The Rest of the NFL are Eyeing the Lions' Coaching Staff and Management Team

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Costa and Jansen discuss whether the Lions can handle losing multiple coordinators and Chris Spielman in the offseason.

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00:00Everybody wants a slice of what of success and Detroit is having a lot of success right now

00:06So Chris Buhlmann gonna interview with the New York Jets

00:10Not surprised at all. I mean his brother was a GM with the Vikings for a while his brother. I think is actually

00:16somewhat involved with the Jets

00:19Organization I think he may be consulting in the search. Yeah, and so you know it makes complete sense

00:25And I think Chris even talked about like in the future

00:28He would like to be a general manager

00:30I think he mentioned that a few years ago

00:31And he has gone through all of the steps of learning what it would take so that he's not just a guy going from a

00:38former player

00:40media personality to general manager

00:42He actually did the work and has done it from what we know and can see from the outside

00:48It feels like he's he's been a part of what this culture is now

00:53he was a part of hiring Brad Holmes Dan Campbell and

00:57So it makes all the sense in the world

00:59I was initially caught off guard because

01:01when Brad Holmes was hired people brought up Spielman and Spielman was quoted at the time as saying he didn't feel he was qualified and

01:07Said I was not interested in being the general manager now things change

01:10He has every right to have earned some more qualifications and feel better about running an organization

01:16But I didn't even put him on a radar, but it makes sense right it makes all the sense in the world and

01:22And

01:23Chris is a guy that is

01:26Gonna he's gonna dot the I's cross the T's he's gonna make sure he's ready and as prepared as possible for anything that he

01:33does it's part of his DNA and

01:36We know we saw that as a player

01:38We now we've seen that in so many different ways and in when you we've get a chance to talk to Jimmy who worked with

01:44Chris on the media side of things yeah when he was in Columbus and

01:47the work ethic is

01:49There and you you want to make sure that you're prepared so that you set yourself up for success when he says hey

01:55I'm not ready to be a GM. I don't have the qualifications

01:59He has spent the last four years

02:01attaining the experience from watching Brad Holmes from watching the front office from watching Sheila and

02:07All the different things that you've got to do or have your hands in

02:12When we were looking for a general manager here Brad Holmes

02:15What was what was part of the topic is it is it's a really hard position to fill

02:21Because there if you're a good GM, you're unavailable all the guys that get new GM jobs

02:29It's it's learning on the job because there's so many different things you have to do now

02:34He's taken his time to learn and watch and and take notes. This is what I would do. This is how I do it differently

02:41He's deserving of the interviews and if a team hires him

02:44I mean his resume speaks for itself in the sense that I mean his brother was a GM

02:48He has worked inside an organization that has been wildly successful has drafted and developed a culture

02:54Yeah, he makes sense as a candidate. The question is is this a big deal for the Lions if they lose him?

03:01Um

03:03I'm of the mindset, and I've said this the last couple of days

03:06Do I think Spielman is great do I think Ben Johnson is great do I think Aaron Glenn is great?

03:11Yep

03:12Do I think they are the greatest in NFL history?

03:16no, and I don't know necessarily who that would be for a

03:21consultant to an organization

03:23But it doesn't mean that you can't find somebody else that can do what Chris Spielman does

03:29It doesn't mean you can't find another coordinator on either side of the ball and chance

03:33You know are the chances there that it might not go?

03:36Well sure we saw with the Eagles are the chances there that maybe

03:40There's somebody better

03:42That is also a part of the equation

03:44I think the big thing too is if you're a winning organization you got to get used to this right John

03:49Yeah, if you win like I mentioned leading up to this when you have success

03:55The New England way how many times did we hear that here and wanted to vomit?

04:00how many times have we seen whether it was Josh McDaniels or

04:04You know any guy hired from the Belichick tree that they were gonna come in

04:11whether it was general manager or coach and

04:15Bring the success from New England to the next organization

04:19It doesn't always translate to success, but everybody wants a slice of the pie

04:25They want a slice of and maybe it does translate

04:27That's what they're looking for the reason teams are looking for general managers or coaches because things haven't gone well

04:33so

04:35Big deal or no big deal Chris Spielman interviewing for the Jets general manager job

04:39I think a lot of people here give him credit even though he's not the general manager or the head coach

04:42I mean when we did the Thursday touchdown on the medal stand

04:45he got your

04:48He did not get your Tom gave him a medal. Yeah, he's not the GM. He's not the head coach

04:55Those are the pillar positions of an organization

04:57And if you're a really good organization, and you plan to be a good organization for a long time

