Awesome job coaches and players at RC.  Congrats on your tourney selection!  Good luck at Wheaton!

Mean and nasty do not go in the same sentence with Bob.  In fact I thought when I first started coaching with him he was TOO nice.  I was the yeller and screamer.  I know some girls didn't like me.  That's life not everybody is going to like you or the way you do things.  Thick skin is a great ingredient of every coach.  Geno, Pat, Coach K I guarantee you will find disgruntled former players from their past.  All these coaches care for their players including Bob.  Bob wants his players to like him and he is the first one to give players the credit.  Coaches lay out a game plan, players either follow, lead or become disgruntled like bb23.  A coach has roles for everyone on the team whether they like it or not.  I once thought I was a superstar too but their are lead actors and supporting ones as well.  It took me awhile to figure that one out too.  Critisicm is sometimes deserved and whether one takes it well obviously plays a huge factor in his/her success.  I wish I could take my knowledge now and rewind my playing days.  It gives you great perspective as a coach to see all these people trying to swallow pride at an age where emotions swell on a daily basis.  Everyone is entitled to opinion.  I once hated my high school coach who is in the top 20 in all time wins in Illinois basketball.  He berated, screamed and hollered his way in my earhole.  You will find plenty of players who disliked him.  As I have grown as a person I now realize he was the greatest coach I have ever known.  He pushed me to achieve my very best which I know thats what Bob wants from everyone of his players albeit his own coaching philosophy.

I want to wish RC good luck this Saturday against Concordia.
Being a RC alum and former assistant under Bob I support him fully.  He is an outstanding coach who has a great deal of integrity.  Does everything go perfect in a life as a coach?  I was first with him when he had to rebuild a 70 game loser who could barely field a five person team his first year.  In his second season we played and won a game with 3 players at the end of overtime.   I remember the frustrations from a loss at home in overtime where the team committed forty plus turnovers.  I remember the jubiliation we felt when we crushed Clarke College the reining champ in his third season.  Now all he has done is win 20 plus games every year.  Do you think he really wanted to lose Dorman after recruiting her so hard?  I know he thoroughly enjoyed watching her play and spoke highly of her.  I feel badly for them both.  Things happen and it is over.  Bob is a class coach and individual who has a great deal of integrity.    He deserves better from RC.   If he were given the tools other coaches were he would be able to concentrate even more on coaching.  I would like to commend him for a terrific job and I hope everyone at RC truly appreciates the job he has done.  I do not get the chance to speak with him about basketball any more and I miss our great give and take of the game in general.