Remsen girls coach Wilder credits players-Utica observer dispatch

It was a little key Remsen Central football girls Rams season and coach Jim Wilder said he had nothing to do with it.

In a late-season game, Remsen lodge old forge by two goals in the first half. The Rams scored three times in less than 2 minutes to grab the lead at halftime and then won by three goals to yield Wilder said wonders for the group.

After the escape of old forge, Remsen played with renewed confidence, successfully defended the title of section III class d and returned to the state semifinals.

"I think it was huge," said Wilder. "Came back and took the attitude of, ' here we are, and to us." "

Wilder, 2011 observer-dispatch all Mohawk Valley girls soccer coach of the year for the second consecutive season, claiming to be an innocent bystander | during Rally in old forge.

"We were flat the whole first half and I could see the pre-game," said Wilder. "Indeed, we have a pre-game. It was fun watching (comeback), but this was nothing special I did not. "

Wilder, 50, who just finished the season 19th in the Remsen girls soccer team took the name of the class d girls State co-Coach of the year last month. A value shared by coach Chester Chris Edwards. Wilder is a 235-122-5 overall with 37 wins in the last two seasons. Remsen is finished in 2011 with a record of 18-0-1, and the RAM was 19-2, 2010.

Wilder plenty for the Rams this season. One year after the school's history in the field, Wilder and Rams picked up where they left off in the record books. Wilder inspired our undefeated season and Remsen a second successive state final four appearance. The season ended with a loss of Remsen shootout two-time champion to defend Chazy semifinals.

Wilder was a school bus since 1987, and from his experience, there is no formula or "recipe" for a coach to follow successfully.

"You can have all the talent in the world, but if you do not receive, groups will struggle to do what we did," he said. "You must have great players. If you are working hard on this, you hope that things will come back to you. If you have a good group of guys, you've got to give them the opportunity to succeed, and must play a leading role by working hard. "