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NFL 2019-20: The Patriots Are A Terrible 11-3 Team!

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MissThundercat said:
The Lions are making Fields look competent.

I am not shocked by this at all.
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Yup, and this guy was supposed to be a defensive minded coach- like the previous ones. Give me a break.

My thought is- why is it SO hard for the Lions to find a competent coach and GM system? Just an average one would net us an average of .500 over time, resulting in occasional runs in the playoffs. The players are ALL professionals, so they are at least incredibly average. The coaching is so bad that they manage to waste the real talent that does show up every once in a while.

I'm not even asking for the really talented young coaches and GM's like some teams have. Just average ones for now.

Somehow, the process for filling the offices in Allen Park just finds the below average management talent- at all levels.
 
SonofSouthie said:
Signed, old white guy.
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Exactly. It's a good headnod to the stadium being in Inglewood, but they're also established enough that lily-white adults (I include myself) are fans. I mean, they were portrayed in a historical biography starring Paul Giamatti, you don't get any more official then that.
 
MichVandal said:
Yup, and this guy was supposed to be a defensive minded coach- like the previous ones. Give me a break.

My thought is- why is it SO hard for the Lions to find a competent coach and GM system? Just an average one would net us an average of .500 over time, resulting in occasional runs in the playoffs. The players are ALL professionals, so they are at least incredibly average. The coaching is so bad that they manage to waste the real talent that does show up every once in a while.

I'm not even asking for the really talented young coaches and GM's like some teams have. Just average ones for now.

Somehow, the process for filling the offices in Allen Park just finds the below average management talent- at all levels.
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The one systemic thing that can weigh you down is meddling ownership (c.f. wTf). That can kill you for decades even with good personnel and staff.
 
MichVandal said:
Yup, and this guy was supposed to be a defensive minded coach- like the previous ones. Give me a break.

My thought is- why is it SO hard for the Lions to find a competent coach and GM system? Just an average one would net us an average of .500 over time, resulting in occasional runs in the playoffs. The players are ALL professionals, so they are at least incredibly average. The coaching is so bad that they manage to waste the real talent that does show up every once in a while.

I'm not even asking for the really talented young coaches and GM's like some teams have. Just average ones for now.

Somehow, the process for filling the offices in Allen Park just finds the below average management talent- at all levels.
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And Jim Caldwell, the one coach in recent Lions history who had the team on the good side of .500, was chased off.
 
Kepler said:
The one systemic thing that can weigh you down is meddling ownership (c.f. ***). That can kill you for decades even with good personnel and staff.
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This isn't Jerry Jones or Davis Jr- I don't see the Fords doing much at all- other than stick with people too long. Maybe I'm wrong, but the Fords have some big other priorities on a daily basis than the Lions. Maybe the lack of real attention is what's been lagging for the last 58 years? In that time frame, it should at least lead to consistent average teams. But the Lions are far more consistently bad, even with some HOF talent.
 
The one thing I found interesting about the game was how many Raider fans were there. I know that they used to be in LA, just like they used to be (twice) in Oakland. but the one thing Al Davis was consistent about was to betray their fans in the interest of large corporate socialism. Like I bet there are almost no Colt fans in Baltimore anymore, and the thought of rooting for the Ravens (the real former Browns) by anyone in Cleveland would be basis for abuse.

How is it that the the team that chased money more than all of the rest still have left over fans?
 
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