BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Remember when you were 5 years old and watching afternoon cartoons?
Yeah, well, Josh McDaniels doesn’t. His viewing habits were a bit different.
McDaniels and his father, Thom, a longtime Ohio prep coach enshrined in the state’s high school Hall of Fame, would instead spend hours on end watching game and practice film. Scooby-Doo gave way to sweeps and slants. Mickey Mouse was overshadowed by man coverage.
“It was on the old-school projector,” McDaniels said. “I had the black button and he would let me (run) it until I would screw it up too many times and he’d take it from me.