contributes to a loss of public confidence.

That contributes to a loss of public confidence in how the war is going and whether this strategy is the appropriate one and it's being executed properly, (and) whether or not we're making progress.

We're not gonna let one loss get our confidence down. We're still gonna be confident. We know we made little mistakes that can be corrected and look forward to playing our next game.

We lost a lot of confidence after the East Burke loss (Jan. 6). But I think we've got it back now. Our kids are really hard on themselves because they want to win so badly. But they're a great group. They are super young men.

[To Tigers coaches, Wednesday's win was worth the second-guessing they took after Tuesday's loss.] This gives him confidence, ... He'll be able to draw from this situation for a while. It's big.

The girls' confidence has been up ever since the Tri-Central loss, really. We still played with Jeff for three-and-a-half quarters. McCutcheon only beat us by eight. And then we went to Benton Central and played pretty well for most of the game. I think a combination of all those teams will help.