We were fine tuning some things and trying some new things to see how they work out for the conference tournament. Being a rebuilding year, we came a long way in how we have performed.

We don't have enough hours to train and devote to conditioning and workouts in general. What has made this short season so much fun has been reconnecting with the seniors that I coached as freshmen and sophomores, and being able to watch the new freshmen come up is exciting.

Our class has been working since January reading and studying the process of Shakespeare's work trying to understand the language and the scripts. It's challenging. I told my students that trying to learn Shakespeare is a double handicap. Memorizing the lines is the easy part because the emotion behind Shakespeare's language can be tough to learn.

You've been climbing the ladder for 30 years, trying to get a great racehorse.

I think the Olympics is definitely trying to catch on to what the X Games have.

It's more parts than people. Their hard work is commendable. They've been great under such a strict deadline.