Al Golden says he was burnt out at Miami, but former player paints a very different picture
On June 15 the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News published stories about newly minted Lions tight ends coach Al Golden, who was formerly the head coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes. The marriage of Golden and Miami ended bitterly and he found himself kicked out of town in the middle of the 2015 college football season following the school's worst loss in history. But as Golden told the press, coming to the Lions helped him to feel like he's got new life to him:
"I needed this right now," Golden told the Free Press after practice Wednesday.