The Valenti Show - It's time for Jim Caldwell to go

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[@ParappaTheNappa]

This is why I'm glad 97.1 sided with Mike when the Lions wanted him gone. He's not gonna sugarcoat this franchise. He tells it like it is.

[@joereece5308]

Matra almost had DICKHEAD FIRED

[@joereece5308]

He's got union rights with cbs, he could show up drunk and they can't fire him period

[@joereece5308]

Jews do wine allways can you tell Where you been?

[@stephensdygert7600]

I wish this sermon could be played at ford field! With a full house. Im inspired!!!!!!!!

[@hattershouse710]

Caldwell must go and the Fords must sell the team.

[@joereece5308]

Fords ned to sell the FUCKING team

[@countbuffalo6654]

This didn’t age well 😂

[@hattershouse710]

@@countbuffalo6654 how so? The fact that Patricia is garbage doesn’t change the fact that Caslwell needed to be fired. He was never going to get the lions over the hump. You didn’t think that one through did you?

[@countbuffalo6654]

@@hattershouse710 you do realize that Jim Caldwell was fired by this bozo of a GM named Bob Quinn right? Who said 9-7 wasn’t good enough right? The Lions have barley won 10 games in 3 years. Caldwell inherited a bad Jim Schwartz team, and had 3 out of 4 winning seasons with the Detroit Lions. Had the Lions playing hard from start to finish. The Lions had a lack of play makers on offense and defense, and it showed when they played against some of the better teams in the NFL, and Jim Caldwell Got us to the playoffs after we lost Suh to free agency, and Calvin Johnson to retirement. It’s the GM’s job to draft talented players , and acquire free agents, and the GM’s failed to do that for him. Bob Quinn owes Jim Caldwell an apology, And so does the Lions fan base. Jim Caldwell was the right coach for us. Imagine what he would do if he had some of these rosters that Matt Patricia has had? You guys wanted Caldwell fired so bad, and you haven’t enjoyed a Lions football game since 🎤

[@hattershouse710]

@@countbuffalo6654 Bob Quinn needs to be fired too. Caldwell didn’t inherit a bad team he inherited a good team as proven when they went 11-5 in his first year with a top 3 defense leading the way. He got us to mediocrity which is fine if that’s what you’re satisfied with. Winning playoff games is what should be our standard not just getting to the playoffs. He made the same mistakes Patricia made. He had Stafford to bail him out most of the time. Having play makers or not doesn’t change the fact that Caldwell was a below average coach. If he was such a good coach why didn’t any other team hire him?

[@paulyarmoluk3936]

Amen.

[@scottlubin8531]

Zero dislikes on the video, I love Valenti. Legend with his words

[@mysteriousssstranger]

this did not age well. remember when 9 men on the field was our biggest problem? this Patricia defense could have 29 men on the field and still not stop a nosebleed

[@hattershouse710]

Firing Caldwell was the right move at the time. Now firing Quinn is s the right move. Let the new GM get his coach.

[@RogueBlackOp]

Both Caldwell and Patricia were incompetent. There’s a reason Caldwell wasn’t hired by another NFL team and why Patricia ran back to NE.

[@Spencer_Smothers]

Preach

[@johnnycage6681]

Lmao naw bum

[@ttmazz1]

Jim has the highest win % of every Lions HC in the 60yr. Super Bowl era, so clearly the roster must be stacked if ur firing him.

[@Golfer-xt3rr]

Ladies and gentleman, the preacher has spoken!

[@Tigersfan829]

I didnt even know he had a 26-63 record at Wake Forest a long time ago until I looked him up. The Lions win in spite of him, and they're gonna piss away Rogers being hurt AGAIN.

[@kcorey11kc]

I agree ☝️

[@mrjasonwhite73]

Nothing. Ever. Changes.

[@toofastfoyo3944]

100 percent.

[@austinholler8094]

Here we are in 2020 and everyone is hyping up Jim Caldwell like he had this team super bowl bound before he got axed and some people actually want to bring this guy back like none of these things ever happened.

[@26bigfella]

Man 😂.... And I'm a black man and knew he wasn't the guy to lead us to the next level 😂....what's wrong with these ppl in detroit?

[@CKO92]

@@26bigfella Everything you can possibly imagine and a few things you might not have.

[@spartan2983]

Mediocrity is certain

[@mrallen1978]

Amen

[@Raptorman0205]

Either Caldwell gets fired, or I go root for someone else until Martha sells the team.

[@TagumMotorCity]

#secondDeck

[@78kickz_66]

Lmao 2 years later. Well you got what you wanted 🤧

[@hattorihanzo2275]

Look what a kid, a guy younger than me, is doing with the Rams. Some kid took another kid with "bust" written all over him and turned him into a leader on a winning team. This took mere months.

