It is not just the Players. It is not just the Coaches. It is not Administrative buy in. It is not the support personnel. It is culture. Through 50 years of working with like situations I learned culture is hard to keep going but EASY to lose. Once it is lost it is very difficult to get back. You have to start at the bottom and work at it daily. You need an influx of new personnel who are committed to the end result and just as importantly the process. I also found it takes 3-4 years before you see the best results. You can celebrate little improvements but it takes TIME and COMMITMENT to have the best result. We are early in the process in my mind and we need to make sure those (players, coaches, admin, the whole group) we have are committed and willing to work at it daily. YES we need more talent but that is only one ingredient in this souffle - we have to make sure we have all the right ingredients or the result will surely fall like a bad souffle. AND YES one of the main ingredients is PATIENCE. I am disappointed with the results so far but am convinced we have the right chef we just need to tweek the other ingredients and have some commitment and patience and this can work out. CHANGING Chefs is not the answer- you just have to start over. JMHO
