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Abe Sargent · 01-21-2019, 11:14 PM

“How Ken Norton Jr. is the perfect coach for the Lions

Hello viewers and welcome back to the YouTube channel where we look at various players, coaches, and personnel and talk about how they are a perfect match. To day I want to look at head coach Ken Norton, Jr’s recent Super Bowl victory for the Lions.

This was a breakthrough win for the franchise. Norton is a hard-nosed, no-nonsense head coach, born next door Illinois, and having a Super Bowl winning 13 year career at linebacker before moving to position coach, DC for two teams inkling a Super Bowl win for the Seahawks, and now head coach for the Lions.

When creating his new idea for a franchise, GM D’Avignon said that the only way to build was through the draft, and everything else was a distraction. After D’Avignon arrived, his first team went 5-11. He fired the head coach and then gave walking papers for every player on the team, to create a new dynamic committing to a new era of Lions teams. It was the story of the year. He immediately went out and hired Ken Norton and never looked back. During those years of slow building, Norton was 4-12, 5-11, 5-11, and 6-10. Then this year the team’s talent level finally broke past the dam, and they went 12-4, and had the best record in the NFC, before making it to the Super Bowl and defeating the Patriots in a gritty victory. Ken Norton, Jr. will always be known as a Super Bowl winning head coach.

And he was the perfect coach for D’Avignon’s system. D’Avignon regularly talked of linebackers not truly being appreciated in the NFL. He brought in a head coach who played the position and specialized in developing talented linebackers. And then he also drafted two linebackers in his first draft, and embraced a 3-4 defense that emphasized them. In his second year with the team, LB Donley was the Defensive Player of the Year, and won All-Pro. The following year, LB Monroe was Defensive Player of the Year, and notched his first All Pro nod as well. Do you think that would have happened without Norton?

Norton even fits Detroit as a city. A black man who was passed over for coaching gigs. Never given as much credit as he should have been. Has a chip on his shoulder and something to prove to America. Detroit has embraced him as their guy. Midwestern guy and values, rust belt state, great lakes, there’s a lot to love. And the powerful defense that GM D’avingnon assembled has played into Norton, Jr.’s hands.

He is the perfect coach for the Lions!”

Season Awards:

Super Bowl MVP : QB Teddy Himes

All Pro, 2nd Team – LB Drew Monroe

Coach of the Year: Ken Norton, Jr.

01-21-2019, 11:14 PM	#40
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	“How Ken Norton Jr. is the perfect coach for the Lions Hello viewers and welcome back to the YouTube channel where we look at various players, coaches, and personnel and talk about how they are a perfect match. To day I want to look at head coach Ken Norton, Jr’s recent Super Bowl victory for the Lions. This was a breakthrough win for the franchise. Norton is a hard-nosed, no-nonsense head coach, born next door Illinois, and having a Super Bowl winning 13 year career at linebacker before moving to position coach, DC for two teams inkling a Super Bowl win for the Seahawks, and now head coach for the Lions. When creating his new idea for a franchise, GM D’Avignon said that the only way to build was through the draft, and everything else was a distraction. After D’Avignon arrived, his first team went 5-11. He fired the head coach and then gave walking papers for every player on the team, to create a new dynamic committing to a new era of Lions teams. It was the story of the year. He immediately went out and hired Ken Norton and never looked back. During those years of slow building, Norton was 4-12, 5-11, 5-11, and 6-10. Then this year the team’s talent level finally broke past the dam, and they went 12-4, and had the best record in the NFC, before making it to the Super Bowl and defeating the Patriots in a gritty victory. Ken Norton, Jr. will always be known as a Super Bowl winning head coach. And he was the perfect coach for D’Avignon’s system. D’Avignon regularly talked of linebackers not truly being appreciated in the NFL. He brought in a head coach who played the position and specialized in developing talented linebackers. And then he also drafted two linebackers in his first draft, and embraced a 3-4 defense that emphasized them. In his second year with the team, LB Donley was the Defensive Player of the Year, and won All-Pro. The following year, LB Monroe was Defensive Player of the Year, and notched his first All Pro nod as well. Do you think that would have happened without Norton? Norton even fits Detroit as a city. A black man who was passed over for coaching gigs. Never given as much credit as he should have been. Has a chip on his shoulder and something to prove to America. Detroit has embraced him as their guy. Midwestern guy and values, rust belt state, great lakes, there’s a lot to love. And the powerful defense that GM D’avingnon assembled has played into Norton, Jr.’s hands. He is the perfect coach for the Lions!” Season Awards: Super Bowl MVP : QB Teddy Himes All Pro, 2nd Team – LB Drew Monroe Coach of the Year: Ken Norton, Jr. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent Last edited by Abe Sargent : 01-21-2019 at 11:17 PM.