New Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is A Football Guy, and Football Guy will always be Football Guy. Because Football Guy will hit you in the mouth. Football Guy won t back down. Football Guy eats nuts and bolts, washes it all down with battery acid, and poops rocks because that s what Football Guy does. Football Guy will also bite off your kneecap.
Wait, what?
“We’re gonna kick you in the teeth, and when you punch us back, we’re going to smile at you, he said at his introductory news conference on Thursday. And when you knock us down, we’re gonna get up. And on the way up, we’re going to bite a kneecap off.”
New Lions coach Dan Campbell gets it, which is as good a start as any
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Posted Jan 22, 2021
Detroit Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell’s First Day at Allen Park. (Detroit Lions via AP).Detroit Lions
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Editor’s note: This is an opinion piece from MLive.com reporter Kyle Meinke.
ALLEN PARK Dan Campbell says he drinks a gallon of coffee a day, which might seem like an absurd exaggeration until you hear Dan Campbell speak. Then you might wonder whether he actually meant two gallons.
The new Detroit Lions head coach barrelled into his highly caffeinated introductory news conference on Thursday with a 19-minute opening statement that included cameos from R.C. Slocum, Bill Parcells, Sean Payton, pretending to be Matt Campbell, finishing sentences with new general manager Brad Holmes, scouting, roster building, the Ford family tree, how to change a culture from the top, heart, humility. He talked about recruiting free agents. He talked about the tra