Episode #181: Dan Campbell hired as head coach
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Now that we’re done repairing a few walls in our house after Dan Campbell’s first press conference, let’s get to this week’s episode.
This week the guys discuss the Lions’ hiring Campbell as the Lions’ next head coach, discuss his first coordinator hire, speculate who his offensive coordinator could be, and examine Brad Holmes’ first days as the Lions GM.
- Dan Campbell’s path to coaching the Lions is a fun one
- While Robert Saleh and Arthur Smith were in the running, they landed with the Jets and Falcons respectively, and Dan Campbell emerged as the clear favorite
- Campbell took time to perform exit interviews with Saints players before heading to Detroit
- Campbell was hired as lions next coach on Wednesday
- Shelia Ford Hamp and Rod Wood issued statements
- “I wanted this job. Bad!” — Campbell
- Aaron Glenn, Saints DB coach, hired as defensive coordinator
- James Urban, Ravens QB coach, interviewed for Lions OC job
- Urban’s interview caught the attention of Marvin Jones and Mohamad Sanu
- Ike Hillard, Steelers WR coach, has reportedly interviewed for OC
- Anthony Lynn (former Chargers head coach) and Ken Dorsey (Bills QB coach) also in the mix per Dave Birkett
- Lions QB coach Sean Ryan expected to join Panthers in the same role
- Lions OL coach Hank Fraley continues to interview
- Marquice Williams (assistant special teams coach) accepted a job with the Falcons
- Brad Holmes first days as a GM have been busy
- Lions restructured their front office, starting at the top
- Erik’s examination of Holmes approach to scouting/evaluating
- Holmes discusses his role in building and maintaining a winning organization
- Lions get $12.8 M in rollover cap space
- NFL Combine is being altered due to COVID-19
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. I'm |
| 0:05.7 | Joe Kenya with me as always is Eric Schlett from USA Today, Lions Wire. Eric is also our Detroit |
| 0:11.4 | Magazine's 2020 runner-up to most beloved sports columnist or blogger. And a couple months, |
| 0:19.0 | they're going to have a new vote coming out so you guys are going to |
| 0:20.8 | have to all log on and vote for him again eric i hope your eyes aren't gouged out from asking |
| 0:26.5 | coach campbell the wrong question or your recap's nod off or whatever he was claiming he'd do |
| 0:31.3 | my teeth are all still in my mouth good it's been a busy day, I mean, we all did that he was hired yesterday on Wednesday. Correct. And, you know, this was the big introduction today. So take it away. Let's start talking Dan Campbell. Yeah. I mean, like, there's been lots and lots of news. You know, I've had to put up some new walls in my house after that press conference |
| 0:56.3 | because just people are just running right through. |
| 0:59.0 | Definitely a Spielman hire. |
| 1:03.5 | You would think, although, you know what, I do have to ask a question of you. |
| 1:07.7 | They didn't do a lot of talking about Chris Spielman in today's press conference. |
| 1:13.2 | No. |
| 1:13.4 | I mean, they didn't have to, no, but it's interesting that his name wasn't coming up at all. |
| 1:17.7 | But it definitely seems like it has the Spielman seal of approval on it. |
| 1:22.0 | Yeah, I think that's by design. |
| 1:24.2 | And I don't think we're going to hear Chris Spielman's name a ton, but I do believe |
| 1:29.9 | he's going to have his hands in a lot of cookie jars throughout the organization without |
| 1:36.4 | ever really, you know, being responsible for anything. It's a, it's a unique situation that, that, that he's in. |
| 1:46.1 | And it, it's, it affords him some unique, um, opportunities to influence the team |
| 1:54.6 | with like no responsibility at all. |
| 1:57.6 | Like, it's really kind of a cushy job. |
| 2:00.1 | That's the great job to have. Yeah. Yeah. When things go wrong, it's never going to be pointed at him. Like, it's really kind of a cushy job. It's a great job to have. Yeah. When things go wrong, it's never going to be pointed at him. |
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