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Twitter Reacts: Has Dan Campbell Been 'Lionized?'

Social media reacts to Dan Campbell's emotional postgame media session following the Detroit Lions 19-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
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Twitter Reacts: Has Dan Campbell Been 'Lionized?'
Twitter Reacts: Has Dan Campbell Been 'Lionized?'

The Detroit Lions have a head coach in Dan Campbell who is the complete opposite of his predecessor in Matt Patricia. 

While the ex-Patriots defensive coordinator was tight lipped and used the same references to dodge answering questions, Campbell is an open book and has not shied away from expressing his emotions. 

After another tough loss to the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit's new head man attempted to fight back tears when he addressed the media. 

You want it for yourself as an organization and for all of us. But you want it for the players," Campbell said. "They’re out there busting their ass. It’s tough.”

Campbell has been heralded by many of his players and the coaching staff since the start of training camp for being authentic and a coach that will always be himself. 

“When you see your players give all that they have and you lose that way it’s tough. You don’t want that for them," Campbell said. 

Campbell added, “We’re going to be on the winning side of these before long, hopefully sooner (rather) than later, but it’s coming. I just don’t know when, but it’s coming. When you play that way and fight that way and clean up a couple of these little mishaps that have shot us in the foot, our days of being on the winning side of that is coming.”

Here is a sample of the reaction online to Campbell's display of emotions postgame. 

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JOHN MAAKARON

John Maakaron has covered Detroit Sports since 2013. Brings a vast array of experience covering the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Detroit Mercy Titans, and Oakland University Golden Grizzlies. John brings a wealth of sports broadcast experience. In 2013, John had the vision to establish the Detroit Sports Podcast Network. Has recorded over 3000 podcasts analyzing Detroit Sports. In 2019, Sports Illustrated Media Group, a historical sports media outlet, partnered with Detroit Sports Podcast to provide daily Lions content for their growing and expanding digital media outlet. Our Lions content can also be read in the newspaper at The Oakland  Passionate about Detroit Sports and it is reflected in his coverage of the local teams!

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