New Lions president had a very adventurous debut press conference

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owner and chairman Martha Firestone Ford Rod Wood as the team's new president. Where do you know Wood from? You probably don't. Per the team's pre s release, this is what he'd done before joining the Lions:Most recently, Wood was hired as President and CEO of Ford Estates in 2007. From 1999 until his appointment at Ford Estates, Wood was Executive Vice President of Wealth Management for the Wilmington Trust Company in Wilmington, Del., a $400 million operation with 17 offices in eight states. Jack Driscoll Jersey Wood directed the companys entire wealth management busine s nationally, and he managed the personal trust, financial planning, private banking, investment management, family office services and sales functions for the wealth advisory busine s of Wilmington Trust.Prior to joining Josh Sweat Jersey Wilmington Trust, Wood held an executive position with Comerica Bank where he oversaw 12 offices in four states.Wood spoke to the media for the first time on Friday(all the following tweets via the ) and things got ... interesting.New Lions president Rod Wood Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Wood got off to a wonderful start, declaring that he is " ," which is probably not the best thing for the president of a football team to not be. He actually recovered from that pretty quickly, though.Rod Wood: It's important to know what you don't know ... The key to running great organizations is find great people & empower them Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) That's true! That's a great way to run things. Jordan Mailata Jersey Some of the best organizations in sports do that.Wood then spoke a bit about the search for the team's next general manager and what that would entail, as well as what that GM's responsibilities will be.Rod Wood: Were going to use every resource available to us in the GM search. Locally, nationally and from the NFL Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Wood: I don't think we as an advisory board have sufficient expertise to pick the next GM. We will employ an advisor Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Wood said the Lions have not picked an adviser yet but they hope to have one for their GM search soon. Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Wood on what he's looking for in the next GM: A history of succe Michael Walker Jersey sful roster building Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Rod Wood said the new GM will be in charge of the salary cap. Said: There will be a clear line of demarcation in responsibiltiies Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Rod Wood: "When we hire the GM all football decisions will be up to them" Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Wood: "It will be incredibly rare" I have input in football decisions ... Only time will be if a significant investment decision in player Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) OK. If they don't have enough knowledge and experience to make an informed choice, the advisory board hiring an outside advisor seems like a wise decision. And if Wood himself is not a "football guy," then leaving the person hired to make the football decisions in charge of making those football decisions also seems wise, as does involving the team president in matters of great financial investment. Still doing pretty well, here. Then things started getting weird.New Lions president Rod Wood said Matthew Stafford is his QB on his fantasy team Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Wood said he's not in first place Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Probably not a good sign. I Jake Elliott Jersey mean, he shouldn't lie about being in first place, but maybe don't volunteer the Stafford information and the "not in first place" information back to back. The optics aren't great.Even outside of that, Stafford is the in CBS Sports standard scoring this season (behind such luminaries as , , , and , among others). Might want to pick up a different guy for the squad, Rod. But really, this is OK. We don't know who else is on Wood's team -- the rest of the roster might be dragging Stafford down and not the other way around. Maybe he's in a 32-team league and A.J. Brown Jersey Stafford is an average-ish Fantasy quarterback. We don't know. And anyway, the guy works for the Lions and he has the Lions' quarterback on his Fantasy team. Totally understandable.Where he really went off the rails is with this:New Lions president Rod Wood: "I would probably say that Im not qualified to run any other NFL team but I think I'm qualified to run this 1" Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) Yikes. I think I get where he was going with this, saying that his experience with the Lions makes him Marcus Epps Jersey qualified to run that organization but since he doesn't have experience with other organizations, he's not quite as qualified to run them. But, man ... that is some poor phrasing, right? It makes it sound like this is the only organization fit to be run by a self-profe sed "not a football guy," which given the Lions' history both distant and recent, is probably not the best thing to imply.
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