How to keep it together when you have a bad team

1. Have a plan and work your plan - use the experts and experience from this board and friends / mentors to do what works.
2. Stay the course - be consistent and constant in every thing. Teach and force fundamentals in all things - never compromise basic sound football so that you can "out scheme" a better opponent.
3. Be swift and harsh in discipline; loving, kind and caring in praise. My lovable losers will test me everyday but they need to be held accountable but also need my approval.
4. Don't second guess yourself - we all make mistakes, we all wish we did something differently. Move on - we tell the kids to strap up and play the next play - I also tell myself this every game.
5. Everyone has the answers but very few are willing to pay the price. Winning comes because you consistently do the right thing over the course of the season. NOT because of the scheme, plays called, etc.
6. You can't climb a mountain without first setting the rigging and climbing the wall. Set short term reachable goals and focus on them. Give the kids rewards for reaching goals.