Jim Caldwell spotted at Schembechler Hall

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A little decorum in this thread please, a little decorum. 

 

Jim Caldwell just walked out of Schembechler Hall ...

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JBE

April 12th, 2018 at 6:47 PM ^

That’s cool. Probably just talking football. Caldwell is a pretty good coach, who’s been coaching for a long time and knows his stuff. In an unrelated, but related note, I’d place a pretty big bet that Patricia will be a huge disaster. I wouldn’t even want him as a D coordinator. I’m also not saying Caldwell was the answer.

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Dizzy

April 12th, 2018 at 8:59 PM ^

organizations regularly underperform because they frequently cave to outside pressure instead of trusting in their people (who often have long track records of success!). Good luck having consistently positive results in ANY industry if you overhaul your system whenever it "fails to meet expectations." This seems like it should be especialy obvious in a system that is absolutely dependent on developing talent through countless reps and group cohesion. These organizations lack the leadership necessary to weather the storm long enough to reap the rewards of stability.

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Dizzy

April 14th, 2018 at 9:20 PM ^

five head coaches between 1967 and 1984 and since 2000 they've gone through seven more. That's not stability, that's a new coach (and system) roughly every 2.5 years. I think my point still stands. Also, I'm not sure why you think keeping the GM around for a long time would make things more stable, since, you know, GMs are the ones who keep replacing the coaching staff every few years. I want to see the same players play in the same system for as long as possible. I think that's how people develop mastery at their jobs. But what do I know, I'm just a guy on the internet.

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buddhafrog

April 13th, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^

I'm 47.

I've seen ONE uno single individual solitary sole lone sigular playoff victory in my lifetime. I've watched almost ever game in the past 40 years. 

Just astounding. I know I should just give up on them. But then all that loyalty will have been for waste when they finally win another playoff game and make it PAST the Wild Card game. That will be NUTS!

At least I have Beilein.

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HenneGivenSunday

April 12th, 2018 at 7:01 PM ^

I have no issue with this. Caldwell did work for John Harbaugh in Baltimore. If Jim Caldwell needs a place to cool his heels for a year, I’d be fine with him as an analyst. Failing to bring the Lions a Super Bowl isn’t exactly some huge knock on the guy.. and I’m a Lions fan.

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Ironman

April 12th, 2018 at 7:44 PM ^

Yes, because we remember how well it worked out the last time we had a coordinator that won a Super Bowl ring.  I believe that coordinator was named....GERG!

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