Joe Madden on tonights Sportscenter said this (paraphrased), "The more your group wants to win the better the chance of winning." Now the question is do you believe in that and if so does Ned Yost and his staff create the type of atmosphere that breeds confidence and success. I believe that a Coach's pep talk means squat but the demeanor that he brings to the locker room does have an impact. Again, these can be opinions only as their could never be statistical evidence to hback any of it up.