I don't understand NFL coaching

[dargonking999]

Dan Campbell, Detroit. Campbell brings big energy to the Lions and is well liked, but he has a 5-19-1 record (.220) that is worse than the .314 winning percentage that got his predecessor Matt Patricia fired before the end of his third season. Few coaches have had any success for Detroit with Jim Caldwell the only non-interim coach in the past half-century to have a winning record with the Lions. Detroit fired him after three winning seasons in four years following the 2017 season and has gone 19-52-2 since then.


You have a coach that started his career taking the Colts to the superbowl. And back to back playoff appearances. Only to have Peyton break his neck and to lose his job because a team centered on Manning, failed when it didn't have Manning. Then he goes to the Ravens, turns there offense around and helps them win a Superbowl with joe freaking Flacco of all QB's. The he comes to Detroit and takes that sad sack of a franchise and turns into a playoff team that if not for a pickup of what should have been a PI penalty (ya'll know it) they would have probably beat dallas in dallas, and who knows what happens after. Instead they let him go and replace him with two "tough guys" who have failed to even post a season with more then 6 wins since they fired him. And for the last 5 years he can't get a second chance? But Random Center's who never coached anything more then a highschool football team one random year can become a head coach?

Am I missing something here?

 

[EST_1986]

its Detroit, they've wasted some of the greatest NFL players careers

 

[Flamma]

Dan Campbell, Detroit. Campbell brings big energy to the Lions and is well liked, but he has a 5-19-1 record (.220) that is worse than the .314 winning percentage that got his predecessor Matt Patricia fired before the end of his third season. Few coaches have had any success for Detroit with Jim Caldwell the only non-interim coach in the past half-century to have a winning record with the Lions. Detroit fired him after three winning seasons in four years following the 2017 season and has gone 19-52-2 since then.


You have a coach that started his career taking the Colts to the superbowl. And back to back playoff appearances. Only to have Peyton break his neck and to lose his job because a team centered on Manning, failed when it didn't have Manning. Then he goes to the Ravens, turns there offense around and helps them win a Superbowl with joe freaking Flacco of all QB's. The he comes to Detroit and takes that sad sack of a franchise and turns into a playoff team that if not for a pickup of what should have been a PI penalty (ya'll know it) they would have probably beat dallas in dallas, and who knows what happens after. Instead they let him go and replace him with two "tough guys" who have failed to even post a season with more then 6 wins since they fired him. And for the last 5 years he can't get a second chance? But Random Center's who never coached anything more then a highschool football team one random year can become a head coach?

Am I missing something here?

The only thing you're missing was the facemask that no one seems to mention. Otherwise your post is spot on.



You'll see the receiver extend his arm into the facemask holding the LB at arms length. Then again at the end of the video. This is why they got together to overturn the call. Because they call interference on one or the other, or neither.

 

[Rockport]

Dan Campbell, Detroit. Campbell brings big energy to the Lions and is well liked, but he has a 5-19-1 record (.220) that is worse than the .314 winning percentage that got his predecessor Matt Patricia fired before the end of his third season. Few coaches have had any success for Detroit with Jim Caldwell the only non-interim coach in the past half-century to have a winning record with the Lions. Detroit fired him after three winning seasons in four years following the 2017 season and has gone 19-52-2 since then.


You have a coach that started his career taking the Colts to the superbowl. And back to back playoff appearances. Only to have Peyton break his neck and to lose his job because a team centered on Manning, failed when it didn't have Manning. Then he goes to the Ravens, turns there offense around and helps them win a Superbowl with joe freaking Flacco of all QB's. The he comes to Detroit and takes that sad sack of a franchise and turns into a playoff team that if not for a pickup of what should have been a PI penalty (ya'll know it) they would have probably beat dallas in dallas, and who knows what happens after. Instead they let him go and replace him with two "tough guys" who have failed to even post a season with more then 6 wins since they fired him. And for the last 5 years he can't get a second chance? But Random Center's who never coached anything more then a highschool football team one random year can become a head coach?

Am I missing something here?

Yes, the GM affect. Can’t win without good players no matter who the coach is.

 

[ghst187]

The only thing you're missing was the facemask that no one seems to mention. Otherwise your post is spot on.



You'll see the receiver extend his arm into the facemask holding the LB at arms length. Then again at the end of the video. This is why they got together to overturn the call. Because they call interference on one or the other, or neither.

Also, it would’ve been one of the weakest calls in history. Badly under thrown and the rule is also dumb.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

That's not coaching, that's ownership...

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Some teams just seem to be cursed. Detroit never has been to a SB. Jets haven't been since 1969. Saints have been to one SB in 55 years.

It's called a culture of losing, and it's extremely hard to change...

 

[Big_D]

I'm not a Campbell fan. That "energy" only gets you so far. Everything else is missing. Consistently not a very good team! That Hutchinson is a beast, but he'll have to go somewhere else if he ever wants to win anything.

 

[Flamma]

Some teams just seem to be cursed. Detroit never has been to a SB. Jets haven't been since 1969. Saints have been to one SB in 55 years.

It's called a culture of losing, and it's extremely hard to change...

If I'm not mistaken, Detroit has only been to one NFC Championship game. That's rough.

I saw a trivia question once. It was mixed in with a bunch of other trick questions. How many NFL championships have the Jets won? The correct answer is 0.