I had 10 to 12 close buddies who I played ball with all the way from elementary to high school. That is where I learned to compete.

I learned it doesn't matter how you win. You play to your team's strength.

If I can't get the captains to respond appropriately and show the leadership I expect, how is anyone else going to respond?

I always liked to be fairly simple because you could get more players ready to play quickly. If you lose players to free agency, injuries, etc., it is easier to get young players ready to play in a less complex system.

For some reason the football coach of a major college program is seen as one of the leaders of the campus. And some way we have to let our young people know that that leader can look like anyone.

Change isn't always bad; we should always be learning and improving. But the change I was seeing involved principles, not procedures.

We have a whole generation of men who don't understand how much they mean to their kids.