Numbers are down all across the state. That's one reason that I posted this topic. I am absolutely fed up with excuses. Coach Jilka hit one thought right in the head, and that's that many parents are too lazy to support their kids. Wrestling is tough. Many kids simply can't stand the fact that when they get beat head up, they can't rationalize it by saying that it wasn't their fault. They try sometimes, but that's an entirely different "excuse" thread. I don't take pictures now until around the middle of January. I don't want "quitters" in the team picture. Our kids are serious about getting t-shirts with the names of quitters and the reasons given. I've even ran it past the A.D. I think that's probably asking for a lawsuit, but I have to admit that I love the idea. They want to put a "Hall of Shame" poster on the wall. I think that next year we will do that, and I will make it clear during the parents meeting.