Lions want to interview

[grandy]

Both styles seem ineffective. It's great to be passionate about the team you own, but at some point you have to put your ego aside and concede the fact that you can't run everything. Jones may have built some SB winners, but that was an era of high payrolls and no caps, he hasn't found much success without the ability to outspend the rest of the league. On the other end, loyalty only lasts so long, eventually you have to hold people accountable instead of letting things fester leading to decades of losing.

 

[dubbsco]

I don't think he's a great owner in this current era. But the dude's won stuff.

 

[grandy]

I don't think he's a great owner in this current era. But the dude's won stuff.

A long time ago in a far different era

The Cowboys are exactly 128-128 since 2000 with just 2 playoff wins and no conference championship appearances. Successful by Lions standards perhaps, but mediocre in reality. If it comes down to Jones or the Fords, forgive me if I choose neither.

 

[dubbsco]

Haha, I didn't know that was an option. Picking neither.

I'd take 2 playoff wins all day, every day.

But I didn't know Jones has been that mediocre since 2000.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Haha, I didn't know that was an option. Picking neither.

I'd take 2 playoff wins all day, every day.

But I didn't know Jones has been that mediocre since 2000.

If it weren't for a shitty call in Dallas.......Stafford and Romo & Dallas and Detroit would all have the same amount of playoff wins since 2000.......

1!

 

[tbone413]

You'd take the Fords over someone who has won three Superbowls, and gone to the playoffs a ton? VS what we have here? Come on man. I don't like the guy either, but that's cooky talk.

I said current Jerry Jones, as in I would Not swap Martha for JJ as lions owner going forward. He won 3 SB back when he let Jimmy Johnson run the show. He then got arrogant, ran him out of town and the Cowboys sucked again until Bill Parcells took over the reigns for a few years. Ever since Parcells left, the Cowboys have been average to below average. I don't think any respectable coach wants to work for Jones, as he's too involved.

Don't get me wrong, 3 SBs trump 1 playoff win in 50 years, but I personally think the Cowboys are a sinking ship under JJ, and won't be relevant again until he either dies, or let's the Coach/GM do their jobs...

 

[grandy]

Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora)
1/6/16, 10:20 AM
Giants exec Kevin Abrams will interview for Lions GM vacancy. Very sharp cookie. Ernie Accorsi, who is consulting for DET, knows him well

 

[cheeno]

Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora)
1/6/16, 10:20 AM
Giants exec Kevin Abrams will interview for Lions GM vacancy. Very sharp cookie. Ernie Accorsi, who is consulting for DET, knows him well

Bring Coughlin with him please.

 

[grandy]

Bring Coughlin with him please.

I sure hope so...I don't want to leave this avatar up for another season until Mr. Lateral is finally canned.

 

[zyxt9]

I sure hope so...I don't want to leave this avatar up for another season until Mr. Lateral is finally canned.

I still have hope your avatar jinx is strong enough, but I'm concerned it wore off since he is still around.

 

[grandy]

Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet)
1/7/16, 10:38 AM
#Lions interim GM Sheldon White, the top in-house candidate, will interview for the permanent job tomorrow, source said.

 

[dubbsco]

Why has this taken them so long to interview someone in-house? Shouldn't he have been the first one interviewed?

 

[grandy]

Why has this taken them so long to interview someone in-house? Shouldn't he have been the first one interviewed?

Saving the best for last!

 

[Mitchrapp]

I won't like that hire at all. That would just prove Martha isn't any better than her hubby.

 

[lucke]

I won't like that hire at all. That would just prove Martha isn't any better than her hubby.

Playing devil's advocate, but what if he's the best candidate? We obviously don't know, but who are we to proclaim this type of thing?

Hiring the "best" isn't always going to be from the top organization. Piolli in KC, McDaniels in Den, etc... they were awful hires from a top organization.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Playing devil's advocate, but what if he's the best candidate? We obviously don't know, but who are we to proclaim this type of thing?

Hiring the "best" isn't always going to be from the top organization. Piolli in KC, McDaniels in Den, etc... they were awful hires from a top organization.

I don't know what his role was all these years but either Mayhew and Millen etc didn't listen to him, which makes him useless, or they did listen to him, he didn't help. Maybe hire someone without the losing culture.

People here seem to bypass it all the time but the Lions don't beat near enough good teams. The fault for the most part is the people in charge.

Get some new blood. Just don't promote a guy because he brought in a guy or two who made one play.

 

[grandy]

If the best candidate is a guy that spent the last 19 years in a terrible organization, then that's a sad pool of candidates. Who knows though, maybe he took really good notes on what not to do.

 

[Mitchrapp]

If the best candidate is a guy that spent the last 19 years in a terrible organization, then that's a sad pool of candidates. Who knows though, maybe he took really good notes on what not to do.

You have to learn to be GM from somewhere, someone .. His mentors, Millen and Mayhew.

 

[Mitchrapp]

I'm trying to remember, who was the GM before Millen. For the life of me I can't remember.

 

[grandy]

I'm trying to remember, who was the GM before Millen. For the life of me I can't remember.

Chuck Schmidt