Detroit Lions hire Jim Caldwell as Next HC

[Fix The Stupid]

Not sure yet about this hire.

I have a feeling bears and packers fans are rejoicing right now...

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10292434/detroit-lions-hire-jim-caldwell-new-head-coach

[trotsky]

1. To be fair, if you gave any coach a team that was built around Peyton Manning...

but gave him Curtis Painter instead, he'd have a tough time winning games.

[caraher]

2. True

But even before that, he seemed too conservative. He sat the starters when the team was 14-0 and the Colts never seemed hungry enough after that; his second season they were 10-6 and lost in the wild card round.

His last season, nobody was going to will the Colts into a winning team.

He's almost the anti-Schwartz; perhaps the Lions need some level-headed calm.

[joeybee12]

4. I think they might do ok at first because it's a change...

Any change usually helps a team...the second half of the season and the second season (if he survives) usually tells you if the coach is actually having an effect.

[Bluzmann57]

3. This will be his last head coaching position

It seems that Detroit is a death knell for NFL head coaches. The last five or six coaches who have been there have never found another head coaching job in the NFL. I see no reason to believe that Caldwell will be any different.

[JonLP24]

5. Look at the difference when the Ravens dumped their OC last season

His offenses work and w/ Stafford and Johnnson I don't see why they won't be successful.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Well, They've Got Talent

But, i always thought Schwartz was a punk, so his team followed his lead and acted like boneheaded punks.

Caldwell is a pretty level guy and might get his players to act like professionals. With their talent, that can only help.
GAC