Detroit Lions Dan Campbell praises general manager Brad Holmes for ability to evaluate players.
Despite a rash of injuries, theGeneral manager Brad Holmes and head coachhave been working together for four years and have the Lions as one of the teams in the conversation to win the Super Bowl.
During his Friday media session, Detroit's popular head coach was asked a series of questions regarding scouting players, the importance of communication and if there was a question that meant the most when he had an opportunity to speak to draft prospects.“I don’t know if there’s a question. Look, let me go to the – Brad does a hell of a job. There’s a lot of people involved, but I’m always going to tell you, I think Brad is a master evaluator," said Campbell.
For Campbell, being able to speak to a player in a way that facilities growth and learning is one of the primary tasks of being a head coach in the National Football League. "That is job number one for the coaches, for us as coaches, is we have to find a way to ‘What is the best way for them to learn? What is the best way to motivate them?’ You don’t always know, you get a guy, he’s got a lot of talent, well why doesn’t it work out? If you really believe in the coaches you have and what you’re teaching and how you’re going about it, if they don’t make it, it’s too much pressure and they just can’t get over it, the anxiety of it for whatever reason, or they...
"This is a hard business. You’re around the best of the best and not everybody can do it no matter how talented you are and you see a slew of guys every year, the amount of talent and they just can’t get it. But us as coaches, we have to find a way to communicate and whatever it takes to do that.”John Maakaron has covered Detroit Sports since 2013.
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