Mr.TaterSalad

Which is why it's paramount they bring in outside help and get a GM who doesn't have the Dombrowski/Avila stench on them. Yes, I know that we won with DD here, but our drafting was littered with terrible picks, the farm system was a wreck, and player development was subpar. I never thought I'd say this in my life, but Chris Illitch needs to follow what Sheila Ford-Hamp and the Lions did when they hired Brad Holmes. If you can open up a blank checkbook and get Theo Epstein in here, which I highly doubt is the case, then fine. Otherwise, an outside firm, agency, person, has to be brought in to assist Chris in this search. If he just takes the next man up approach, as he and his dad did when replacing DD, I think it will be destined to fail. I think they may need to hire both a Team President, who reports to Chris, and then that person, Chris, and someone on the outside find their GM candidate collaboratively. From there, Chris can stay out of the way and let the new Team President and GM spend the next year/two/three to rebuild and revamp the scouting department and player development personnel.

Whose tenure was worse, Avila's or Randy Smith's?

Chris doesn't even have the decency to offer him free parking.

Whoever the next GM is, I hope they come in and gut this scouting and player development staff from top to bottom. Our player development, especially when it comes to positional players and developing everyday ballplayers, is a complete joke. There is a reason our farm system has plummeted in the ratings recently. A reason why those we call up frequently don't look ready for primetime. A reason why you can't name any positional All Stars developed by this organization. Who is is the last home grown, perennial All Star we've had from this organization? Who is the last positional player we've developed that is worthy of batting in the 1 through 5 spot in the lineup? Once they get traded out of Detroit (see Nick Castellanos or Andrew Miller) do they seem to really turn it up and develop into top-tier players. The scouting and player development side of this organization needs a complete overhaul and I hope it gets one.

Mike Valenti speculating that Sam Menzin will get the job. Is there any chance we get a real GM search and it lands us someone outside the organization? Maybe Theo?

There goes Al and he's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNG GOOOOOOONNNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

So are these two Indiana officers going to arrest Trump, MTG, Lauren Bobert, and all the other idiots who are anti-cop with their anti-FBI rhetoric?

I find it ironic that for all the shit progressives get from people and the mainstream media, Democrats chances to keep or expand the majority in the Senate come from progressive candidates, with one exception. Mandela Barnes in Wisconsin, progressive. Cheri Beasley in North Carolina, progressive. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, progressive. Raphael Warnock in Georgia, progressive. Only Mark Kelly in Arizona is a true run-of-the-mill moderate Democrat. Maybe you could argue Tim Ryan too, but even Ryan has progressive ideas on trade and healthcare and was an original M4A co-sponsor in the House in 2019. Where are the pro-corporate, anti-choice, anti-gay, lite beer version Republicans to save us when we need them?

EmmyLou Harris and Mary Chapin Carpenter are coming to the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids on September 1st. I really want to go to this as I love both artists.

They are going to what about the Steve Scaliese Congressional baseball game shooting for a while too. They are going to hold that one up anytime right wing violence gets committed or attempted against Democratic or non-MAGA Republican elected officials.

If those mother******* Manchin and Sinema would pass HR 1 we'd have nationwide gerrymandering reform and would be setup much better and more equitably long term for the US House. Oh well, the racist filibuster is more important.

It's not the weight persay that players dislike. It's the fact that he sits high and mighty on his perch (or golf cart) and acts like a complete jackass towards his players. Furthermore, Patricia was rumored to have shown up late to team meetings. So you're demanding, screaming at your players to work harder and be better while not being better yourself.

This is awesome! I've got the Kool Aid jug filled up high tonight

Dan Campbell and Aaron Glenn doing up downs with their own players on Hard Knocks. Can you imagine Matt Patricia doing up-downs at practice haha.

Lions fans are going to be blue lipped from all that Kool Aid after Hard Knocks airs tonight for sure. I wouldn't say I've guzzled down a jug of Honolulu blue Kool Aid just yet, but I've been sipping on it for sure. As I said previously, things feel different under Brad Holmes, this isn't just the usual hype of having a new coach or GM that quickly fades once they step onto the field. It feels like this organization is making smart moves that they have not in the past from a roster stand point by drafting talented players without reaching, not trying to draft solely for scheme fit, valuing the intangibles like speed and athleticism that you can't teach, getting high football IQ guys, and leaders on the field. This offseason and last also proved their prudence with managing the salary cap. They could have blown the bank to try and rush the rebuild, ala Jacksonville and Trent Baalke, but they did not. They stayed patient and made smart signings. All things largely neglected by prior regimes. It feels different in a good way not just because myself or any fan says so, but because the moves they are roster moves that seem to be building in a positive directions. I'm hyped because Brad Holmes has given us as fans legitimate reasons to feel this way for once. Maybe Holmes hasn't made the right moves and these guys end up being busts. But so far, it seems so good. Coaching and this staff still remain my biggest question marks. I don't feel I can say one way or another, based on last years horrific roster that the staff had to work with, whether or not our coaching staff is any good. Time will tell on that one as the season progresses. Brad Holmes has got me hyped and ready for Hard Knocks tonight in a way I wouldn't have been if Quinn, Patricia, Mayhew, or Caldwell were still around.

My whole question is, with the league being as weak as it has been sometimes handing down punishments, can we count on teams to act appropriately and accordingly if they were in charge of discipling their own players?

We're talking about different situations here. Billups' situation was before he was a Piston and I believe, before the start of his NBA career. As well, there wasn't clear evidence Billups was the perpetrator. In the case of a Ray Rice, we have that on video tape. Same as we do for Joe Mixon. My concern is, if a team is in charge of disciplining their own players, and we end up getting clear and definitive evidence during the season that they are guilty of X, can we count on that team to suspend their own player if it could potentially have a significant effect on winning, playoffs, etc.?

Roquan Smith wants to be traded from the Bears. He's only 25 and still has tread on the tires. Would you trade for him and what would you be willing to give up?

It's like the mob boss wanting you whacked, his button man shows up at your door with the gun in hand, he misses, and you still stand up for the guy who tried having you whacked.

Is she saying the President and Presidency should be above the law? I guess when you support outright authoritarianism, fascist dictatorship, and strongman theocracy, that comes with the territory. If this is the GOPs and MAGAs general response, to criticize the FBI and make arguments like this, they are going to lose politically speaking. I can't see this whole President is and should be above the law argument resonating very well with voters back home.

What about a Ray Rice situation where he knocks a girl out cold on an elevator and it's caught on camera, but the Justice system hasn't yet brought him to trial. What if a team is in the playoff hunt or in the playoffs and an incident like that comes to light. Are we really going to trust a team to suspend their own star player in the middle of a season, with the playoffs on the line? I barely trust the league to suspend a player in that type of a situation, much less their own team.

He doesn't piss on their heads were they on fire, yet they continue falling for the grift.

Yep. Limbaugh used to call him Sandy Burglar on his show. I remember there deep ceded concerns that Hillary's emails may contained classified info. Didn't the right also go nuts over Chelsea Manning?

MSNBC has legal experts and former US District Attorneys on and Fox News has some candidate for Congress in Washington State in and a couple of political commentators.