When Gary Pinkel was losing games it was something you hated to hear. When Gary Pinkel was winning games it was something you took pride in...but still maybe was slightly irritated. “We do what we do”. An almost brush-off line against criticism and a tamping-down answer to jubilation, the ol’ WDWWD was the boilerplate answer of what Pinkel did the best: program building and management. It’s something he learned from his mentor Don James and something Pinkel’s peer (and Kent State teammate) Nick Saban has built their reputations on: creating stylistic identities on both sides of the ball, creating a strong team culture, obtaining buy-in, and never steering away from those foundational pillars, regardless of outcome.
Beyond The Box Score: “We Do What We Do”
