Sigh...no good deed goes unpunished...
Okay...I heard that the Lexington coach at halftime threatened the life of a puppy unless the team began playing better. Clearly, Lexington began playing better -- so my hat's off to the coach for a brilliant motivational technique.
More seriously, I judge a coach by how much better a team gets from the beginning of a season until the end of the season. So far, Lexington has been getting better this season. Lexington has some very good players -- including a few seniors who are going on to play at various colleges after this season -- but what I've been impressed with is that the team itself has gotten better as the players have tended to do a better job playing together. From set plays to quickly and simply finding the feet of open teammates, the team itself seems to be playing better. Certainly the players deserve credit -- but it would seem to me that the coach deserves credit as well.
Between Irmo and Lexington we probably have as many highly credentialed coaches (A and B licensed coaches) as any other pair of schools around. We're fortunate to have these folks.
