KENT, Ohio — Sean Lewis only refers to them as “the sticks.”
The sticks, two of them, are clipped against his office wall, beneath a PlayStation 4 tucked behind a television screen. The sticks are what bonds coach and player, what connects recruiter and recruit. The sticks bring together everyone here inside Lewis’s cozy office at Kent State.
In a way, he has structured his office around the sticks, positioning a leather sofa and a pair of leather recliners in front of that television screen. When the time is right, the sticks are unhooked from the wall, the TV flickers on and the PS4 buzzes to life.