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The Lions have dropped the ball - literally and figuratively
posted by Pat Caputo at
2:22 AM
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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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, Always enjoy reading your articles.
Not sure about you, but I just knew that 61 yarder was going to be good (or miss, but we would have jumped offsides and the next 56 yarder would have been good.... you know what I mean).
I don't believe in curses, I believe in leadership. John Harbaugh is a winner - that 3rd down 2 yard Rice run was brilliant. The 63 yarder would have been short - the 61 yarder makes it. This town needs a coach we can believe in.
Clearly, we are all calling for Schwartz's head, as it is an easy thing to do. He could be good the second time around, but he's lost any chance to get this to work. Even a miracle playoff appearance this year (still could happen) shouldn't do it.
Jim's a cheerleader with a team that needs to be coached by a leader. He's in the same camp as Jason Garrett - hugging Dez with a big smile after a TD - only to watch him walk off the field before the game ends.
Let's hope we get someone who can DEVELOP Stafford. He's still the kid I believe in - and he and Calvin will bring us a winner... with a real leader
This is typical when you have a team that is young and undisciplined. It is the coaching staff that has to help that.
Now we need help, not a position you want to be in.
One has to start looking at the staff, this seems to not getting better. I don't know why this is so hard with a professional staff.
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