Diner Morning News: Jim Schwartz and the Lions

National Football Post QUOTE: “I know he has only one thought in mind, and that is to win football games. Some of the other trappings of being a head coach are just not important to him, and I would think that's what they need. That's the way Don James was and the way Jim Owens was. They were top football coaches who developed an esprit de corps and a sense of purpose, and that's what counts.” —Bill Walsh Today marks the two-year anniversary of Bill Walsh’s death at age 75. As many of you who read my column know, coach Walsh has been an inspiration throughout my life. Much of the way I process football comes from his words, his suggestions and his thoughts. He was and still is a mentor to me, and there’s not a day that goes by without me asking myself, “What would Coach do?” He is missed, yet his words and his work still live on in the NFL and throughout the business world. So today we celebrate his life—a life that left ...