When Ben Needham took over as Eastern Michigan’s defensive line coach in February of 2018 he expected some push back from his star defensive end who was coming off a very strong Sophomore campaign with his old position coach.
Needham decided it would be wise to get ahead of the potential problem and bring Maxx Crosby in and get the relationship off to a good start.
“So I was intentional about heading that off and sat down with Maxx,” Needham said on my Just Pod Baby podcast. “I told him I’m excited to get to work with you man, but I just want you to know.