Tackling Cattle, Biting Kneecaps: The Detroit Lions' Cowboy Coach
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Back in January, after a third straight losing season, the Detroit Lions hired a new head coach — former NFL tight end Dan Campbell — who wasted no time in making an unforgettable impression at his introductory press conference. With the Lions set to face the Packers on Monday Night Football, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Chris Burke and Nick Baumgardner, who spoke to former friends and teammates to learn more about the cowboy who now coaches in Detroit.
Read Chris Burke and Nick Baumgardner’s story about Dan Campbell: https://theathletic.com/2812356/2021/09/08/dan-campbells-cowboy-chronicles-partying-til-dawn-metallica-living-in-a-camper-and-now-lions-head-coach/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:45.0 | Back in January, after a third straight losing season, the Detroit Lions hired a new head coach, |
| 0:58.0 | a former NFL tight end who wasted no time in making an unforgettable impression. |
| 1:04.0 | Hearing somebody come out for blindspans, we're going to kick you in the teeth, we're going to hit you, |
| 1:08.0 | we're going to rip your kneecap off with our teeth and all that stuff. |
| 1:11.0 | So when you meet off with biting of kneecaps, you got to think, well, he's either a genius |
| 1:16.0 | who can motivate players being an ex-player and he's speaking their language or he's a complete idiot. |
| 1:22.0 | But beyond the hypothetical eating of knees, who exactly is Dan Campbell? |
| 1:28.0 | Today, we're joined by the athletics Chris Burke and Nick Baumgarner, who spoke to friends and former teammates to find out. |
| 1:34.0 | One of the things I think we wanted to find out the most in doing the story is just, |
| 1:38.0 | is he just this cartoon of a football coach or is there something more to it? |
| 1:47.0 | From wandering in the athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
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| 1:54.0 | It felt like something great was happening. |
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