I really wish they would just clean house. When they first fired Millen, and kept Mayhew/Lewand around to run things, it was obvious we would end up here again. Mayhew was Millen's, and Lewand pre-dates both of them.... nothing changed. This organization is as mismanaged as ever, the only reason they climbed from the bottom to playoff conversation is because they finally got a few early round draft picks right. This team has competed with a very top heavy talent base, due to endless high draft picks. Unfortunately, the front office still fails to stock the rest of the roster, or stocks it poorly (the secondary, anyone?).
That doesn't even touch on the coaching. This team shows no consistent progress from year to year, with the endless up's and downs. There is no accountability, that is obvious throughout the schwartz reign. Penalties, substitutions, questionable play calls, poor clock management, Stafford's insistence that he will not work with a qb coach (because it doesn't fit his style? What?!)... these are all signs of a team that doesn't fear the repercussions of it's mistakes. This team reminds me of that teenage a**hole that we all know, who shows little respect and acts like the world revolves around him... because he gets away with it. That is the Lions. The players are incredibly mistake prone, the coaches have an endless list of blunders and questionable calls, and the GM has a marginal track record at best. They all get away with it because at each level there is a failure to hold people accountable.
I hate this team.