Orrin-another terrific article to get me thinking and reflect on doing-Recently we had a change in administration at our high school,the past principal was a spiteful dictataorial destructive typ,the moral was very low with teacher turnover, the present principal was the third choice and isnot destructive but also not constructive and the moral has gone back to low. However individual teachers continue to teach and impact their students in a constuctive manner. Teams I have been associated with, if the coaching style is negative/destuctive, results in poor quality with alot of tension and failure.Teams that are constuctively coached respond in a very postive manner with growth,failing forward attitude, togetherness and success for both individual and team. You get more out of a 'pat' on the back than a constant 'kick in the butt' although there are times we all need a kick! Thanks for an occasional kick Orrin --be free coach