"After every victory celebration in the Jacksonville Jaguars' locker room this season, coach Liam Coen delivered an energetic fist pump and an emphatic "How's that feel?" It's a phrase his father, Tim, used after victories as a college and high school coach in Rhode Island -- though his fist pump was slightly different."
""[It's] a lot of buildup, a ton of prep, emotions, communication, there's that border of being exhausted/adrenaline at different points," the first-time head coach said of the postgame tradition. "So yeah, even as a coach, you want to let it loose a little bit after.""
""I'm not sure what it is ... If it's a fist pump or whatever, but it's pretty exciting every single week to see him come in and just have the juice and energy," tight end Brenton Strange said. "... It makes us want to fight for him and fight for the organization and fight for everybody in the building even more.""
Liam Coen introduced an energetic postgame ritual — a fist pump and the phrase How's that feel? — a tradition traced to his father’s coaching in Rhode Island. The ritual grew more effusive as the Jaguars accumulated wins and amplified locker-room energy. Coen described the emotional buildup and the release that follows victories. Players said his visible juice and enthusiasm motivate them to fight for him and the organization. After a 4-13 season, owner Shad Khan hired Coen late in January; alongside EVP Tony Boselli and GM James Gladstone, the Jaguars compiled a 13-4 record and won the AFC South.
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