There's obviously no pressure for us, but there is for Mayhew if he wants to keep his job.
Mayhew, sure. But he could get to the playoffs once every 4 years, not win a playoff game - and keep his job. The Ford's have a high tolerance for crap.
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Get StartedThere's obviously no pressure for us, but there is for Mayhew if he wants to keep his job.
I would guess that's because we consistently ran Bush up the middle on 1st down. Might be wrong, but I think that definitely affects that stat.
That might go back to the fact Crayola needs to be replaced.
Mayhew, sure. But he could get to the playoffs once every 4 years, not win a playoff game - and keep his job. The Ford's have a high tolerance for crap.
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If Mayhew and co. made the playoffs once every 4 years the wouldn't just keep their jobs, they'd get 18 million dollar extensions. Tell me I'm wrong.
If Mayhew and co. made the playoffs once every 4 years the wouldn't just keep their jobs, they'd get 18 million dollar extensions. Tell me I'm wrong.
There's obviously no pressure for us, but there is for Mayhew if he wants to keep his job.
I think that Mayhew's job is safe at least through the '15 season b/c Hiring a new GM after the '14 season would likely result in his wanting to replace Caldwell and his staff for his own selection. Caldwell will most likely be given more than one season to improve the team and its record...barring perhaps an epic collapse by the team next season and going 1-15 or 0-16. But if their implosion was the direct result of early season-ending injuries to several key players, even going winless might not lead to firings in the FO and/or the coaching staff.
I agree that Robinson would most likely upgrade our O-line, but like you said in an earlier post, we currently only have one WR who's not crap. If I had to pick between Robinson and Watkins, I'd take Watkins. If it was between Robinson and Gilbert, that'd be a more difficult decision for me. I'd probably take Robinson.
If I had to guess, is say they get 3 at least three years, barring epic collapse like you said. Like Mitch said everyone thinks the pressure is on, we're the Lions, what pressure? We employed Millen for nearly a decade.
Then welcome to the Robinson train lol....cause Watkins will be long gone.
Does anyone rule out an epic collapse as being an option? Just glancing over next years schedule I put it at 33% chance we win 5 games or less, 52% chance we win 6-8 games, 15% chance we win 9 or more. Stafford sucked in an offense hes comfortable with....now he has to think??? We will see how the WR and secondary improves. And yes...I did want washburn to stay....but he didn't get much out of the dline last year....that has to change drastically.
Does anyone rule out an epic collapse as being an option? Just glancing over next years schedule I put it at 33% chance we win 5 games or less, 52% chance we win 6-8 games, 15% chance we win 9 or more. Stafford sucked in an offense hes comfortable with....now he has to think??? We will see how the WR and secondary improves. And yes...I did want washburn to stay....but he didn't get much out of the dline last year....that has to change drastically.
You can't rule it out obviously. Look at 2012 and how we finished this year...pretty f'n epic if you ask me. Schedules are tough to nail down wins and losses even in season as this year surely showed where we penciled ourselves into the playoffs. Remember when we beat a good Seahawks team at home, that looked like a sure L. I would probably agree with you on the percentages if we kept Schwartz and co. but love or hate the new guy it's all an unknown for the first year of the new regime. The dline wasn't great but wacky stunts, lack of blitzes, and a secondary that was forever in trail technique didn't help.
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