WHAT A YEAR, I HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL RIDE WITH YOU GUYS.  YOU HAVE SHOWN ME WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TEAM.  YOU ARE THE FIRST MIDGET TEAM TO EVER WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, AND NO ONE CAN EVER CHANGE THAT.  HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE MORE IN ORGANIZATIONS FURTURE, BUT YOU GREAT BUNCH OF BOYS WILL ALWAYS BE THE FIRST TO HAVE WON A CHAMPIONSHIP FOR US.  WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER IN AUGUST WE WHERE COACHES AND KIDS, SOME RETURNING, SOME NEW, SOME FIRST TIMERS, BUT WE ENDED IN NOVEMBER ON A RAINY OCEAN FOOTBALL FIELD AS THE 2006 BRICK MEMORIAL MUSTANGS MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM!!!!  I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS SEASON AS IT IS ALSO MY FIRST, AND I HOPE THAT YOU DO NOT EITHER.  TAKE FROM IT OUR LESSONS, "NEVER GIVE UP", "WORK HARD FOR WHAT YOU WANT", GREAT THINGS DO NOT COME EASY, AND OUR GREAT SEASON DID NOT COME WITH OUT OUR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITH OUT THEM.  TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE GOING  TO MOVE ON TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, OR MAYBE YOUR FOOTBALL CAREERS AS A KID MAY HAVE ENDED TODAY, I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME THIS YEAR AS A COACH.  I HAVE LEARNED THAT IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR PLAYERS AND LET THEM FEEL YOUR PASSION, AND SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF A GAME, HOW EVER LITTLE IT MAY BE,YOU CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN EACH OTHERS LIVES IT CAN HAPPEN.  YOU HAVE ALL MADE A DIFFERNCE IN MY LIFFE, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ONLY "WINNERS" BUT YOU HAVE MADE ME A WINNER TOO, THANK YOU, I TRULY WILL REMEMBER THIS FOREVER.  THANK  YOU COACHES AND PARENTS FOR MAKING THE DIFFERNCE WITH THIS GROUP OF TALENTED BOYS.  AND LETS HAVE SOME FUN THIS WEEK AS WELL AS NEXT WEEKEND, YOU DESERVE IT!!!