Dan Campbell to miss Lions rookie minicamp for personal reasons

Honestly, that makes me respect him even more. If I played or worked for him I’d back him up on this.

I hope so. Dan Campbell strikes me as the kind of guy who would hike 20 miles in a blizzard to show up for practices.

I could be wrong, but I feel like his daughter may be graduating this year. This could be commencements or an open house. Or some other wnd of school thing

MCDC being a solid dad, I love it

i'm just imagining how pumped af dan campbell must get at his daughter's volleyball games

I actually applaud him for this.

It’s a stressful life, so glad he gets to spend some time with his family when he gets the chance.

That's awesome and definitely hope it's that. "Personal reasons" always brings a concerning connotaiton.

It’s amazing guys like him and Saleh can be great at what they do (jury out on saleh, great DC tho) while still prioritizing family when they can.

Meanwhile guys like Andy Reid is filming 8 State Farm commercials and writing up Cheeseburger jokes the same season his kid drove drunk and nearly killed a little girl, and his other son is dead from drug addiction, and he’s still first guy in last guy out of facility, you know, other than when he’s filming commercials.

Just when I thought I couldn't like the guy more

Rookie mini camp is only one weekend, and you get to choose your preference between this and last weekend.

Then in late May and early June, you have 10 practices over a 4 week period you can schedule.

Then in late July training camp starts.

So 14 days out of 87 days between the draft and training camp, and you get to choose when they are, more or less.

Its probally not anything scheduled unless it's multiple weekends at the worst timing. It's also probally not anything one or two days long as rookie mini camp is a 4 day event.

Don’t they schedule rookie mini camps? Couldn’t they have coordinated this a bit better if it is family time and not an emergency?

Thank God. Usually if a coach takes any time off it’s for a seriously sick or possibly dying family member. No that I think about, It’s genuinely fucked how intense the work culture is for NFL coaches.

It's pretty cool he has love for his family and respect for his staff and players.

Preseason ain't minicamp, but I see what you mean.

I have to miss camp for personal reasons.

The personal reasons: "I don't want to".

I'm sure its not. This guy wouldn't blow off biting knee caps just to go on a vacation.

hot take

I don't think I'd ever feel bad for a team in my division to root for them because they've sucked for so long, but add in such a likable coach like Campbell and yeah, you wind up wishing the best for the Lions and their people.

The Bears on other hands though are a lot farther away than a good coach to getting me to pull for them.

thats cool! i am trying to be more like him so far ive drank 4 large coffees with double espresso and just put some copenha

Why would you reject Dan? Are you stupid?

Andy: Let me give you a scenario. I'm at like a beach cabana, and Brad Pitt approaches. Tries to lean in and kiss me. I would definitely resist, like at first. But if he was persistent, I might give in a little bit just to see what it felt like. Would I push him away? How hard? Like, what if he's really aggressive?

Oscar: If you resisted Brad Pitt a little bit he would still.. need to get to you?

Andy: This is not real Brad Pitt, this is like, in my--this is my fantasy. Or not a fantasy it's like what I'm--it's just a scenario.

Oscar: Wow I--I wish I could help you. I don't--you might be gay, you might be gay.

[cut to talking head]

Oscar: What exactly is my responsibility here? To comfort insecure heterosexual men? That can't possibly fall to me.

Weird, I've had Dan Campbell dreams too. But he didn't try to fuck me in mine. We just talked football.

I read your comment too fast and thought you were sharing your story in this thread. I was like wow this got heavy quick

Also tangentially related: that has to be one of the most insane usernames I’ve seen on here in a hot minute

Define 'aggressive'. Did he try and force you to do Oklahoma drills? I hope you said no. They're dangerous, and you are worth so much more than that

Lol and you aren't even a Lions fan? That makes it even more bizarre. Maybe he's taking off to patch things up with his wife after she had the same dream

Do you think the FO/League in your dream is serving him a punishment which explains why he won't be there for Rookie minicamp?

Did you know you were gay before the dream?

My friend, is ok, no?

Did he take you out on his boat?

I'm not gay but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with Dan Campbell. We won't ever have sex, but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him tighten his ass as he chops wood, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body. I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of women while my thoughts drift back to Dan. I won't be able to climax and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing. One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he'll go inside, pen a brief missive to his departed friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.

League ain’t ready for BBLDan

Graduation in early May?

Shit this means we're actually going to punt this year.

*cassette

One of our beat writers said it was of no concern. Most likely his daughter’s last volleyball tournament or something. Dude preaches family first to the coaches. They let Duce Staley out of his contract early to move to coach the panthers so he could live closer to his ailing mother.

I question his dedication to clock management

Tough crowd. I enjoyed your humor