NFL Fanhouse Former Detroit News sports columnist
Rob Parker claims that the response to
his question to the Lions' coach was "about 60-40 positive." He recalls how a Columbia j-school prof said she wanted more out of him. "She said, 'Robert, I want you to stick the knife in, turn it and draw blood. That is the way you have to be a reporter. You've got to get the information, you've got to go after it. You can't be soft on it.' And that's my approach, and that's the only way I know how to do that job."