Episode 06: Attention To Detail, Getting Your Dream Job, & The Journey Beyond with Derek Settlemyre
Always Level Up: A show about overcoming failure, perseverance, and sports. All successful people overcome failure. Athletes, celebrities, and the common person all deal with the rollercoaster of up and downs in their lives. Always level Up is an attempt to to highlight that element of life. To show that the successful, talented, and famous people, are simply human.
Derek Settlemyre, admirably referred to as Nasty, has lived his life around the NHL and the Flyers organization as long as anyone alive. Today he still finds himself around the team and the sport as one of the local leaders of growing the game in the Philadelphia / New Jersey area. From growing up the son of a former head equipment manager for the Flyers, to living the dream himself, Derek has had an incredible journey that most Flyers fans could only imagine. With a positive attitude and a relentless work ethic, he was able to position himself as a trusted name amongst NHL General Managers that saw him consistently picked as the man for the job. Whether it be the Flyers, the Olympics, or the All Star Game, Derek has never had an issue sticking out of the crowd. The foundation and eduction that his father instilled within him absolutely paid off.
However, as the end of the road comes for everyone in pro athletics, Derek Settlemyre was eventually removed from his position as so many of the names before him were as well. Sports are always a game of inches and his mileage seem to run short with the Flyers organization as new leadership came into the fold. Having said that, Derek has taken the change in life admirable and started his own company Settlemyre Skate Sharpening and also runs one of the hottest YouTube shows in Flyers history known as Nasty Knuckles with co-star and former Flyer Riley Cote. Through this show it is clear to see that he has build an endless supply of relationships among current and former Flyer players as he and Riley consistently bring on the best guests available.
Derek’s positive attitude still lives on and as you hear in the episode he has much empathy for all of the players on the current and former roster. He goes on to defend players like Nolan Patrick, Shayne Gostisbehere, Andrew MacDonald and others because he truly cares about the players he’s worked with. Showing off a side of the locker room that is only available to a select group of people. There is a lot to learn in Derek’s story and even though he was forced to move on from his previous role, his attitude has not missed a beat. In life, when you have something important to do, sometimes life moves on you. And in this forced movement, Derek will continue to make a large impact on the sport of hockey, whether he realizes it or not.
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