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Next Detroit Lions coach must be able to connect with his players the way Mike Vrabel does

Three years ago, one of the best head coaches in the NFL interviewed with the Detroit Lions looking for a job. He didn’t get it.

Sheila Ford Hamp may or may not think about that this Sunday when her Lions take on that coach — and his team — in Nashville, Tennessee. Yet she recently wrote an internal memo that suggests she doesn’t want the Lions to miss out on a coach like Mike Vrabel again.

In the memo last week, Ford Hamp laid out her vision for what she and her advisors seek as they try to hire a general manager and coach to replace Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia.