Brock Strickler

Brock Strickler: He was wonderful.  He, Bingler, and Harrison were the three coaches.  All three of them, for another term, they were almost like a father.  He would ask you to do something by yourself sometimes to see if -- how you do it, and he would help you do it better.  In my opinion, there was never a first team, second team, third team.  It was a team, and you go into a game and the ones that were more able to teach the other team a few lessons would go in, and kids would come in, and you’d go back over to and sit down.  Practices were tough. 

George Gilliam: Now, what does that mean when you say, “Practices were tough”?  Can you give      an example     ? 

Brock Strickler: Well, first of all, you had no water.  Nobody.  And I think for whatever the rule was in the state or wherever, you were not given any water during practice.  When practices ended, particularly in the summertime, in August, we were all in cars, seeing who could get to the Monticello Dairy first to get into the (inaudible) buy stuff right in there, [milk?], a gallon to just drink it or whatever, but...  They were interested in the way -- they were like fathers.  I think even to some degree, maybe Harrison and Bingler might have checked with some teachers to see how your grades were.  You were taught respect.  You were taught you’re not going to get any -- I don’t think we ever had any fouls called against us.