BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – As the third day of fall camp wrapped up, assistant head coach/cornerbacks coach Brandon Shelby, safeties coach Jason Jones and the defensive backs addressed the media inside Memorial Stadium on Thursday (August 4).
Below is a partial transcript of the press conference, while video of the media sessions can be found on the right sidebar at IUHoosiers.com.
Brandon Shelby | Assistant Head Coach/Cornerbacks
On the development of the player-led philosophy on the defense…
BS: We know that great teams are player led. If we have to sit there and pull and push, you are not going to go very far. Maybe last year, us coaches did too much of that. To see Cam Jones, Tiawan Mullen, Jaylin Williams, and the [leaders] on the offensive side of the ball step up and set the standard of what we want to do is the beginning piece to have a good season.
Does it guarantee it? No. You still have to put in the work. It is great to see guys take the team into their own hands, make it player-led and player connected. I think that is what we see a little more now, they are connected. They are together a little bit more, laughing and joking. I think the guys are a little more cohesive than last year. Like I said, that does not correlate to wins and losses, but it gives you an opportunity to hold each other accountable to the standards that they have and that we have for them.
On the winning habits of the team…
BS: When you build any great culture, you have to make sure that when you have success you go back to the building blocks. Because the building blocks were there when these guys were freshmen and sophomores, we just had to dust it off.
Coach [Tom Allen] had a quote that I tweeted out. “A king that starts acting like a king, won’t be a king for very long.” We still have to go out there and…
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