Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team
Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
If it comes down to you or the program that decision was made long ago.
Anytime you get an award as a coach, you've got to be the ultimate fool to think it wasn't your assistant coaches and all the players responsible for the award.
The team is an extension of the coach.