Hot Take Tuesday: Does Defense Still Win Championships?

Texas high school football coaches are among my favorite people, but they tend to be repetitive.

Part of that is a requirement for the job — they are, after all, instructing teenagers, and as a former teenager, I can report confidently that telling me something one time simply wasn't going to cut it. The other part of that is personality driven — coaches tend to lean on the same adages, mottos and turns of phrase because they're effective ways of conveying an important message to their team. Some may call it "coachspeak"; I prefer "instructive repetition."