I like this and it’s the sort of thing that good and great teams do. Mullen keeps making the right steps, saying the right things, keeping in mind it’s spring and no one is in trouble yet, no one has gotten hurt yet, etc.
Brings to mind a happy Zook story. Some WR was struggling to get a pretty heavy weight up on the bench press. Zook jumped on the bench and banged out several reps with it, leaving the player stunned.
Also, Billy D. used to wow his players with his cardio workouts. I saw him on a rotating stairs machine in the locker room while on a private tour. Red Anderson was giving the tour and said, “You’ll get tired of watching him before he gets tired of doing that.”