~  CHUCK'S OFF-BEAT THOUGHTS  ~
"WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD
A CHAMPION WRESTLING PROGRAM"
Posted:  November 26, 2005

2005 - 2006
VARSITY NEWS

BERWICK WRESTLING
Over 50 Years Of Pride & Tradition

Building a champion wrestling program is much like starting and operating a publicly traded manufacturing business.  First you have to hire a high quality CEO (head coach) and competent employees (assistant coaches and matbackers).  Then you need to secure the raw material (freshman) needed to produce your finished product (wrestlers).  The manufacturing process from raw material (freshman) to finished product (wrestler) is a tedious and time-consuming task.  Along the way you must adhere to high standards of quality assurance (discipline).  During quality assurance (discipline), some product (wrestlers) may have to be discarded (bad apples) in order to ensure the product batch (team) is not contaminated.  There comes a time that you must meet your product delivery schedule (start of season).  You market (college recruiting, website exposure) your product (wrestlers) and you hope it performs well under product testing (competition).  As with any business (wrestling program), some fiscal years (seasons) will be better than others.  There will be years the stockholders (fans) will be happy with your performance (winning season record).  Other years the stockholders (fans) may want to cut your throat (losing season record).  The CEO (head coach) and employees (assistant coaches. matbackers) are never safe from the chopping block of unemployment (getting fired).  But our 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year goals and objectives (work ethic) are clearly stated, measurable, and achievable.  We plan to continue making the finest name-brand product (wrestlers) that will continually squash our competition (opponents) in the marketplace (district, regional, state championship tournaments).

PS:  There are times I even get a kick out of myself.  :-))