And just talk about being at Lincoln East.

Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, God kind of works in pretty amazing ways.

You know, I got...

I got hired at Creighton Prep to be an assistant, and I'll be honest, I didn't have a great knowledge of really much.

You know, I learned so much there in terms of not only teaching, you know, hitters and infielders and pitchers and catchers, but also managing practice and managing kids and building confidence.

Pat Mooney there and some of the assistants there did very well with just really took me under their wing and just embraced me and were patient with me.

Um, you know, and, and when I was fortunate enough to get a chance to be a head coach at Lincoln East, I, I walked into a building full of just servant leaders.

And then lastly, Coach, for you, what is it about baseball and specifically what is it about coaching? What keeps you coming back every day?

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That, that, that was a tough one, but congratulations to those guys.

They, they earned it and they deserved it.

Um, yeah, I mean, the transition to summer is always so interesting because you wanna, like start to play your, your young guys a little more and get them ready, but then you have these seniors who have given you everything and, and they're getting ready for college.

Um, this year was really nice because we had a little bit more depth.

So instead of Dele and, and Brody and those guys having to play 60 games, like they got a little bit of time off so some young guys could play, and I think that contributed a lot to our success 'cause we were a little bit more fresh towards the end.

You know, I think last year we went to the World Series and, you know, we, we were just, we were pretty out of gas there, and I think this year we did a little bit better job.

What keeps this program together and, and keeps them successful despite maybe not having those super high-name talents, but yet still keeping those talented guys and guys coming through the program?

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That, that, that was a tough one, but congratulations to those guys.

They, they earned it, and they deserved it.

Um, yeah, I mean, the transition to summer is always so interesting, because you wanna, like, start to play your, your young guys a little more and get them ready, but then you have these seniors who have given you everything and, and they're getting ready for college.

Um, this year was really nice because we had a little bit more depth.

So instead of Dele and, and Brody, and those guys having to play 60 games, like, they got a little bit of time off so some young guys could play.

And I think that contributed a lot to our success, 'cause we were a little bit more fresh towards the end.

What keeps this program together and then keeps them successful, despite maybe not having those super high-name talents, but yet still keeping those talented guys and guys coming through the program?