Dave Aranda had to pause and think. He thought for maybe 10 seconds about how to break this down for somebody who couldn't possibly understand football the way he did.
He was sitting at a table in June at the Metairie Walk-On's when a reporter asked about how things were going to evolve in his third year as LSU defensive coordinator. He said in a radio interview weeks earlier that his previous two seasons each felt like starting over. This was the first time it truly seemed like a chance to build.
He thought about it more.