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On Pistons coaching search, Matthew Stafford and perception of Tigers
Obviously, Kelvin Sampson ran into trouble with the NCAA at Indiana, but otherwise was a very good college coach for a number of years. The Pistons could do worse than hiring him as their next head coach. They could also do better.
Mike Woodson would be a better fit. He was a good player in the league for a long time and has the cache of turning around a losing team in Atlanta. Sampson is missing those two elements on his resume. And the connection Woodson has to the Pistons' 2004 NBA championship team as an assistant.
Random Thoughts
- I have absolutely no doubt about Matthew Stafford's passing ability nor his leadership qualities. I think he is going to one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL this year. If he can stay healthy. It is the biggest issue, and will be until he plays an entire season without missing games.
- The perception: The Tigers have an excellent pitching staff, but are offensively challenged. The reality: The Tigers rank 11th in the American League in ERA, but are fifth in runs scored and 4th in team batting average.
Mike Woodson would be a better fit. He was a good player in the league for a long time and has the cache of turning around a losing team in Atlanta. Sampson is missing those two elements on his resume. And the connection Woodson has to the Pistons' 2004 NBA championship team as an assistant.
Random Thoughts
- I have absolutely no doubt about Matthew Stafford's passing ability nor his leadership qualities. I think he is going to one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL this year. If he can stay healthy. It is the biggest issue, and will be until he plays an entire season without missing games.
- The perception: The Tigers have an excellent pitching staff, but are offensively challenged. The reality: The Tigers rank 11th in the American League in ERA, but are fifth in runs scored and 4th in team batting average.
posted by Pat Caputo at
10:13 AM
4 Comments:
I have to think that's because our bullpen has been spotty at times. Our rotation is by far the best it's been since 2006.
Go ahead and play with your statistics, Pat.
The perception is true. We are a weak hitting club and an above- average pitching club.
But that is better than being a weak pitching team and good hitting team, which by the way, we are not.
Pat, I have been waiting for someone to look up the stats to show what are the weakness of the Tigers. Of all the young guns I think Furbush is the best so far.
I think the connection that Woodson has as a Pistons assistant in 2004 is a negative because of the experience we just had with another former assistant from 2004. I like the idea of giving Sampson a shot, but I would really like to see someone with more name recognition like Isaiah Thomas.
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