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Lions make too many mistakes to claim progress or effort
My latest column in The Oakland Press: http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2010/10/17/sports/doc4cbb6fe61f82a357245481.txt
posted by Pat Caputo at
11:01 AM
Monday, October 18, 2010
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- Name: Pat Caputo
- Location: Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."
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2 Comments:
Pat, I kinda don't understand it.
Yeah, penalties and mental mistakes come along with young guys that are being taught to be aggressive.
One expects coaches to optimize situations like blitzing, matching up with play situations, zone coverage vs. man-on-man, etc.
But it seems like the most fundamental thing the coaches can do is teach mental discipline in not getting stupid penalties.
The Lions are making mentally stupid penalties in situations that are unbelievable.
It's not like these guys are not trained and experienced.
I don't know the solution to stop this crazy behavior. The coaches are paid big bucks to teach the team not to do these things.
Lions will never be a good team with this lack of discipline.
Anonymous,
Some penalties are the result of the opponent being superior and grabbing or interfering to compensate. Others are just nonsensical. For the Lions, there are too many of the latter type of penalties, mixed in with the others they are going to get because they just aren't that good.
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