I think you have to have been a winner or been around one at some point. I look at my son's HS football coach is someone that I would point to as someone that I would replicate if I were coaching. They had won 6 state titles in 13 years and are on their way to another one this year while being the smallest school in their class. They don't allow excuses. I think that is the #1 thing that drives them forward. It's too easy to say we can't win because of our academics, size of the school, the history, etc. You need someone that says this is how we are going to do things and we are going to win. It's how Gonzaga became a top 20 basketball program or how Baylor and TCU become solid football teams. They have every built in excuse in the world but it took a coach who could see past those and not allow players and staff to use those excuses.