in a round about way....a rally for 'coach' could be the opportunity to create the FIRE needed ...and where it goes from there is really a destiny of t hier choosing?
I wouldn't call Tom nice. Riley is way more personable. Tom wasn't a screamer or yeller or a big user of profanity, but he was often way more surly than Riley.
Riley can now coach like a man with nothing to lose. And I think it will help him.