BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU’s media sites and blogosphere are already loaded with analysis about new defensive coordinator Dave Aranda.
What makes him special? And how will Aranda’s coaching style mesh with the talent already on the Tigers’ roster?
We posed those questions and more to ESPN Big Ten writer Jesse Temple, who gained an up-close understanding of Aranda’s methods while covering his teams at Wisconsin. Here is what Temple had to say:
Wisconsin’s defensive stats under Aranda were impressive. Why were those defenses so effective?
Temple: Players praised Aranda for his ability to put them in position to succeed on the field.