♫MY NAME IS SCHWARRRRRRRTZ!!!♫
New Lions’ coach Jim Schwartz is an interesting fellow. Ok, so he’s not a badass like Mornhinweg who walked out on practice and rode off on his hog. Few amongst us are that hard. But Schwartz certainly isn’t a tool like Mariucci or a stiff like Bobby Ross. And Gary Moeller can’t claim to be a legal thriller enthusiast who hangs out with rock stars.
Via DETNews.com:
Schwartz is an avid reader of books — going through 500-plus pages in a day when he was single, not married with three kids as he is now — and the latest niches intriguing him are the Civil War and historical fiction.
“If I find an author — David Morrell, Mario Puzo, John Grisham or any guy I hear is good — I’ll read everything he did,” Schwartz said. “I don’t read books by women. I’ve tried to, but their perspective is different, so I stick with what I like.”
Schwartz has a flame-filled tattoo that wraps around his right leg just above his right ankle.
That was an odd segue. Any explanation?
“I got it soon after my mom passed suddenly at the age of 53 on December 21, 1994,” he said quietly. “I wanted to have something every day that reminded me of her when I woke up to keep the pain of losing her near the forefront of my mind.”
It’s an touching tribute and all but you know what’s probably not the best way to remember a loved one who has passed on? Flames.