Coaches Behaving Badly
Hail to the Victors! This head football was fired after having an alleged drunken outburst at the Excalibur Restaurant in Southfield, Michigan.
Gary Moeller
Lisa Lopes of the R&B Group TLC, allegedly intentionally burned down the mansion of her NFL wide receiver boyfriend in the 1990s. An alumni of Flint Northwestern/MSU, one could say there was a Bad Moon on the rise.
Andre Rison
Tried to amend my carnivorous habits, made it nearly 70 days.
Cheeseburger in Paradise
It’s been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. (Blank) was called the ship of dreams and it was.
Titanic
Technically born and raised in Ann Arbor, this musician’s concert album—“Live Bullet” recorded at Cobo Hall is one of the quintessential Michigan rock albums of all time?
Bob Seeger
Boomer Sooner/How ‘Bout them Cowboys. This coaching legend was prosecuted for insider trading in the 1980S based on trading on information he learned at his son’s high school track meet.
Barry Switzer
The narrative has recently changed about this 1990/2000s pop queen, whose low point came with a head shaving incident in 2007.
Brittney Spears
Yes, I am a pirate, 200 years too late, the cannons don’t thunder there’s nothing to plunder, I’m an over 40 victim of fate, arriving too late, arriving too late.
A Pirate Looks at 40
You Shall Not Pass!
The Lord of the Rings
No, this civil rights icon’s moment on the Bus did not occur in Detroit, but she made Detroit her home for the later portion of her life.
Rosa Parks
This Big Ten Coach had his eulogy delivered by former President Richard Nixon in 1987. An overly intense figure, this coach idolized US General George Patton. Much like Patton who courted controversy for for slapping a soldier with PTSD, this coach’s career came to an end when he punched a player from Clemson in 1978.
Woody Hayes
The poster boy for the rock-n-roll life style was predicted to die in 1985 by the publication the Rolling Stone…nonetheless he is still here. Call him the Tumbling Dice.
Keith Richards
He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his own. Warm summer breezes and French wines and cheeses, put his ambition at bay.
He Went to Paris
Jock. Start the plane. Start the plane Jock!
Indiana Jones
This Detroit musician emerged on the scene when signed by Kanye West’s “Good Music”. So far he has had a highly lauded career with many dance floor classics. Notably he sang a verse in the 2014 song Detroit v Everybody.
Big Sean
This coach was an institution in a state bordering Michigan. In fact, he shortly coached Larry Byrd, until his difficult personality led to Byrd exiting his program. Ultimately fired from Indiana for allegedly strangling a student athlete in practice, he later resurfaced at Texas Tech.
Bobby Knight
Don’t break this chain! Part of the most iconic foursome of the 1970s, this female lead singer had one of the most iconic voices in rock. She credits the late great Tom Petty for helping her get sober in the 1980s.
Stevie Nicks
This morning, I shot six holes in my freezer, I think I got cabin fever, somebody sound the alarm.
Boat Drinks.
Greed, for a lack of a better word, is good.
Wallstreet
In May 1937, this Detroiter and labor leader was assaulted by Henry Ford’s secret police while trying to unionize a Ford Plant in an incident that would be known as the “Battle of the Overpass”?
Walter Reuther
Swing your sword! This coach was an attorney turned football coach who revolutionized the game with his air-it-out ethos. Once upon a time, he allegedly locked a player suffering from a concussion in a dark equipment room (player was the son of ESPN commentator Craig James). Unfortunately, this one of a kind coach left us to soon.
Mike Leach
The drummer for the band “The Who,” this young man-made history by crashing a car into a swimming pool at a hotel during his 21st Birthday.
Keith Moon
Headed off to San Francisco, for the labor day weekend show. I’ve got my hush puppies on I guess I never was meant for glitter rock-n-roll
Come Monday
Here’s looking at you kid!
Casablanca
Born in Mexico, this person went on to become a Detroit automobile executive in the mid-century. While in leadership he repeatedly informed his Board of Directors to limit his compensation to $250,000 (about $2 million today) because he feared excess wealth would make him lose his edge. He later went on to become governor of Michigan.
George Romney