What is this world coming to. So far in 2013 Miami has won the ACC basketball championship and now Duke just might be the second best team in the ACC in football. For all of those who like the world to stay the same this year has rocked the normal world we live. When you add that Rocky Mount Academy has now won a football title this world has fallen off axis.
If there is one thing that coaches have in common is when ever they arrive in a new place they want to change everything and put their brand on it because every win and loss while they are in charge of the ship falls under their watch. It is their fault when they lose and most of the time they are there now because the one before them is no longer there because someone wasn't satisfied with the amount of wins.
That new coach always says we have to change the culture but what they are politely saying is the losing attitude has to stop. It has been five years since David Cutcliffe came to Duke a place that had only won three games the three years before his arrival. BW Holt's arrival at RMA the Eagles were winless the previous season before his arrival.
What do both of these coaches have in common that they came to a place that only had football as a thing to do in the fall? You can believe this that what ever they tell their players they back it up and as time passes those promises begin to show results in games and player beliefs intensify that what the coach says is coming to pass.
After years of coaching these two coaches have former players return just to be a part of the coaches wisdom. If I was a Duke football player and walked into the locker room in the summer and there sat Peyton Manning first of all I would be impressed and wonder why would he be at Duke but when you remember Coach Cut was his coach when Peyton was at Tennessee.
Over the years Holt's staff has been loaded down with former players still learning from the master teacher. Each one of these players have returned to the man that helped mold them and many would like to be coaches in the future.
There is always a matter of luck in any sport. Duke has faced in the last four weeks or so teams that had injuries that put them on the field against not a full strength. RMA caught a break having Hobgood lose their first game and gave RMA a home game in the second round. Opportunity knocks and for those there to take advantage of that opportunity rewards await.
Most of us get up every day and either go to work or school. Every day opportunity awaits for those who are prepared. Doesn't seem funny that there are just some coaches that have there players ready for opportunity than other. Coach Cut and Holt have been good shepards to their flocks and always have them ready for the next opportunity.
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