"We needed a catalyst when we got here. Needed a difference maker. And a young guy from Youngstown, Ohio, Brad Smith, he redshirted his first year, and the rest was history. ... Remarkable young man. We all know that."
The catalyst doesn't always get the glamorous locales that the later stars do -- he's too busy helping to drag a program out of the mud ... or lead program-changing comebacks in Shreveport.
Only No. 21? #disrespect
Okay, fine, since you requested it...
Odom
On Rhoades saying he felt Odom was the right fit early on in the process:
"The first interview, when he had him over to his house for four or five hours.