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Going Off The Grid: Execs Talk New NFL Coaches, Breakfast Foods

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists discuss which new NFL coach will have the most success, and their go-to breakfast foods.

  • Bespoke Sports & Entertainment President Greg Busch
    -- First sporting event he ever attended was a Univ. of Michigan football game.
  • KPMG Exec Dir of Sports Marketing & Sponsorships Shawn Quill
    -- Not interested in the new season of "Game of Thrones" since it comes out Masters Sunday.
  • NBC Sports VP/Direct-To-Consumer Services Portia Archer
    -- If she could have any superpower, it would be teleportation.
  • Purdue Associate AD/Strategic Initiatives Tom Moreland
    -- Is a dedicated iced coffee drinker.
Going Off The Grid
 
New NFL coach who will have the most success? How many CDs do you own? More important to win: offense or defense? Go-to breakfast food? Show/movie you enjoy rewatching?
Busch
Matt LaFleur #GoPackGo
Hundreds, in a box somewhere
Bears fans may say special teams
Coffee
"The Godfather" (I and II)

Quill
Bruce Arians
Don't even know
Offense
Homemade granola
"Die Hard"
Archer
No idea
Somewhere between 50-60
Defense
Pancakes
"Black Panther"
 
Moreland
Matt LaFleur + Packers = W's
That would be zero
Offense, everyone wants to put points on the board
My wife's killer egg casserole
 
"The Godfather"

Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an e-mail to jcarpenter@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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