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00:00I think yesterday we had some people pulling the plug so quickly. Not all of
00:06you, not all of you. There's legitimate criticisms and legitimate concerns. But
00:11there were some yelling and screaming. I didn't get to the Dan Campbell text
00:14about Hollywood Dan and people being disappointed that you know Dan Campbell's
00:21gone all Hollywood and there's a reason why Ben Johnson didn't get a job guys.
00:28I'm just like the other ones that were coming in I knew this would happen once
00:32Goff got his contract. We didn't read all these texts but it kind of
00:36contributed to my overall feeling of why are people so quick to pull the plug
00:44when the long term like I feel like falling back on what we really truly
00:50believe that there is competent people running the organization. That they've
00:56got a really good GM. They got a really good head coach. They have a really good
01:02offensive coordinator. Like these are things that we felt were established and
01:07we're willing and some people seem willing to pull the plug on that two
01:13games in without paying attention to the context of what it's like in the NFL. And
01:22I do think it's important when you look around at what happened last weekend in
01:29the National Football League some of the remarkable results Saints 44 Cowboys 19
01:39Vikings 23 49ers 17. You had Raiders 26 Ravens 23 the Ravens are 0-2
01:52Cardinals 41 Rams 10 Rams are devastated by injuries. Week one Patriots over the
02:01Bengals last night Atlanta over Philadelphia. Philly at home is a big
02:06favorite but nope Goff got paid Hollywood Dan reason Ben Johnson didn't
02:13get a job. And those are the things that I think frustrate me and it came through
02:20on the air and I don't think I handled it well Gator and I'm admitting it now. I think it's
02:25okay. I think that if people are going to pull the plug after two weeks and then
02:33cite things like Hollywood Dan or whatever they want to do I think that's
02:38just it's just foolish and it goes back to what somebody said for which caller it
02:43was it was a brilliant observation may have been one of the Paul's that said
02:48people are going to feel the way they feel just to support their own narrative.
02:53So if if they're gonna lose and go one and one and they're gonna and they
02:58didn't think that this Lions team is gonna be any good they're gonna latch
03:01on to it as quickly as they can because it'll just take a matter of weeks before
03:06it fizzles. But for right now they can crow about it and pound their chest and
03:10say see I told you and then they're gonna find some other reasons. Dan
03:13Campbell just doesn't care. He's too distracted by other things like doing
03:17Applebee's commercials and making sure that he looks good when they go for it
03:21on fourth down or they got to have that fake punt two games into the season
03:24which of course those are ridiculous things to be upset by. Those are reasons
03:28that Dan Campbell the commercials is it's not distracting it's it's offseason
03:32stuff it's stuff that was done probably a well before training camp but people
03:37want to believe what they want to believe they want to get fired up about
03:40stupid stuff and this is definitely stupid stuff. Well look I mean I've made
03:44the comment that people want their athletes and their coaches to do nothing
03:50but work out, practice, go to bed early, and eat healthy. Right. Anything else is
03:57unacceptable. That's just not the way it is. There is some time off. I'm gonna
04:02guess here Gator and I'm gonna I'm gonna assume this is a good guess that Dan
04:07Campbell taping Applebee's commercials didn't take away from his coaching it
04:15took away from his private time. That's my guess. I would think you're right.
04:21Does Dan Campbell strike you as the kind of guy that would put something ahead of
04:26football? No not at all. 248-539-9797 let's get back to your phone calls we go
04:35to Don in Detroit. Hi Don. Hey guys how are you? What's up? I got two things I
04:40want to say. I'm happy for the Tigers the only problem is when you do those
04:44bullpen days just like Dan Campbell doing the fourth and two fourth and three
04:49it's gonna catch up with you sooner or later. Now the problem is with the Lions
04:53is that nobody was ready for the Lions last year and they had a pretty easy
04:58schedule but they're ready for them this year and it's gonna be a lot different
05:03and now you're gonna see the true coaching of Dan Campbell. Take care, keep
05:07up the good work. Do you believe in the coaching Don? Yes I believe in the
05:12coaching but I had doubts when they didn't do what was proper about getting
05:18the field goal team on or throwing the ball down and stopping the clock.
05:23Somebody didn't do their job. Yeah I mean he said it was him. He was pretty
05:29accountable for it. You could put it on the coach, you could put it on Ben Johnson,
05:34you could put it on whoever. The coach put it on himself. Yeah right. Well I know he took
05:40the blame because he's a coach and that's what most people do when you're
05:44the head coach or when you're the head of anything. You take the blame and you
05:48roll with it until the next week. Thank you for the phone call Don. Everybody has improved in the
05:54NFL. Well not everybody. No. In fact I think we could probably make the case
05:59that the team they beat in the opener unfortunately. I don't think the Rams have improved.
06:04Brian's in Detroit and he's next to you on 97. Want a ticket? Hello Brian. What's up fellas? How y'all doing?
06:10Hey Brian, what's going on? Oh nothing much. The fans are just pretty much
06:16disappointed that when we hear for two or three months leading up to the season
06:20that this is a Super Bowl team, then to come out to perform like that. Fans that don't know,
06:25they think it's just supposed to go smooth all the way. When they're not realizing, it's just two games.
06:30But they need to perform better. We gave the quarterback his money, the coaches,
06:34him doing commercials is nothing, but now all the glory is going to him and they
06:39come out and perform like this the first two games. That's the frustration. I can
06:45see that. Frustration is one thing. Do you think this team's gonna have a good year?
06:48I think they're gonna have a good year, but it's just not gonna be as easy. It's just not gonna be as easy as people think.
06:55Because people winning, the fans in this area winning and thinking, kick it, sell out quick,
07:00everything's gonna be great. It's just not gonna go that way. They might not even win a division.
07:05You just have to wait to the end result and see if they make it. When they get to the playoffs,
07:09we need for them to get to the Super Bowl. Not the NFC Championship game, not none of that.
07:14We need a Super Bowl. And that's what we need, period. I love your show too, fellas.
07:19Appreciate it, Brian. It's good to hear from you. It's funny because last week, late in the week,
07:22I said, hey, don't forget, last year the team went 12-5, had a great year, won the division,
07:27went to the NFC title game, but lost in week two at home to Seattle and everybody lost their you
07:33know what. They just lost again in week two. And everybody's losing their you know what again. And
07:38the reason I brought it up last week was because, just remember, they lose on Sunday to Tampa.
07:44Doesn't mean it's the end of the world. And we got some end-of-world calls yesterday.
07:48Right. Well, I mean, their schedule is...