On Tuesday morning Chris Spielman, the Detroit Lions’ special assistant to both owner Sheila Ford Hamp and team president Rod Wood, joined local radio station 97.1 The Ticket to explain everything going on in the halls of Allen Park now that the team’s front office and coaching staff were set up. While conversations varied from philosophy on how to build in free agency vs. the draft (“you can’t buy a locker room”) and how Detroit built their coaching staff, Spielman’s most interesting comments came about how involved Ford Hamp has been in the process.
Back during her introductory press conference, Ford Hamp promised that she would take her first year on the job to learn every aspect of the franchise, while also assuring to let the people in place do their jobs.