[@User31129]

He deserves a job in a real NFL city.

[@chairmanofrussia]

Daniel V McVay _is_ in a real NFL city.

[@brstilson]

If it were up to me, I'd let Caldwell go now. The best we have under Caldwell is a first round exit, which does nothing for this team except weaken it's draft position. I say let Caldwell go now, and tank the season on purpose. Because there are two possibilities, here: the interim head coach turns things around immediately and gets us what Caldwell would have gotten us or better, or our season tanks and we end up with a stronger draft position to finally get a running back in here who doesn't trip all over himself doing his river dance behind the Line of Scrimmage and gets tackled for no gain because he cares more about fancy footwork than getting some damned yards. Caldwell can't be back next season. If he is, that kills my hope and I'm done with this team. I like Stafford but he's getting his career wasted with Caldwell. Caldwell's strongest selling point was what? To RESTORE DISCIPLINE to the team. After yesterday's game, he doesn't even have THAT going for him. Fire Caldwell now, tank the season, get the better draft position, and fix the damned running game, and the Lions might have a chance...their last chance. Realistically, the only hope for this franchise is a new owner, a new city, and a complete re-branding. The Lions are a legacy of failure. Picking a new mascot and colors would go a long way in killing that old legacy. I mean, hey, it worked for the Ravens, didn't it? Send them to St. Louis maybe.

[@JuwanBuchanan]

+Brian Stilson I prefer to get them out of my life at this point. Maybe one day we can get a new NFL team to cheer for in Detroit.

[@vasylcampbell3029]

Holly shit... He’s right.. fuck I’m actually gunna have to consider choosing a new favourite team..

[@User31129]

You got something against putting callers in KZbin?

[@samaelarcane6407]

ok barry retirement was like damn smh but then goin 0 - 16 i was like never again will i put any kinda faith in the lions

[@countbuffalo6654]

Had to come back and look at how ungrateful a lot of Detroit Lions fans were. Jim Caldwell Deserves a whole lot more respect than this. We have a coach in Matt Patricia that doesn’t have a clue on what he’s doing. Have a nice day Lions Fans ✌🏿

[@hattershouse710]

nobody is disrespecting Caldwell. He did a good job with what he had to work with but there is no way that he was getting us over the hump. We had the division gift wrapped multiple times and he failed to lead us to a playoff win or division title. He was terrible in situational football and replay challenges. It was the right move to fire him, get over it.

[@countbuffalo6654]

@@hattershouse710 Jim Caldwell was developing a winning culture here in Detroit, worked with what he had, and got us to the playoffs after losing Suh to free agency, and Calvin Johnson to retirement. How about you draft play makers for Jim Caldwell to coach. How about you acquire some talented players during free agency, so that when you do play against the upper echelon teams, you guys can get yourself over the hump. Thats the GM’s fault for not putting more talent on the team, not Caldwells. Oh and you do realize that Bob Quinn was the one who fired Jim Caldwell right? The guy Who brought over Matt Patricia, The guy who said that 9-7 wasn’t good enough. How has anything Bob Quinn done in 5 years been right? You haven’t enjoyed a Lions game since Jim Caldwell has been fired have you? Once again, have a nice day Lions fans ✌🏿

[@austinhowser7838]

@@countbuffalo6654 just because someone is worse, doesn’t mean Caldwell was good. Both were bad hires and needed to be fired. What a loser mentality.

[@countbuffalo6654]

@@austinhowser7838 Jim Caldwell 11-5, 7-9, 9-7, 9-7. We lost Suh to free Agency, and Calvin Johnson retired in 2015. Had a number 1 defense under Jim Caldwell for a season. The Lions GM’s never did a good job with drafting talent and acquiring great free agents for Jim and he still had us playing at a high level. When was the last time you enjoyed watching a Lions game? Probably when Jim Caldwell was coaching I bet. This franchise rewards Mediacracy, and gets rid of the great players and great coaches that we’ve had. It’s fans like you who push that narrative that Caldwell should’ve been fired and that makes no logical sense. I don’t want to talk football with fans like you

[@zacgrasl4229]

@@countbuffalo6654this comment didn’t age well

[@dt2phillips]

Let's all face it. The Fords should sell this train wreck of a franchise. Should've happened years ago.

[@razorbeard6970]

Mike is losing his mind over one play and then brings up way more legitimate complaints when the one play is what he was really upset about.

