Todd even called it, ... In our last meeting with him, right before he left, he said, 'In this room is a final-four team.'

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Tom is basically a master of the psychological side of coaching, ... Every player on the roster, from the starters to the last guy on the bench, is confident about his abilities.

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In the spring, we were destroying teams, practices were incredibly intense but guys were smiling and playing, ... [Salcedo] was constantly encouraging guys, getting them to feel good about themselves. Then Tom came in with a comparable personality and it just all worked.

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