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HAMILTON [url=http://www.lionsjerseyproshop.com/darius-slay-jr-jersey/]Darius Slay Jersey[/url] , Ontario (AP) — More than 50 years after taking his first football coaching gig, Jerry Glanville sees the light at the end of the tunnel like only he can.Glanville is completing his first season as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ defensive coordinator after serving as a guest coach in 2017. The Ticats face the Ottawa Redblacks in the East Division final Sunday after beating the B.C. Lions 48-8 in the conference semifinal.“When I took this job my wife (Brenda) asked, ‘How long do you think you’ll stay there?'” Glanville said straight-faced before delivering the punch line with a broad smile. “I said, ‘No longer than 15 years.’“I love it (in CFL), I love everything about it. It’s great fun, great players, the players play hard. It’s just been totally great experience.”He’s appeared in movies, driven race cars and served as a television football analyst. But make no mistake, Glanville — a former linebacker at Northern Michigan University — is a football coach and always will be.“Coaches coach and preachers preach, they take that to the box,” Glanville said. “I’ll be coaching when they put me in the box.“When I was doing TV, Waylon Jennings told me, ‘Quit TV tomorrow. You know more football than anybody. Don’t you dare die without teaching it, don’t you dare die with the music inside you.’ Watching coaches grow and players play is why you never say, ‘I’m done.'”Glanville [url=http://www.lionsjerseyproshop.com/matthew-stafford-jersey/]Matthew Stafford Jersey[/url] , a Detroit native who calls Knoxville, Tennessee, home, took his first coaching job in 1967 as Western Kentucky’s defensive coordinator. He spent 20 seasons in the NFL, including nine as a head coach with Houston (1985-89) and Atlanta (1990-93).It was with the Oilers that Glanville coined the now famous phrase, “NFL means ‘not for long,'” while chewing out an official for a bad call. Glanville often stands on the sideline dressed in black with sunglasses, he’s left tickets at will call for the late Elvis Presley and rubbed many people — most notably former Pittsburgh coach Chuck Noll — the wrong way with his words and antics.“You can’t try to live forever, try to live the moment,” Glanville said. “The brave and courageous don’t live forever but those who aren’t never get to live at all. A cat is supposed to have nine lives and I think I’m down to about four. I’ve been very blessed.”The Hamilton job reunited Glanville with Ticats head coach June Jones. Glanville was on the Falcons‘ staff when Jones was a quarterback with the club (1977-81) and the two have worked together in both the NFL (Houston and Atlanta) and NCAA (Hawaii).But the CFL presented challenges for Glanville, none bigger than its unlimited motion.“You have to be smart enough to throw out a lot of your American coverages,” he said. “In the U.S. I’m a full bump-and-run teacher but I don’t full press bump and run anybody that’s off the line. I treat the motion guy like he’s a slotback off the line, then I add four yards in my depth to cover them. You know what? There’s a lot of bump-and-run people playing in the NFL that couldn’t cover anybody up here. It’s different.”Hamilton finished the regular season ranked third against the pass (247.7 yards per game) and fewest yards allowed (334.3), fourth in rushing yards (101.6), sixth in offensive points allowed (23.6 per game) and eighth in sacks (31). On Sunday against B.C. [url=http://www.lionsjerseyproshop.com/dashawn-hand-jersey/]Da’Shawn Hand Jersey[/url] , the unit surrendered just 319 total yards and one touchdown while defensive back Frankie Williams registered a pick-six.However, Glanville takes no credit for that performance.“What I tell them (players) is the biggest difference between American and Canadian football is nothing,” he said. “It’s still who hits who in the mouth, who gang tackles, who hustles. It’s your attitude, it’s how you play. I don’t take credit for one thing we do and I shouldn’t because I don’t deserve it. There’s never a game where our guys don’t spill their guts and that’s the fun of it.”Linebacker Larry Dean, who had 106 tackles this season and is a finalist for the CFL’s top defensive player award, calls Glanville a “football historian,” who delivers sometimes very colorful messages.“I can’t repeat some of them,” Dean said. “We’re just trying to get as much knowledge from him as we can. He has different philosophies, different ways to look at things and I just find it interestingto pick his brain and get the skin and bones of it.”Glanville credits assistant Ticats head coach Orlondo Steinauer with helping him learn the nuances of Canadian football. But Glanville gushes about the work defensive backs coach Williams Fields and former Ticat Craig Butler, now the team’s special-teams and defensive assistant, have done.However football isn’t what defines Glanville, who’s rubbed elbows with such big-name entertainers as Jennings, Johnny Cash and Burt Reynolds.“I was with Johnny Cash when he was dying [url=http://www.lionsjerseyproshop.com/jarrad-davis-jersey/]Jarrad Davis Jersey[/url] ,” Glanville said. “When I walked over to see him I said, ‘Gee Johnny, how you doing,’ and he said, ‘I’ve got Parkinson’s and it ain’t funny.’ Waylon Jennings was playing the guitar when I saw him and I said, ‘Waylon, you’re playing the blues.’ He looked at me and said, ‘Coach, sooner or later we all go back to the blues.'”But Glanville took Reynolds’ death in September at the age of 82 especially hard. The two worked together in the ’17 film The Last Movie Star and became close friends.“He taught you humility,” Glanville said. “People would line up three blocks for autographs and he never turned anyone down, he never treated anyone badly, he signed every autograph and spoke to every single person. He was bent over and had a hard time walking but he’d never take a double. He was just that type of guy.”Like Glanville, Reynolds also enjoyed pushing the envelope when he could.“The movie premiere was in Knoxville, because most of it was shot there,” Glanville said. “Burt is onstage with the producer and director and they’re taking questions. So this guy asks what Burt thought about the people of Tennessee. Burt looked at him and said [url=http://www.lionsjerseyproshop.com/teez-tabor-jersey/]Teez Tabor Jersey[/url] , ‘The first thing we’ve got to realize is we all don’t have a chance to live in Georgia.’ Now who else would do that? The crowd cheered. Anybody else would’ve been booed off the stage.”FOX Fantasy AutoForm a Racing Team, Compete for PrizesPlay Now! Free agent wide receivers the Lions should avoid"Alright, Lions fans. This is it. The last Just Say No of the year. Free agency is just around the corner. The legal tampering period starts on Monday, and the news is going to be flying around like crazy. I, for one, can’t wait. So here in the 25th hour, we have to talk about the final major position of need the Lions need to fill during the offseason. That’s tight end. For me, tight end should be the least of the Lions worries in free agency. They can pick up a nice veteran for cheap. But, in my opinion, the Lions need to focus on other positions here and grab a tight end from the draft that’s stacked with tight end talent. Even if that means taking a guy like T.J. Hockenson with the eighth pick. If the Lions must get tight end in free agency, these are the five guys they need to avoid. Tyler EifertI knew that Tyler’s career had gone downhill, but I had no idea it was as bad as it was until I looked at his stats. It’s really bad. In 2015, Eifert had a big year that saw him grab 13 touchdowns en route to a Pro Bowl nod. Since then, Eifert has played just 14 games. In those 14 games he’s managed to rack up 619 yards. That’s just 4 more yards than he had in his big Pro Bowl season. But I get it, I see how players like this get locked into football fans’ minds. He had a really good fantasy season and that now means he’s really good. I call it the Jonas Gray Syndrome. The sad fact is Eifert is extremely injury prone [url=http://www.lionsjerseyproshop.com/kenny-golladay-jersey/]Kenny Golladay Jersey[/url] , and I’d be surprised if any team brought him on this offseason. Levine ToiloloLevine was the best tight end the Lions had in 2018, but that isn’t saying much at all, and it isn’t a good enough reason to bring Levine back. We’re talking about a guy that caught 21 passes for 263 yards and a touchdown. I’m not super psyched to have a guy like that come back in a prominent role.Honestly I think the Lions should just start over completely at the position and sign and draft a whole new group. With that said, this is more about my personal desire to see the Lions make a major upgrade at the position than it is about Levine. The guy can block and play a role here if the Lions do decide to bring him back. I’m just worried they’re going to struggle again to find tight ends in free agency and be stuck in a similar situation to last year.Antonio GatesHe’s 40 years old!!!Dwayne AllenDwayne is a player that’s already been linked to the Lions. He’s going to be visiting the team soon, and he obviously has some of the qualifications that the team is looking for. The big one being that he’s worn a Patriots jersey before. I’m sure this guy winds up on the team, but would that be a good get? Our own Kent Lee Platte has the perfect explanation for Dwayne.Better than nothing feels a lot like what the Lions did at tight end in 2018, especially when you look at what Dwayne did in his two years in New England. He caught 13 balls for 113 yards and a touchdown. It’s like they’d be better off sticking with Luke Willson and Toilolo. Jared CookThere’s a little point of contention here at Pride Of Detroit when it comes to Cook. Our own Mansur Shaheen put together a list of free agent tight ends the Lions should sign earlier this week. Here’s a bit of what Mansur had to say about Cook. I agree that Jared had a pretty decent 2018. I’d even concede that if the Lions signed him, he may give the team some decent production they sorely need at the position. But still, I have disagree for a few reasons. The first being that Jared will be 32 when the 2019 season starts. This is not going to be a signing that the Lions can have on the team for a long period. The next is that Jared led all tight ends in drops in 2018. If there’s one thing that Lions fans hate the most, it’s tight ends that drop passes, right? If the Lions can get a couple young guys with great futures to pair with Cook, then I can get behind this. He’d probably be cheap, I suppose. But the way the Lions really need to go here is with players that can contribute in 2019 and beyond. Cook won’t be able to do the beyond part.
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