While coaching and play calling is incredibly important for a College Football offensive or defensive coordinator, the relationships a coach builds are more important. The players need to have a level of belief in the coach as they’ll play harder for the coach while they’ll also blindly execute the game plan.
The other part of setting that culture especially on defense is sending that message early and often that even gaining a yard on any play will be an all-out war. On Saturday Night, Sage Ryan sent that message loud and clear laying a massive hit on an Arkansas defender causing an incomplete pass.
This was a culture defining hit. LSU standard of football is back. pic.twitter.com/Q99VPQu7v4
— boong (@boong3019) October 20, 2024
Sage Ryan spoke on his hit this week and how he did it to bring the culture back to the defense…