There is no question that Jay has been a winner. It's a tough league to be a coach in and very few programs stay on top when they get there.

Jay and I had a lengthy conversation and then I sat back and decided that Jay is the right guy for the program. I thought the players played extremely hard and I think they have a nucleus to be a very good team next year.

Jay has shown he can win but he also understands that this program needs to be more consistent. We can't have the valleys - we need to stay more in the middle of the pack in our lean years. We need to be more competitive on a year to year basis.

I think the players play extremely hard for Jay and that isn't always easy when you are struggling.

There have been times when television networks might have wanted to come to Mt. Pleasant but because there were no lights, it was tough to be flexible. This gives us the flexibility to be creative with our scheduling and also allows for us to move games if we have to during the season to later times for television purposes.

It makes it tough ... There's no question about it.