New Lions head coach Jim Schwartz has no problem speaking his mind. During the offseason, he told a great story about how he ate Bill Belichick’s lunch as a low-level employee with the Browns. After he watched the film of every snap in the Lions 2008 season, he simply said that the team needed talent. Then he threw away the depth chart and put every job up for grabs. More recently, he professed his love for Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. That was just before he told the interviewer he didn’t read books by women. He basically says that a woman’s point of view is not for him. He probably could have given a better answer to that one.
Via Shutdown Corner:
Among the personal tidbits he revealed to the Associated Press:
• He listens to Judas Priest and Iron Maiden
• He has a flame tattoo just above his right ankle
• He is, or at least used to be, an avid reader, plowing through 500+ pages a day
• He doesn’t read books by womenI’d like to focus on that last one, because that’s the one I find most interesting/disturbing. Let’s go to Schwartz for a deeper explanation:
“If I find an author — David Morrell, Mario Puzo, John Grisham or any guy I hear is good — I’ll read everything he did,” Schwartz said. “I don’t read books by women. I’ve tried to, but their perspective is different, so I stick with what I like.”
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