"Listen, we have been through what you're going through," Poppinga said of the overarching theme. "Maybe actually a little worse than what you guys went through because Coach has gotten a little soft since he's gotten a little older. I just said, I know the process of this thing. I know how it works. Believe in it, trust in it. If you believe and you make the choice to believe in it, this thing will work. But you've got to believe and you've got to go with it full-heartedly. All of us stood up there and kind of testified that that will happen if you believe and trust in it.