Indiana defensive coordinator responds to Ty Simpson analyzing his defense

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Indiana’s defensive coordinator Bryant Haines took to X to respond to Ty Simpson’s thoughts on the Hoosiers’ win over Alabama.

Simpson discussed the game on the “Downs to Business” podcast, and he said Indiana did not surprise him.

“From my point of view, I was like they don’t much,” Simpson said. “I was like they do the same thing every down and so when I get the ball, I knew exactly what was going to happen. They just didn’t mess up, bro. They were in the exact same spot they were supposed to be, and they were so well coached. It was so much different than the SEC. In the SEC, they’ll play man, they’ll do these unorthodox coverages because kind of how it is. That game was crazy to me. Of course, I got hurt; that was a bummer. But I just knew what they were going to do, but we couldn’t really run the ball. We didn’t really throw it. It was so crazy to me how it happened.”

Haines appeared to have taken Simpson’s remark as an insult. He responded to a snippet of the podcast.

“Adorable. We also, saw everything they were doing, on every single snap… It’s just that we exploited those cues. And didn’t get frozen and crushed by them,” Haines posted to X.

Adorable. We also, saw everything they were doing, on every single snap… It’s just that we exploited those cues. And didn’t get frozen and crushed by them. pic.twitter.com/L3zjXB3c3I

— Bryant Haines (@Coach_BHaines) April 18, 2026