Though the Oita HeatDevils have started the season with a disappointing 2-10 record, first-year head coach Tadaharu Ogawa is patiently working to turn things around.
Teamwork is the key, he said, especially on offense where the HeatDevils lacked a unified character in the team's early games.
"When the season started, we played kind of individually, like selfish players," Ogawa said by phone from Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on Tuesday. "But now everybody plays together."