05:01You will lose good people underneath them and you will have to replace them

05:05Well, that's that's just the reality and then it becomes all about your hiring practices

05:09and and I know Tom gave Sheila the gold right now, I think it was yeah, he gave Sheila the gold and

05:16she obviously

05:18Has good hiring practices through one round of hiring and so she brought in Chris Spielman who then helped set

05:25The tone for this organization with the hiring of Dan Campbell and then Brad Holmes and

05:31How much he's been involved in all of the decisions? I'm sure at some point on some level all of them

05:37But we don't necessarily know it's kind of the gray area

05:41but you've got to have good hiring practices, so if he leaves what are the hiring practices of

05:48Sheila ham Ford can she hire somebody to fill that role, but I don't even know is she hiring

05:54I think Brad's probably spearheading that right like I

05:57She's the one that brought in Chris. Yeah, so I don't know the head football decision-maker for the Detroit Lions is Brad Holmes, right?

06:04Right. He is the highest ranking football mind in the organization. This is a person who would in theory be

06:09Replaced football mind, but not the highest in the organization, correct?

06:13She was gonna sign the paycheck, but in terms of like who's gonna vet this candidate

06:16I would trust Brad to do that wouldn't you yeah, I think there's a great comparison here

06:20I love John's opinion especially on this look he did what he's supposed to do Spielman

06:26He was brought in as a special assistant, and this is done in business sometimes

06:29It's done in the sports world to advise and I think the comparison might be Jim Hackett

06:37Yeah again mm-hmm he was brought in to make the football program succeed again

06:43And he was huge in pursuing Jim Harbaugh

06:47So

06:50Again it comes to hiring practices and

06:53When you lose a valued employee

06:57And it might not be one individual that's hired to replace that valued employee. It could be a couple

07:04This phone call I think is gonna connect some dots for people Matthew and Gibraltar big deal or no big deal Spielman interviewing for the

07:10Jets GM job I

07:13Don't think it's a big deal. I think it's a great opportunity for Chris Spielman, and I think the Jets would be

07:21stupid to not hire him because I think

07:25Along with Chris Spielman he could bring in Aaron Glenn

07:28And then you'd have a GM head coach connection like we have here

07:34And then that would kind of allow us to maybe hire the best defensive mind out there in Rex Ryan to be our next

07:40defensive coordinator

07:43Rex

07:45There's a lot of good defensive

07:47As well, but I think I do think that we're gonna be keeping Ben Johnson. I think Sheila's gonna offer him too much money

07:55well, I like where your head's at, but I think I think you bring up a good point though if

07:59if if one of these coordinators is looking for a good situation if Chris Spielman goes to be the general manager

08:08Either of the he could bring either of these guys as his head coach, and then you do have that

08:16defensive mind

08:18Defensive I'm not gonna okay. Yeah, I'm not gonna pigeonhole him into defensive mind. I'm pigeonholing him into a great football mind oh

08:27Absolutely absolutely. I don't think we'd be even close to where we were if it wasn't for him

08:33So I agree with you 100% on that yeah

08:36Appreciate connecting the dots because that's one thing we had talked about off air is does this not make it more likely the Jets hire one

08:41Of the Lions assistants, maybe that's why it's a big deal

08:44I don't think losing Chris Spielman in and of itself is gonna be a huge loss

08:47I think I trust Brad Holmes to spearhead if there's a pair

08:49But if you lose two at once to the same organization, then it's a domino effect

08:53Yeah, see I don't think this would be a huge deal if he left he came he did his job

08:57Yeah, he changed the culture of the Detroit Lions. He told Sheila

09:01This is how you do it

09:02And then it was part of the process in hiring both Campbell and Holmes and now I don't think I don't like losing him

09:09I think who he would take might be a bigger deal like who do you want him to take Holmes Holmes is right-handed, man

09:16you know that would be hurtful in terms of the

09:20Scouting player right you know that kind of stuff

09:24You know if he takes Glenn with him my reaction kind of Lee okay?

09:28You took Ben Johnson with him I'd be a little mad at him

09:32You know it's like to me. That would be the bigger deal

09:35Who do you want him to take actually when we answer that next because there's a lot of moving parts going on right now

09:39We'll take some more phone calls two four eight five three nine ninety seven ninety seven

09:42You know Aaron Glenn's interviewing for every job and Johnson is gonna be everybody's favorite pick those guys are

09:48Potentially leaving after this season Chris Spielman Adam to the list. It's 97 one

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