Hagiography.
If you’re not familiar with the word, it means an idealized or idolizing biography of a venerated person or saint.
And you’re about to get plenty of it with Brad Holmes, the Los Angeles Rams’ director of college scouting whom the Detroit Lions hired as their general manager Thursday.
I’m not against praising anyone’s accomplishments. But we should be careful how much we buy in to unadulterated exaltation. We should scrutinize the hiring of any top executive or coach. We should balance gushing praise with healthy skepticism.
Of course, we’ll get nothing but puppies and rainbows from the Lions.