If I had been back in McPherson and started over there, I think things would have been a little bit different. Henson inherited several key players from an 11-11 team and his past success means high expectations this winter, which is just fine with him. I have no idea what other coaches are going to say, what the coaches in our league are going to say, whether they're going to pick us third or fifth or whatever. I don't know what they're going to say, but my expectation is that we're going to be pretty good. In addition to his coaching duties, Henson is also teaching a full load of classes at Topeka High and says he's enjoying his teaching duties as well.
Young people are young people.
They know if you're teaching them or if you're not. Topeka High assistant Pat Denney has also been impressed with Henson's teaching abilities on the basketball court. He's an excellent teacher of the game as far as talking about the smaller points and the little things we try to do in basketball to be successful. He teaches those things real well. They're learning a lot this year, so it's been a little slow at times, but they're responding and working hard.