We're a young team. I'm really pleased all the guys came out with winning records. That says a lot of our program.

We had to come out and grind out a win to get back into that winning mentality. We finally woke up and realized it's not going to be easy. We're going to have to fight for everything we want.

When you're winning, they say you have aggressive players when they spout off. When you're losing, they call it dissension.

They see themselves winning [over other groups] and now they're fighting to see who gets the biggest piece of the action. That puts the U.S. in a different position.

We talk about winning back-to-back titles quite a bit. There are great teams out there, though, with Fox Chapel right up there with us, North Allegheny is a traditional powerhouse.

I feel very confident about what we can get done here, ... They already have an established tradition and a winning attitude. ... I want to continue the commitment to excellence.