Jason_R

Yes and then the headline for the announcement of the new Wings head coach is, “Ilitch Blasts Tigers at Lalonde Intro.”

What was he supposed to say? "Sorry Derek, I know this is your big moment and all, but I have a lot of things to get off my chest about Al Avila and that dumpster fire he's sitting on." Yes, that would be a great way to alienate the coach you just hired at the very moment you are introducing him.

It was obvious from Yzerman's press conference that he was going to hire someone he had worked with. Unless someone thought he meant Babcock, it was pretty clear he was going to Tampa. Of Tampa's three assistants, Lalonde has by far the most impressive resume. Halpern has never been a head coach and Zettler was just above .500 as a head coach in the AHL.

Everybody called it.

Browns gonna Brown.

Yes, it was like he did it at the spur of the moment... or he intended to deceive the TB player. After they missed the too many men on the ice call on the GW OT goal a few nights earlier they could have called it earlier.

Well Colorado is good, but Tampa certainly didn’t get any calls. What was with waving off icing at the last minute with 26 seconds to go?

Root root root for the home team, if they don’t win it’s a shame…

They should have come out right away and said they drafted him as an athlete, and they plan to use him like Sean Payton used Taysom Hill. All of the 1st round QB hype might destroy this kid before he ever sees the field.

We need a Game 7.

True story, I used to see this guy in a coffee shop. In the suit.

🙄

With Stevie Y and Brad Holmes in town we are learning fast what a good GM can accomplish.

As you explained, he's played like 4 games. In two years. This is why people call him a bust. If he makes the team, it is likely to be as a #3 or #4 corner. In a weak secondary. Next year's 1st round draft pick is more likely to be a CB than a QB.

So you’re saying he pulled out just in time?

Maybe but I think these teams get a lot of medical detail that would help them gauge the player's progress against normal recovery timelines. And none of the teams who drafted ahead of Detroit could wait. Atlanta is in year two of a new coaching staff, rolling with Marcus Mariota. They aren't going to make him do what Jared Goff did last year, which is play half a season with just a TE. NYJ have a young QB who might be broken for good if he starts this season slow. The Saints are trying to ride on the fumes of a HOF coach and QB, and they knew then what we now know, that Michael Thomas is messed up bad. ACL recovery is typically 9-12 months and he got injured in January. Hopefully Williams is ready to play before Halloween.

Dan Snyder. Even a worse owner than William Clay Ford.

If teams thought he would have been ready for week 1, he wouldn’t have been the fourth guy off the board. But Holmes has low expectations on him for this season and a long runway. So if he can’t play until mid season, that’s fine.

Exactly. This is all part of his PR campaign, including the Raiders tryout.

I seem to recall that he refused to take a backup job. I also think he was using his situation — lack of skill for QB1 and unwillingness to accept QB2 — as fuel for his indignation machine. Listen, the Browns signed Watson because he can win. They would have signed Kaep if he had the skill.

Huh? His stats from his last two seasons were the same then as they are now. He’s just like so many other running QBs… catches the league off guard in his first season then they take away the run and that’s it. He’s one dimensional and his one dimension is not good enough. Wasn’t good enough then, not good enough now.

Are we still talking about a guy with a career completion percentage below 60%? And who went 3-16 as a starter during his last two seasons? A GM would be committing malpractice to sign him to anything but a backup contract.

But the other day I heard a commercial for some kind of slot machine licensed by the NFL. That’s starting to seem pretty seedy.

Hey if they banned beer ads we never would have gotten this. 😂

In little more than a season Brad Holmes has already distinguished himself as the best GM the Lions have had in the Super Bowl era. I guess he still has time to revert to the SOL mean. 😂 But I like his chances of ushering the team into a new era of sustained competitiveness.