# Splitsville: Player-Coach Breakups || Rivalry vs. Parity || Guest: Brad Stine (Tommy Paulโ€™s Coach) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-t-7641591/splitsville-player-coach-breakups-rivalry-vs-parity-guest-brad-stine-tommy-paul-s-coach Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-t-7641591/splitsville-player-coach-breakups-rivalry-vs-parity-guest-brad-stine-tommy-paul-s-coach.md Podcast: [The BIG T](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-t-7641591) Published: 2026-07-22T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SINCL6946365675.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SINCL6946365675.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-big-t-7641591/episodes/splitsville-player-coach-breakups-rivalry-vs-parity-guest-brad-stine-tommy-paul-s-coach Duration seconds: 3635 ## Resource BG, Nick Monroe, and Chiz are re-united at TC studios. The trio breaks down tennis' coaching carousel spinning out of control with multiple players making big changes. Tommy Paul's coach, Brad Stine joins us for a rare look inside the player-coach relationship. We dive into the big debate over what actually makes the sport better (parity or rivalry?) and our Buy/Sell/Hold segment heading into the summer hard court season will get your attention.  ๐ŸŽพ Coaching Carousel โ€” FAA, Medvedev, Musetti, Lehecka, and Tsitsipas have all shaken up their coaching teams. BG, Nick, and Chiz debate whether coaches have become tennis' built-in scapegoat. ๐ŸŽพ Special Guest: Brad Stine โ€” Tommy Paul's coach joins the show to talk about coaching styles and methods plus the full spectrum of dynamics within the coach & player relationship.  ๐ŸŽพ Parity vs. Rivalry โ€” WTA parity or ATP starpower โ€” BG, Nick, and Chiz debate which is actually better for tennis. Is it Alcaraz and Sinner dominating or the fact that any WTA player in the top 30 can win any tournament? ๐ŸŽพ Buy/Sell/Hold โ€” The crew rates the summer hard court season heading into the fall stretch. ๐ŸŽพ Fanmail โ€” BG is asked about the best celebrity tennis players. The Big T โ€” Episode 33 ๐Ÿ“บ Watch the video version: https://www.youtube.com/@TennisChannel๐Ÿ“ฑ Stream all episodes + bonus scenes on the Tennis Channel App๐Ÿ‘ Like | ๐Ÿ”” Subscribe | ๐Ÿ’ฌ Leave a CommentGot a question? Email us: THEBIGT@tennischannel.com  ๐Ÿ“ž Call us: 1-844-678-BIGTLINK-TREE:A Tennis Channel Podcast Official: Instagram, X | Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/THEBIGTPODCASTDON'T MISS THE NEWSLETTER: Big T newsletter signup pagehttps://newsletters.tennischannel.com/bigTnewsletter ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-big-t-7641591/episodes/splitsville-player-coach-breakups-rivalry-vs-parity-guest-brad-stine-tommy-paul-s-coach/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-big-t-7641591/splitsville-player-coach-breakups-rivalry-vs-parity-guest-brad-stine-tommy-paul-s-coach.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.