In Loving Memory of Dean Leuning and Butch Bachman

The Coach

by Poet DeVine

The crowd is gone, the cheers have stopped,

and the equipment is stored away.

The team is standing on the field

because the coach is leaving today. 

He led them through the hardest times,

and was proud the times they won.

But now the season's over and

his time as coach is done.

The team will go on without him,

will perform at the usual pace.

But though another coach comes in,

there'll be a void in this place.

Today when the field is emptied

and the team has met the test,

the coach can feel certain that

he will be rememeber as Simply the Best!