JR Afternoon with Chris Renwick
Meet And Greet With A Lions Legend
All right. Well, if you want to hang with Lions royalty, you'll have an opportunity to this weekend and imagine in Royal Oak, it's a VIP experience with Herman Moore, who joins me this afternoon. Herman, it's good to have you back, my friend. Always. Thank you very much. I appreciate the invite. Um, so I'm looking at some of the stuff that, uh, that you've, uh, you've got for people if they want to take advantage, um, and, uh, look, I, I know Lomas Brownwell. I know you guys are, are friends. You have a, uh, a Herman low blanket. Yeah. So we, what I've done is over the years is, um, Lomas and I, we've been great, not just teammates, but just brothers. And he does a tremendous amount of work on the community. He does a lot with different, um, uh, people throughout and business leaders. And what we wanted to do is just kind of throw out journey as, as brothers, as, as teammates. And the blankets are just kind of a testament to that. And it's, it pulls out of that some visuals that I think people will really enjoy. They're funny. Uh, they can check those out at herm and low.com, h-e-r-m and low.com. Um, if they like to see what we're doing there, it's a great work by a gentleman by the name of Larry Dodge, um, College of Creative Studies, um, former guy that, um, student and he does tremendous illustration. I don't know how you've put up with him this long. He's, uh, he's a, he's a tough guy to get along with that. Lomas Brown. Yeah. Lomas is a, a, just a fall for the earth and people understand that phrase, um, a very, very compassionate person and he's, he's there for people and he has the laugh that goes a long way. I love calling my brother. Yeah. Um, so tell us about, uh, the Herman more experience at Imagine a Royal Oak this weekend. What do you got for people? Well, it's, it's been great. I've been, uh, as everyone knows, Imagine theaters is, is awesome. Um, Paul Glance and his team and, and everyone he has there, just do a tremendous job. And they've been kind enough to offer us the opportunity to utilize their theater and invite lion fans out and those that just want to come out and have a great evening. I know there's a, a great, um, game that's going on that I know we'll, we'll probably have somewhere in the background. Uh, they loved it. They won't have to worry about missing that, but if they come out and support the Herman more tackle life foundation, we do a lot with, uh, offering free mental health services through educators and, um, families who can't afford it, but also to first responders and, and those in our community that may need it. Um, and then we also do entrepreneurship program. So I'll have a, my own personal effects there, my memorabilia that you can't get online. You can't really buy it, uh, anywhere in any stores. I have it at my own collections, um, cameo type, uh, videos we can do with them, VIP meet and greet and things that they've just making it a nice experience. Um, while you're there, we've got four bar, boom and plus seating as you know, the services that imagine. So it's, it's awesome. Yeah. It's top notch and, um, and everything that you continue to do with your foundation, your partnership with low and, and imagine, uh, is, is one that, uh, that seems to be made in heaven. Um, and, and of course, uh, you welcome lions fans out now. I mean, we're ushering in, you know, kind of this, this golden age for lions football, but I mean, you guys had some runs too back in those early nineties. And, um, and what, uh, what do you see, but, you know, kind of the similarities if there are of the teams that you guys were on, you and low and, and, and maybe this team that they've got built now. Yeah. Well, here's the thing that's really interesting. I really like the fact that coach Campbell and there's no disrespect to players such as myself and Barry and Lomas and Chris Billman and guys like that, he's created a different identity for this team. He's, it's a different era. It's a different game than what we had. I don't think anyone's mistaking, um, some of the receivers to be, you know, Chris Carter's and Brandy Moss is in Jerry Rice's across the line or Darryl Green's and, um, uh, Deion Sanders and those type of, you know, Charles Woods and those guys on the other side. But I think there's a tremendous amount of talent that is there and in this era based on what's happening, I think this team is poised, um, to, to win a championship and I think they deserve it. They've built their own culture. They've built their own type of team without negating or forgetting the history of the lions and the players have become before them, um, in our era and all those things, but they're building their own story and that's why I am more impressed with in the fact that they have a coach and Dan Campbell that he goes in. He's very authentic. He's transparent and, um, they, they, they've built a winning culture, you know, winning is you all, as anyone would know, has been in sports. It's not about just talking about it. It's about you have to embody that. You have to know that when you're not winning, you, you innately know what that feels like that you're underperforming and so they don't accept anything other than winning and playing their best. And I think that's, that's tremendous. So I applaud them. And again, that's why we're as, as former players, we're out supporting them. We're out speaking very highly about this organization about this, this coaching staff and these players, but even like with me, it's, it's celebrating our fan base and offering free events like we're doing at Imagine, but then they come out for at no cost to come out and just let's celebrate this, this, this exciting thing that are happening, not just with the Lions, but with all the Detroit sports. This is a great, it's a great time to be a Detroit Lions and Detroit sports fan. No doubt about it. Did you find that in your, in your playing days too, in your career, that there was just something different about coaches, whether they were position coaches or whatever, that if they played, they understood the game at a different level because it seems to me, you know, Dan makes a big focus on understanding what they go through mentally, physically and what all that entails. And he's very cognizant of it and he's very cognizant of the business aspect of it too. And you see that in the, in the way that they've, they've, they've paid these guys. But did you find that it was a different mentality with coaches that played the game? It is. So I was blessed as a receiver to have Charlie Sanders, NFL Hall of Famer, Lions legend, who was my coach at some point in time doing my career. Had Raymond Berry, another legend, another guy that, you know, is an NFL legend. That was my coach. And I always had good rapport with them. It was only when you had people who hadn't played the game, there was a disconnect because it was their way or no way. And what we realized as players that there's something that unless you've actually played the game, there's going to be a disconnect in communication. I love the fact that Coach Campbell has brought people and personnel on his team that have played the game. I mixed that in with some really great mind who understand how to put philosophy and schemes together. And they work together. It's not about ego and attitude. Think early in the 90s and the times when I played, it was, it was just too much of possessiveness. And it was, you had to embody and embrace their way. And sometimes their way wasn't the right way. But then, you know, it was about if you're not performing well or you're not the top three or five, you can't get paid because, you know, your value for the team was based upon what your stats were across the league, where they don't do that now. Right now, they're paying these guys. It's not about how much money they're making. It's not about, I mean, not how much money they're making, it's not about how many stats they have. It's not about those type of things. It's more about what their contribution and their importance is to the team that ultimately drives their value. So I love the philosophy. I love the way it's been placed. But I think it was a broken system in the 90s, which ultimately allowed us not to really hit, I think our apex of this team. It is Imagine More, the Herman More experience this Sunday, November 10th at Imagine Royal Oak. I'm sure that if you poke and prod Herman More, he can give you a lot more stories just like this. A lot of insights about playing the game. Tickets are available. You can head online and get them there and maybe wrap yourself up in a little Herman More and Lomas Brown blanket. Keep you warm this winter. Herman, thank you, my friend, enjoy the weekend and enjoy the game. Thanks again. And I'm really remind everyone to event is free. So come on out and we're starting at 6 30. So I appreciate if they come out and show some support and go Lions. You got it. Go Lions. Herman More. Thank you, my friend. We'll talk soon. Thank you. Yep. That is Herman More here on WJR. We'll take a break. Come back on the other side. To some calls, some text, 800-859-0957, it's WJR. [BLANK_AUDIO]
November 8, 2024 ~ Chris talks with Lions Legend, Herman Moore about his appearance this weekend at Emagine Royal Oak, where you can meet Herman, get his autograph and much, much more!