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Tue. 11/10/09 02:35 PM

Schwartz and the losing culture!

If it was me Stan Kwan would be fired today . He should have been fired @the Chicago game . I guess you could ague and say he should have been fired with the whole Marinelli administration . This is one of my 50 reasons the Millen Jrs

And so if you with the rest of us are Lion fans ya just have to accept Fords commitment to failure .

Here's some Qs

1) worst secondary in the league right? Why is there 3 QBs

on the active roster? Mr Niyo even said "Nick Harris can sling the ball"

2) Can't Hanson coach STs?

lionsforsale, Las vegas, NV

Doesn't do a 1-7 team any good to fire a coordinator in midseason. You make a move in the offseason and start fresh next season. Same holds true for a head coach, a la Jim Zorn in Washington. Only turns a bad situation into a worse one otherwise.

Fri. 11/06/09 11:40 PM

Schwartz and the losing culture!

Hello again John,

I read where one beat writer claims Jim Schwartz shows the initial signs of adopting the losing culture that has has plagued the Lions for a generation. This he said was in Schwartz's response to a question after the loss to the Rams.

Well I would imagine the coach wasn't exactly in the best frame of mind, but to say he had shown signs of going where the goblins go, would be stretching a very long bow in anyone's language.

Sure the coach and the team will get their asses kicked more than a few times to come this season and probably next ...but the sun will rise once again over Michigan and that particular beat writer will no doubt have a convenient lapse of memory as he hops aboard the band waggon.

But John...given the fake field goal attempt and other Special Teams disasters what chance Stan Kwan will keep his job come 2010?

down under, Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Probably not a real good chance at this point. I think Schwartz might've had another coach or two in mind for that job, but couldn't pry them away from current gigs. We'll see what happens after the season, but to those who want heads to roll now, that's just not realistic or sensible.

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