[@Blad3sofWaR]

For a person in their 90's, Martha sure as hell has no urgency for results. Drop Caldwell, Promote Teryl Austin and Pray that everything comes together for Quinn BEFORE he becomes Lionized

[@breakdownnn5]

Blad3sofWaR Austin can take a hike too as far as I'm concerned. The defense has been awful for the last month. Once they stopped getting turnovers, the defense showed its true colors. Clean house, start fresh.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

Austin can't scheme a defense that can stop the run. Caldwell, Copter and Austin all need to go. Time to start over...again.

[@User31129]

Austin hasn't done anything really since he lost Suh and Levy. No thanks.

[@ryanmcgowan5201]

its bad.. but how about the ultimatum Ford gave Wayne Fontes back in '95? That's just my first experience of ownerships lazy judgment on a mediocre coach.. starts 3-6, then runs the table, gets smoked in the playoffs by Philly. it was a few decades back, but the song remains the same. Loyalty to a fault

[@brstilson]

For those of you saying "but who do we replace him with?" Here's my answer: Anyone. LITERALLY ANYONE. Not even High School Football Coaches make bone-headed mistakes like having 9 men on the field. Literally anyone would be better than Caldwell at this point.

[@User31129]

I'd talk to this guy. Has NFL assistant experience. Won a lot more than he lost in college. Has the attitude that Caldwell lacks. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Pelini

[@freedbelak121]

Brian Stilson . I knew he was never the answer for the Lions losing culture.As I've said forever.They need a Harbough type coach. I always knew the Lions when they couldn't go any longer with pushing Caldwell, they would do as always hire another one like him. Or just promote Austin or Cooter. All this hype around them, but they never get a job. I wonder why? But frankly I'm so tired of how Cauldwell a fair at most coach,and his act, that I don't care who they get anymore just to see him leave. He knew scripture or not he was conning the Lions and the Fords from the moment he stepped of the plane. Just like in his opening press conference,as coach in his very first words, said he knew he needed to win now. Not next year or 2 yrs. If he was such a man of scripture, and prophecy as he claims, when he failed to do that, he should have resigned, instead of taking more money from the Fords. And just like in Indy he always says he's at fault for any losses. He knows how to kiss but of the players and management and knew the Fords with his emphasis on good behavior, we're prime for the taking. Newsflash to coach if your teams except for really once never do much and mostly fall short of achieving anything maybe what prophesy is sayin, is that you shouldn't coach. But hey it's a great gig if you can get it. It pays good and you are a great talker. Though you seem a lot more willing to talk with everyone including the press when your new in town, and trying to gain favors then when your act has finally worn it self out.

[@DannyBZ9]

Same Ole Lions !! Morninwig, Marinelli, Schwartz, Caldwell, next coach it doesn’t matter. We’ll still stink ! 0 NFC titles

[@countbuffalo6654]

This didn’t age well at all 😂

[@brstilson]

@@countbuffalo6654 probably one of my dumbest moments.

[@joereece5308]

NOV 23 1963 nothing but a FUCKING joke since then

[@beenjamminbuttons7771]

STILL A JOKE 2022

[@CKO92]

@@beenjamminbuttons7771 Joke? They're more like a Greek tragedy at this point.

[@countbuffalo6654]

LMAO! I bet you all wish we had Jim Caldwell right about now. 2 years later, and Matt Patricia has only won 9 games in 2 seasons lol!

[@austinholler8094]

Count Buffalo nah Caldwell had to go but Quinn shoulda gone with Vrabel 1000%

[@countbuffalo6654]

@@austinholler8094 Jim Caldwel did an excellent job while he was here. I feel like the Lions GM’s didn’t do a good enough job drafting play makers, and acquiring good free agents and depth to the team. Caldwell pretty much worked with what he had given to him. We lost Suh to free agency, and Calvin Johnson to retirement, and went to the playoffs and still went to the playoffs at 9-7 with Ameer Abdullah and Theo Riddick at running back

[@RogueBlackOp]

Well thank god he’s gone and Patricia is gone and everyone is gone.

[@domthebandit9366]

@@countbuffalo6654 I don’t understand the hate with Caldwell yes we lost in the playoffs but what did the other Lions coaches do? Nothing Caldwell had us competitive. The Gm drafted horrible under Caldwell we also didn’t get many good free agent signings either under him

[@zacgrasl4229]

Naw I’m happy with Dan Campbell

[@ashsingh525]

Ravens were running safety blitz all day...Nice NO Adjustment. This should be a Sean Payton style offense. Quick screens to Riddick. Quick slants to Tate. Once in a while bombs to Golladay. The OL Cant hold, so don't run. And don't have Stafford drop back for 5 seconds. No Huddle - Quick releases. Caldwell fails to play to the strengths of this team. And is irritatingly calm on every postgame podium. When you have no fire, players take notice and it trickles down to Training/Practice. The whole organization is run with "a county club" mentality starting with the Fords. It's a pathetic shame!

