Why I Coach...

I will be posting various things about "Why I Coach"...

Today, is an email I received from a player a couple days after our season was over...

Thank you for everything that you have done for me this year, you might not know it, but you have played an outstanding role in my success this year. Everything that you say regarding basketball, I absorb it and use it on the basketball court, and it all has lead to major improvements in my game. I personally feel that you are a great coach, and an even better person, and I admire that. I believe that the skills that you have taught me will follow me for the rest of my basketball career. Once again I would like to thank you for EVERYTHING you have done for me this year, I appreciate it!!!!

Season Finale

With our season that touched every bit on the scale of low to high, we unfortunately got beat this past Saturday in Warrensburg, by Rockhurst 58-53.

We didnt play our best game of the year, we didnt play our worst. We lost b/c we couldnt make the play(s) at the crucial times of the game. Every time there was a momentum change and we had a chance to take over, we couldnt quite do it.

As I told our guys after the game:
We're extremely proud of you, and losing this last game takes nothing away from our accomplishments this year. Unfortunately you all have seen how the low's of how life can be, and also seen some extreme highs. We're proud of the way you continued to work everyday. I also told them that the relationships that I have built with the guys will be something that will continue far beyond the locker room in Warrensburg.

We're extremely sad that we couldnt advance on, but we do understand that winning 22 games, our conference title and being one win away from the Final Four is still a pretty good year.

Still more work to do though.

Thanks for all your support this year. It has meant a lot.

Keeps getting bigger...

With a dominating, 58-34, victory over Winnetonka in Sectionals, we now move on to face our biggest rival, Rockhurst for the chance to go to the Final Four.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/16806357.htm

We play Saturday at 6pm, in Warrensburg.

Liberty v. Rockhurst is like KU v KSU, Duke v. Carolina. It is a HUGE rivalry.

Listen live:

http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/

Wish us luck!!