Although Ron Rivera spoke a lot about family, culture and character in his introductory press conference on Thursday, he also spoke about a topic that I think more people would have expected to be his central message: discipline.
Things will begin and end with one simple principle, discipline.
For a lot of people, “discipline” is a dirty word with negative connotations. It means getting spanked when you do something wrong. It’s something to be avoided. Discipline, to many people, means ‘punishment’.
But I think when Rivera uses the word, he means something different.