Mike,

First let me say my deepest condolences to you and your family. I am just echoing what you already know and have been told many times, Coach Farley was an exceptional coach and human being. 

I just want to share two things that I have always held with me about him. First was my senior year and we were playing Whitewater at home. They had a very good team and that was probably the hardest hitting game I played in. We were behind at halftime. The usual things were discussed and then we got ready to go back out. Coach was up front and all he really said was in that real strong way he could do it, he raised his hand in the air and said “You gotta believe”. We went back out and won a close game. But just the way and how he said it was a galvanizing moment for everyone, and there was no doubt we were going to win. I’ve always taken that “ you gotta believe” attitude with me in all the things I’ve done.

Second was again my senior year. This story I shared with him at Ramer Field when we had the reunion for him a couple years ago. I am glad I got the chance to share it with him. We played La Crosse at La Crosse and if we won we’re Conference Champs. As you know we lost that game. I am sitting in front of my locker getting undressed and I look over and Coach is standing in the doorway of the coach’s room. He has his hands in his pockets and he is looking at the floor facing toward the locker room. I know he is thinking about the game. When I looked at him I was just crushed. I felt I had personally let him down. I hadn’t done enough to help us win that game. The reason I felt that way was because he meant so much to me, had given me so much and the opportunity to play. I had always tried to give the team and him everything I had in practice and in games and now I felt like I hadn’t. 

I sort of disappeared for about a week after that game, meaning I didn’t stop by the FB office or really have any contact with the team. I finally came by the office and your Dad said “Rich,(he always called me Rich, never Dik) I was worried about you.” I told him I was just upset about the game and not getting the championship for him. He said “ When your leading Marines things are going to happen and you have to keep going, you can’t let it get you down” It was short and simple, but it struck the right chord. I’ve lead Marines in combat and done all the SWAT stuff and that always stayed with me.

He was a great Coach, an outstanding person, and a true builder of character and men. He will be missed but there is no way he will be forgotten.

I hope these two stories add to the memories you and your family have of him.

Thanks for your time and thanks for being a team mate.

Take care,

— Dik

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