[tazcat]

Congrats to Middlesboro.  Larry French is a heck of a coach.  I still don't think he get the credit he deserves.

He is that.  The biggest thing that French did here in Middlesboro is change the attitudes of the players and even the coaches
It was a losers mentality.   The players, the fans, the community became ok with losing.   My son was on the 1-10 teams and he told me stuff that went on inside the program.  They had good players, even as good as right now maybe better they just didn't care, and there was no consequences if they didn't care.
French had to change attitude and the culture of what the program had become 1st and foremost and get the kids to believe... the talent has been there.