Lions head coach Jim Caldwell doesn’t seem to be a fan of the Detroit media.
In fact, the veteran football coach of almost 40-years said that the Detroit media market is the most negative he’s seen referring to it as a ‘dungeon of doom’.
“Negativity has always been here from you all’s standpoint,” Caldwell said during his Tuesday press conference. “From the media, that’s always been part of it. That’s the first thing I think you notice here. I think I call it the dungeon of doom when I walk into that room sometimes. That hasn’t changed.”
Meanwhile, Matthew Stafford seemed to agree:
“I don’t have the experience that coach Caldwell does, not only in this league, but in life, but I would back that,” Stafford said.
“The second we’re 0-4, it’s like, ‘Hey, do you remember 0-16?’ to all the guys that were there,” Stafford said. “Things like that. That’s the fact of the matter, in 2008, they went 0-16. I understand the factual aspect of that question, but 0-4 is 0-4, it’s not 0-16. That kind of stuff happens quite often.
“Then you’re on a winning streak and it’s, ‘Are they for real?’ Things like that.”
Jim have you lost your damn mind?
How the hell do you expect the media let alone the fans react to this team who sit at 1-7 on the year and just two days after getting their asses handed to them by the Chiefs in London? Did you expect a parade as you made your way off the plane from England? Maybe though the ‘dungeon of doom’ finds it’s roots in the simple notion that fans and media are tired of constantly being fed the same BS year after year and week after week? I don’t know Jim… and Matt perhaps we should check the report.