Matt Patricia makes first appearance with Detroit Lions

head coach in the n-f-l as the detroit lions officially indroduced him at a press conference yesterday afternoon. patricia was hired by the lions on monday - less than 24 hours after his former new england patriots fell to the philadelphia eagles in super bowl 52. the former pats defensive coordinator received a tour of the lions training facility and spoke for the first time as the lead man in the motor city. he talked about stepping out from under the shadow of legendary coach bill belichick - and didn't take long to break the ice in his new city. matt patricia: "i'm gonna get comfortable here for a second now. hold on. ok, fire away. well yot being the head coach is? any time that i want to call a pl--offen, defense or special teams--i get to call it. so that'll be prettexcing f coach belichick. that's it. he'amang. in new england. i'm matt patricia. i'm my own person. i'm my own g. i got my own style, but i certainly will take all those lessonat i arned." patricia confirmed that offensive coordinator jim bob cooter will remain on the team's staff. he also said that former syracu headcoach - paul - will join him on the sidelines - reportedly in the defensive coordinator position. the champs are home and the city of philly is showing