We talk about it quite a bit. West said the team's offense was already consistent, but knew that the Bears had to improve defensively coming into the season. Effort and willpower helped bring changes. Most of that came about through lots of effort,'' West said. On offense, you have to execute and not bust assignments.
Defense is just an attitude.
You have to swarm the ball. They're thinking about it all the time. Obviously, talent also played a huge part for the speedy Bears, who began the season at No. 7 in the state poll and have moved up two spots. Talent-wise, we probably are ranked up there high in Class A talent,'' West said. And West believes the Bears can be considerably better on defense by playoff time.