Detroit Lions Coach Jim Caldwell was talking to reporters on Wednesday and, for whatever reason, he was asked about his favorite movie. Apparently, this was akin to asking him about the contents of his team’s offensive playbook.
Jim Caldwell asked about his favorite movie, said he cares not to share cause he doesn't want it to be misunderstood and doesn't want to explain it.
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) December 13, 2017
It was an oddly secretive answer and spawned a number of excellent guesses on Twitter.
based on the amount of times we've tried to run it up the gut on 1st down this season i reckon it's groundhog day
— Ben Goodwin (@BGinge8) December 13, 2017
LOVE ACTUALLY! pic.twitter.com/gJ82aT7MN0
— Yawn Stickman (@JohnnyStickman) December 13, 2017
In order from left to right, here is how Jim Caldwell reacts to dramas, comedies, action movies, and horror movies. pic.twitter.com/zxghGc84XE
— LG (@LGhail) December 13, 2017
We here at the Early Lead I-Team naturally become curious whenever a subject is weirdly evasive and thus went about trying to ascertain whether Caldwell ever has talked about his favorite movie in the past. So, being the crack investigative reporters that we are, we ran a Google search on “Jim Caldwell” and “favorite movie.” It took approximately three seconds.
Jim Caldwell’s favorite movie is “The Magnificent Seven.” He said so in 2014, according to Pressbox Online:
There are five head coaches in the NFL that have new jobs, including three who are former Ravens assistants.
Each year, the league asks the debutantes to fill out a questionnaire listing some of their hobbies, memorable football moments and other tidbits.
First-year Detroit Lions head coach and ex-Ravens offensive coordinator Jim Caldwell is probably in agreement with many others when listing the celebrity he would like most to have met (Dr. Martin Luther King) and his favorite movie (“The Magnificent Seven”).
The question now becomes: Why so secretive about your love of an iconic Hollywood western, Jim Caldwell? It’s a great movie! It has a 90 percent “fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes! In 2013, the Library of Congress added it to the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” But, given that his answer is more than three years old, perhaps he’s seen something in the interim to supplant the Yul Brynner classic.
Maybe he thought “Batman v Superman” was good. Maybe it’s “The Emoji Movie.”
Caldwell’s favorite-movie secrecy apparently has trickled down to his offensive coordinator, as well. This is all very weird.
Jim Bob Cooter's favorite movie: "That's confidential."
— Kyle Meinke (@kmeinke) December 13, 2017
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