[@windsortodwong]

This didn’t age well

[@zacgrasl4229]

I think it did

[@Birdman957]

It very much has

[@CKO92]

No disrespect to Mike, but Martha was actually WORSE than her husband. The difference between WCF and her is the difference between a head cold and Stage 4 cancer.

[@User31129]

I will always forgive him for the hail mary vs GB that I was in the building for. Because why? Because That. Wasn't. A. Facemask. Just another screwjob.

[@stephensdygert7600]

Daniel V I agree the state farm corporate bitch "Rogers" lied to the official to get the call. Where caldwell was a idiot? He only rushed three guys on defence!!! Why wasn't the tallest guy on the field(calvin johnson) in the endzone to defend against that "hail mary"

[@txmetalhead82xk]

I don't know where Calvin was? Or any BIG MAN....They should have had a TE cover, or something. No wonder the dude came down with, Rodgers is a beast and RED WOOD tree, the TE.

[@goodboy2022002]

I've been watching Detroit Lions for 30+ years it is so disgusting watching them play I think it be better off if somebody else bought this team I'm done watching the losing Detroit Lions !!?

[@brstilson]

Move to a new city, with new owners, new mascot, new colors. It worked for the Browns. They moved to Baltimore, re-branded, and won a Super Bowl inside a decade.

[@migueljusamazin]

Look at team now look like shit , at least Caldwell had a winning record

[@sixdonuts]

They should have just kept Millen if the owners and fans think this type of performance is acceptable. He is a "nice" guy. Stafford is an interception machine and has been going back to his days at Georgia. Caldwell couldn't coach his way out of a paper bag. The Fords, they just need to get mad and TCB or just sell the team so someone can rebuild this heaping pile from scratch. The city of Detroit and State deserve better.

[@jamisonraymond8398]

sixdonuts Stafford a interception machine what? Wow

[@CampariMM]

We are all a joke for watching and supporting this team. I am convinced more than ever, that they will never win at a high level. Ever...

[@slawdog4685]

Get rid of Caldwell and give Terrell austin a tryout for the rest of the season.

[@countbuffalo6654]

This didn’t age well

[@hattershouse710]

@@countbuffalo6654 you’re a sad little boy

[@countbuffalo6654]

@@hattershouse710 What I love about the Internet is that peoples comments live forever on here, so it’s really fun to go back and look at all the fire gym Caldwell rhetoric and the Lions play worst than a junior varsity team right now LOL. I can tell by your smart ass remark that you are the sad one, not me✌🏿

[@hattershouse710]

@@countbuffalo6654 I'm not the one scouring the internet to reply to people two years later about something that they are still right about. That's what's sad. You think you are right about the fact that he shouldnt have been fired. When in reality he most certainly should have been fired. Just because the next guy is worse doesn;t change the fact that the previous guy was bad too. That's where your feeble little brain needs to register this information.

[@countbuffalo6654]

@@hattershouse710 "(Jim) Schwartz was a good coach, Caldwell was the answer and didn’t get the ample opportunity to fully put his finger prints on the team, let alone make crucial decisions for further success! Additionally, the community, if I’m not mistaken, loved and fully embraced the Caldwell’s!" -Ndamukong Suh 10/7/2020 www.google.com/amp/s/www.si.com/.amp-lions/nfl/lions/news/suh-defends-jim-caldwell I’d listen to Suh before I listen to your bum ass opinion.✌🏿

[@ezeckialespe1490]

This is Detroit lol

[@justinburchett8424]

Don't know why this showed up in my feed now but it aged kind of poorly. Not that Caldwell was the guy but he was a lot more competent than what they have now.

[@noahayoub2977]

Bring back Wayne fontes

[@brstilson]

Wayne Fontes has an even worse career W-L record than Caldwell.

[@Jmnor60]

Mike, when did you become a Trumpster??

[@stefanserzo1989]

Joshua Normand what?

[@Jmnor60]

flash_fire 590599 it’s a joke, relax. I jokingly called him a Trumpster because he said about Caldwell “you’re fired!!!”.

[@bigfactzztv5811]

Forget whoever think its only Jim Caldwell fault, forget y'all. Matthew Stafford has to go too. Tired of his mediocre azz ok with losing year after year. Without Clavin Johnson where all those big numbers now, hiking the ball with 9 players. Get rid of Eli & Matthew

[@Blaqandbloo22]

lmao

[@User31129]

Still a top 6 or 7 QB. He outperformed Rodgers over 16 games, unfortunately it was from November 15 to October 16 but still.

[@johnl2669]

He's got the second most passing yards in the league this season... look info up before you make a dumbass comment like that.

[@DannyBZ9]

Lol @ Big Trollzz TV , good one bra 🤣