Coach Francis Says...
The Cincinnati Bengals remarkable turnaround suggests how much difference a coach can make. And how does the coach make things different? By gettting the players to believe that his formula for success is correct, even if they don't see a cause and effect.
Players might say "I don't see how 'A' can lead to 'B'" - i.e. a victory - yet they trust their coach. If they have a good one, it works.
I apologize in advance for the preachiness of this post. (Can one sincerely 'apologize in advance'?) But we listen to our coaches - Christ, the saints, the pope - and copy what they do. An example is Eucharistic Adoration. At first this wasn't something I practiced. Why go to EA when I could go to Mass? But talk about a pedigree! When I read that the practice was initiated by St. Francis of Assisi and highly recommended by Mother Teresa I realized it was something I should be doing. And I found that it has increased my hunger for the Eucharist and set up the conditions for a more worthy reception of Communion.
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