next. Daniel also opens up about fatherhood, health, identity, career reinvention and why some of life's biggest changes have taught him that having the perfect plan might be overrated. It's the story behind Playbook Optional — and the beginning of conversations about sports, life and everything that happens when the playbook gets thrown out.

  3. Aug 21

    Welcome to Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera

    Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera is a new podcast about sports, fatherhood, health, career reinvention and everything that happens when the game plan changes. After more than two decades telling other people's stories in television and sports, Daniel is stepping behind the microphone again to tell some of his own—and to sit down with athletes, broadcasters, coaches, parents, friends and fascinating people who have learned how to adjust when life calls an audible. Real stories. Candid conversations. No perfect playbook required.

  • 3 Episodes

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Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera explores what happens when life doesn’t go according to plan. Through personal stories and candid conversations, Daniel goes beyond the scoreboard to talk sports, life after TV, fatherhood, health, career reinvention and the unexpected turns that shape who we become.

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