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SMH , Obviously you have tunnel vision and haven't looked beneath the surface of why the Lions have had success. Martial arts and football are completely different animals. 1 is a TEAM game and the other is the individual. Yes motivation is important in both but that's the only similarity.You clearly have no idea what your talking about.
A head coach is part football guy, part motivator, part executive. And you undervalue the the motivator part. When you have someone who is a good motivator, going to work or whatever activity is a million times better and productive.
I have no idea how good DC is at other things but it is clear that he is quite good at the executive part because his players always look organised, they understand their role and the gameplan, and they are ready to go. That doesn't happen without someone at the top who knows how to organise his people and practices. DA's teams look horrible and make mistakes all the time.
You also underestimate the motivation part and call it being a cheerleader. The example I used the guy was in competition with a dozen other studios, many going out of business and at the time he had 250+ regular members... 25 years later he is still in business while hundreds of other places came and went in his area. Many of his customers were police and military. So building buy in is an art. DA didn't have this. No one seemed to trust that what was happening would work.
As to Spellman his job is really interesting. He is there advising Shiela Ford as they go through different aspects of the year. They obviously have a set of goals for the organisation on what they want it to look like. The owner is drawing on his experience in who to hire and what culture to create. You seem to dismiss this. Imagine what our team would look like if Gayle had an ex-player guiding her in the same manner; instead, she has Loomis who has never played a down of football in his life..
But being a good motivator is not enough in football you HAVE to be an X's and O's guy as well like a Payton or a Walsh or a Belichick. In fact in the pro game being an X's and O's guy is more important and likeable as Campbell he is not
You keep comparing DC to DA and that's NOT the issue nor the point of my posts. Yes a HC is all that you mentioned but the exe. part has been taken off DC's plate y Holmes. who IS the one making the important decisions like the draft and trades which is where the lions have been built
Over the last 5 drafts NO other team has had most top 100 draft picks , 19 in fact and in that 19 have been a #2, #3,and a #7. Holmes has been the one running the draft since 21
Heck , Ben Johnson their best coordinator was not even hired by DC , he was on staff when he got there.
I get it , Dan is a blue collar likeable guy. I like him too. But he is NOT the riving force behind the Lions success, Holmes and the haul they got from the Stafford trade along with being really bad in the yrs before he got there is . And don't forget he has the best duo of coordinators in the league, that by the way decided not to take HC jobs last yr
If you think Campbell is a great HC then you must believe Ed Ogeron is as well because they are pretty much the same guy