losses piled up and
critics piled on Lions stayed
the same old Lions
They mocked him in the beginning, convinced he was going to end up just like the rest, run out of town within a few years because nothing had changed. Nothing ever changed in Detroit. Then they ripped him during the climb for being too honest, for being too out there, for having the nerve to think some sort of miraculous turnaround was coming, even as the losses piled up and the critics piled on and the Lions stayed the same old Lions.
From The genius of Dan Campbell: ‘He’s the best leader I’ve ever been around’ by Zak Keefer in the New York Times on Jan 15, 2025
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