It takes much more than a coach to win championships - it takes players having the will to win and playing up to the level they are capable. I was fortunate to be a part of teams leading up to the nationalship championship years and some of those years. When we came to practice - we came with the mindset that we were going to work hard to get better. We LISTENED to what he had to say and we tried our best in games to do what we were told. We were not always successful but as long as we worked hard and played with HEART we knew we would get better. We were given an opportunity to play for a school we grew up dreaming about and we didn't expect just because we were a SIOUX that we were owed anything. It was just the opposite - we felt that we owed something to the program because we were playing for the SIOUX. Where did it all change - does it have something to do with kids nowdays? or parents? Fans? How about getting back to the idea that you have to work hard for something, hustling and doing the little things that win games, getting along with teammates, parents getting along, etc. Our coaches never had to worry about getting us up for a game - that is why we won. And when we lost we came to practice the next time ready to LISTEN and WORK HARD. Those are the two things that coach taught me about life - pretty simple.