“He’s instilling old Auburn, which is good,” defensive lineman Colby Wooden said of interim Auburn coach Cadillac Williams. “I feel like we have gotten away from what it means to be Auburn, and shoutout to ‘Lac for just bringing it back.”
Williams didn’t hide that fear behind some façade of false bravado, though the thought certainly crossed his mind — to be like other coaches, the “big boss” with a serious demeanor and arms crossed. Instead, he chose to embrace that fear. He chose to be vulnerable.
Williams felt a duty to his players, one that had been sorely lacking during this tumultuous season. Maybe it was because he intimately understood what things were capable at Auburn; as he has said multiple times over the last two weeks, it’s “a place where dreams come true,” and his own story is a testament to that. Or maybe it was because he learned through a lifetime of experience — from peewee football through a career in the NFL — what it meant to have coaches personally invest in you.
First, though, Williams had to do the same for them, which wasn’t difficult. The 40-year-old former All-American is an accomplished poker player but presenting a poker face to mask his own doubts and insecurities about his burdensome new role was an impossible ask. The players who are closest to him, Auburn’s running backs — Tank Bigsby, Jarquez Hunter, Damari Alston, Sean Jackson, Jordon Ingram.
“He’s instilling old Auburn, which is good,” defensive lineman Colby Wooden said. “I feel like we have gotten away from what it means to be Auburn, and shoutout to ‘Lac for just bringing it back.”
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