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[Mitchrapp]

Yes, it gives me great joy to see this franchise that I once let ruin my days as a kid cause thousands of people despair. I love seeing people leave that stadium upset, wasting their money.

You know what? I'll say it. I hope they lose every f'ing game the rest of this year so they can clean house and build a franchise like you are supposed to. Winning does NOTHING for them other than build false confidence and give Martha doubt about what to do.

They haven't "built" a franchise in 55 years.. What will change?

 

[UMRules06]

They haven't "built" a franchise in 55 years.. What will change?

If at first you don't succeed....

 

[LKP]

There isn't enough message board support. That's the real problem. You guys doomed this team before the season started. Look in the mirror.

 

[dubbsco]

Lol you had a good run man. Hats off to you.

 

[UMRules06]

You're usually more creative than this. You're not even trying anymore.

 

[LKP]

Lol you had a good run man. Hats off to you.

Yeah no coming back from this one. But you guys should have been higher on their potential. They didn't meet it. Oh well. My Sundays are free now.

So much regression from good players (Slay, Quin, Reiff, Stafford). Guys coming back from injury sucked (Waddle, Bell, Tulloch). The injuries we did have were brutal (Levy, Pettigrew, Walker, Ngata, Warford among others). Levy and Ngata didn't play one snap together. The schedule is brutal playing some tough defenses (while they were very healthy)

I was duped just like Mayhew.

Oh well, get rid of the old guys and anyone who tore something or had a surgery (other than Levy).

We'll see what they do with Stafford. Mayhew will extend him, a new GM we'll see.

 

[dubbsco]

Good. Welcome to the reality of being a Detroit fan. It's good to have you back.

 

[tomdalton22]

Good. Welcome to the reality of being a Detroit fan. It's good to have you back.

he will be back to his trolling soon enough.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Usually by Tuesday or Wednesday. I always figure Monday was the day he remembered to take his meds.

 

[grandy]

The reason some fans were down on this team, even after a good year, is because of the history of this organization.

The details might be slightly different but the general results never seem to change, it's like the Lions are stuck on loop. Weren't we discussing O-line problems last decade? Why does this issue always pop up every couple of years? Hell, you could probably take any argument about this team from a decade ago, replace the names, and those arguments would still be valid for this current team.

The Lions have yet to give the fans good reason to believe in a turnaround, it's always one step forward and two (three, four,...twelve) steps back. I understand team success usually comes in cycles in this league, but it's like the Lions are stuck in a deep valley with small hills here and there, few and far between. It always comes back to shitty seasons and high draft picks. It always comes back to blowing this team up and rebuilding. It's understandable why fans are so negative, because they're usually proven right in a short amount of time.

Here's the history to back it up...
In the Super Bowl era (1966-present, 50 seasons)
- 14 winning seasons
- 11 playoff appearances
- 2 stretches of consecutive playoff appearances (1982-1983, 1993-1995)
- 1 playoff win (1991)
- Of those 11 playoff appearances, 6 were followed up by losing seasons (1984, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2012, 2015)
- A combined putrid regular season record of 309-441-10 (.413) over that time, 1-14 in the playoffs

Players change, coaches change, management changes, but the results never seem to change, at least not for the better. Success is rare and almost always short-lived. At this point, I'm not even sure if a decade of reasonable success could change fan mentality, we've been screwed over too many times.

 

[Mitchrapp]

The reason some fans were down on this team, even after a good year, is because of the history of this organization.

The details might be slightly different but the general results never seem to change, it's like the Lions are stuck on loop. Weren't we discussing O-line problems last decade? Why does this issue always pop up every couple of years? Hell, you could probably take any argument about this team from a decade ago, replace the names, and those arguments would still be valid for this current team.

The Lions have yet to give the fans good reason to believe in a turnaround, it's always one step forward and two (three, four,...twelve) steps back. I understand team success usually comes in cycles in this league, but it's like the Lions are stuck in a deep valley with small hills here and there, few and far between. It always comes back to shitty seasons and high draft picks. It always comes back to blowing this team up and rebuilding. It's understandable why fans are so negative, because they're usually proven right in a short amount of time.

Here's the history to back it up...
In the Super Bowl era (1966-present, 50 seasons)
- 14 winning seasons
- 11 playoff appearances
- 2 stretches of consecutive playoff appearances (1982-1983, 1993-1995)
- 1 playoff win (1991)
- Of those 11 playoff appearances, 6 were followed up by losing seasons (1984, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2012, 2015)
- A combined putrid regular season record of 309-441-10 (.413) over that time, 1-14 in the playoffs

Players change, coaches change, management changes, but the results never seem to change, at least not for the better. Success is rare and almost always short-lived. At this point, I'm not even sure if a decade of reasonable success could change fan mentality, we've been screwed over too many times.

:nod:

 

[LKP]

I can't believe everyone got old so quickly. And everyone that was hurt returned to be garbage.

And Reiff and Quin are big disappointments.

I hold out hope for Stafford to get Oline and better run game or better defense. He has won enough when he gets some help

Stud LT in Round 1.

 

[dubbsco]

Everyone got old so quickly? Does time go faster in Allen Park?

 

[LKP]

31 means 80 in Allen Park

surgery means turtle ability

 

[Mitchrapp]

Injuries seem to be up all over the league.