P.J. Fleck calls Gophers LB Cody Lindenberg 'director' of defense

[BleedGopher]

Per Wald:

On Monday, coach P.J. Fleck heaped praise on linebacker Cody Lindenberg, who assumes the green dot duties at linebacker. Fleck also had to make sure he got his comparable music terms right, correcting himself in the middle of his news conference. At first, Fleck called Lindenberg the composer of the defense. He quickly corrected himself to director.

As the green dot, Lindenberg has direct helmet-to-sideline communication with coaches for pre-snap adjustments.

"I think Cody does a really good job of orchestrating that, you’re still a composer. I think that’s what that person is called? No? Director. Dang it, composer writes the music, am I right? I played the trumpet for three weeks everybody. I go to enough musicals to understand that, I should know," Fleck joked. "But he’s the director of the defense, and he’s making sure everybody is where they need to be. We’re a better defense with him healthy."

P.J. Fleck calls Gophers LB Cody Lindenberg 'director' of defense

P.J. Fleck used musical terms on Monday to call Cody Lindenberg the director of the Gophers' defense.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[beavergopher]

Does that make Koi the producer?

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I would like to be assistant to the traveling secretary responsible for gopher football team socks...

 

[everybody knows my name]

Does that make Koi the producer?

Koi is the centerfielder. Haven't you been listening?

 

[Taji34]

He caught himself and still used the "wrong" term, lol.

If we're calling the DC the composer of the defense, in this analogy the proper term to use for Lindenberg would be "Conductor" instead of "Director".

However, even with the wrong term I still understood what Fleck was getting at, and FWIW most folks may think "Train conductor" first when hearing the term "Conductor" so in the end using the wrong term probably got the point across to more people in the end, haha.