Is this coaching or culture?

Let's ask an individual who served in the Old Guard and was in the Pentagon when September 11th happened and then played linebacker from 2006-2007 at A&M:

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LB Mark Dodge: "I'm embarrassed. I feel for the players. The culture of "swag" that has been created around the A&M program is driving the play and decision making across the board. When successful, the team and coaches are great. But in adversity, the team can't dig out and get back into it. The old saying, "Act like you've been there before," goes a long way. Keeps people focused and even keel. Without that emotions run too high and too low with no middle ground. This is a culture issue, players and coaches playing & working hard but built on a foundation of over-confidence and emotion. This is and has been our program under Coach Sumlin. We shouldn't be surprised."

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Feel more cultural to me.

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How? LSU has had some atrocious decades, but they're still able to come back and be a powerhouse. What 'culture' do you ascribe to them? 'A culture of losing' isn't an informative answer. UF had one of those and became world-class for many years. TAMU is about as passionate about football as any SEC program not named LSU/Bama/Auburn/Tennessee. I should probably throw in the Razorbacks and UGA too. But that collapse wasn't about 'culture.' Neither Sumlin nor the players have that much of a history with the program. Sumlin is from Alabama and played at...some B10 school, and the players are just kids.

They blew a 34 point lead against a team that went 4-8 last year. That's unacceptable by SEC standards. And it's not the first time something similar has happened with Sumlin.

Both I think