Caldwell hired

[cheeno]

Tony Dungy ‏@TonyDungy 24m
I'm excited for Matthew Stafford & the Detroit Lions. I think he's going to flourish under Jim Caldwell. Lions will be a playoff team in '14

Lets hope he is right

Boy he's really sticking his neck out there. Posted it on twitter and everything.

 

[Mitchrapp]

With Rodgers and Cutler back plus no doubt a harder schedule, with the fact you have some really good teams in the NFC, even the lkp in me doesn't see them making the playoffs.

 

[Mitchrapp]

He was the QB coach. HC can work with the QB too.

Whisenhunt didn't do anything with Warner then. He was the HC not the OC, your words not mine.

And here is Whiz with Big Ben in 2005. Can you say defensive Super bowl win. Big Ben was 42% in the Super bowl. You guys crush Stafford when he is 58%.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/gamelog/_/id/5536/year/2005/ben-roethlisberger

I never said he did.

 

[grandy]

Is it because he fixed Peyton?

More along the lines of, "we're stuck with him"...so I might as well try and look at/find anything positive.

 

[grandy]

With Rodgers and Cutler back plus no doubt a harder schedule, with the fact you have some really good teams in the NFC, even the lkp in me doesn't see them making the playoffs.

On top of that they get the NFC South and AFC East.

My way-too-premature expectations are 5-11, anything better is gravy.

 

[tomdalton22]

I want the Secondary Coach of the SeaHawks as DC

With those DBs LPK could be the secondary coach! Those guys are great!!

 

[cheeno]

More along the lines of, "we're stuck with him"...so I might as well try and look at/find anything positive.

Here is the positive: If it was Mayhew's instinct to go with Whisenhunt, I'm glad we went with Caldwell. Pull an ol' George Costanza on 'em

 

[Mitchrapp]

Here is the positive: If it was Mayhew's instinct to go with Whisenhunt, I'm glad we went with Caldwell. Pull an ol' George Costanza on 'em

That's true. Just go the opposite. Lol.

 

[JScottWriter]

More along the lines of, "we're stuck with him"...so I might as well try and look at/find anything positive.

I hope I am dead wrong about him, but I just don't see it working out. I have been wrong plenty of times before...Boom! I just found the positive about this hire.

 

[turok]

Can't help but feel that hiring Caldwell was a knee-jerk reaction to losing out on the few available HCes that might have been better hirings. The Lions were looking for a new HC when the pickings were sparse to begin with. If they really just "settled" for Caldwell, I hope that they don't give him a contract longer than 2 years, but most likely it will be 3-4. Wish that they could have announced that due to a paucity of decent candidates, they were looking for someone to fill in for one year, with the possibility of being extended for a few more, IF they were satisfied with the "interim" HC's performance.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Can't help but feel that hiring Caldwell was a knee-jerk reaction to losing out on the few available HCes that might have been better hirings. The Lions were looking for a new HC when the pickings were sparse to begin with. If they really just "settled" for Caldwell, I hope that they don't give him a contract longer than 2 years, but most likely it will be 3-4. Wish that they could have announced that due to a paucity of decent candidates, they were looking for someone to fill in for one year, with the possibility of being extended for a few more, IF they were satisfied with the "interim" HC's performance.

I think you're right, about the 3-4 years. I was hoping for a short contract myself ..But not sure even Caldwell would accept two years.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Can't help but feel that hiring Caldwell was a knee-jerk reaction to losing out on the few available HCes that might have been better hirings. The Lions were looking for a new HC when the pickings were sparse to begin with. If they really just "settled" for Caldwell, I hope that they don't give him a contract longer than 2 years, but most likely it will be 3-4. Wish that they could have announced that due to a paucity of decent candidates, they were looking for someone to fill in for one year, with the possibility of being extended for a few more, IF they were satisfied with the "interim" HC's performance.

The list of candidates, at that point, would have been college coaches or coordinators. And they wanted someone with experience.

 

[inkfreq]

I would have preferred David Shaw from Stanford over Caldwell, but I maintain that I prefer Caldwell over Wisenhunt.

 

[grandy]

I had also hoped that a "thorough" coaching search would involve interviewing more than 4 retreads.

 

[cheeno]

I had also hoped that a "thorough" coaching search would involve interviewing more than 4 retreads.

Why would it when the whole process was just a sham to hire Whisenhunt.

 

[mhughes0021]

Well it sounds like we will be playing TB in the NFC Championship next season. The Dungy High-Praise Bowl.

The last homie left....poor Leslie Frazier becomes black interview guy yet again lol.

 

[Mitchrapp]

The last homie left....poor Leslie Frazier becomes black interview guy yet again lol.

Lol.

 

[grandy]

Why would it when the whole process was just a sham to hire Whisenhunt.

The fact that their love for Whisenhunt was widely known makes the organization look bad. Whiz probably used it as leverage to get a nice contract from the Titans.

 

[JScottWriter]

The last homie left....poor Leslie Frazier becomes black interview guy yet again lol.

Dude he will go to CLE with high praise from Dungy and make the Super Bowl and play the winner of TB-Det.

 

[cheeno]

Dude he will go to CLE with high praise from Dungy and make the Super Bowl and play the winner of TB-Det.

AP will call to put in a good word and tell the Browns how Frazier fixed him.