Grade Jim Schwartz - July 2010

Even though I could have easily given him an “A”. The B comes only because of his inexperience as a HC. I believe that it was Schwartz’s coaching up,that made player like Delmas, Levy, and Sammie Hill, have a better than expected season. And I hope to see that coaching continue with Suh and Spievey and I guess Follett. And like Sean said. Schwartz gets it. He understands what it is going to take to turn this into a great franchise. Not for a couple of season. But for 10 t0 15 years.

just because we did only win 2 games last year. But if I was grading purely on potential and the direction of the team under Schwartz, I would have to vote A. I agree completely with Westside, JCruize, and Sean, he totally gets it and has done an excellent job thus far for the most part.

 He has assembled a nice staff, coached up the rookies, made competent decisions, says the right things to the media, the only thing missing is the wins. I want to see him get a contract extension after this season even if he doesn’t win alot of games. He is a quality NFL head coach but he is restrained by the teams talent level, what the Lions need most as an organization is stability.

simply because he was given very little to work with. Schwartz needed to be MacGuiver with the talent he was handed just to get the 2 wins and the team was competetive in quite a few games last season as well. He may not be worthy of the grade moving forward, but with the competetive improvements he has made so far with players and scheme I’d say he deserves an A.

I love the job he’s doing. I gave him an A and didn’t drop him a grade because of what he inherited. The poor guy is not rebuilding, he is starting from square one. We were worse than a friggin expansion team. We’ve had 2 solid drafts in my opinion and I figure next year we will turn the corner and actually be contenders. Shwartz seems to get it. We fixed the Dline this year. Look for next year for the oline and the secondary to get revamped. Schwartz is turning areas of our team that were pure shit to strengths and I look for that to continue so I praise the job he has done in this short of amount of time. I also attribute that to Mayhew for actually listening to the coach on what players to bring in that fit our scheme.

I gave him a B in hopes that through the season he progresses to an A. However, I’d love to hear the thoughts from the people that are rating him C, D, and F. Anybody else with me on that?

i gave him an ‘A’ because he seems to have a gameplan and sticking to it. i agree with one of the other guys that i thought marinelli would do good too…….but then again, what could u expect…..he was hired by millen.

the pressure builds …. but what can you do with a lack of talent…. the grading gets harder after this year.. he should do well…. especially when they beat Chicago and burst their bubble… can’t wait to see it.. it will happen… even with Peppers I still believe it will be a great game.. Lions win in the end at CHICAGO!

Jim to me, has been awesome and inspiring. He brings a winning attitude to the team. Basically out with the old and in with the new. 2-14 in his first year, is nothing to laugh at either, considering what he had to work with. He knows how to draft, when he sees a vet that he likes, he goes out and gets him. JS and MM have a great relationship, and I see Jim doing great things for the orginization for years to come. Classy gym shorts guy.

The team has some direction, an identity they are building towards. And the way Schwartz handled that 1st win over Washington showed class all the way.
I hope the guy can coach football once there is a full roster of NFL caliber players. As of right now it’s nearly impossible to tell if he’s got the X’s and O’s down because a coach can only do so much by calling the right plays.
If the question was team building I would have given an A, but we just don’t know what he’s capable of yet.
The direction was something we’ve been missing out on for years now, whereas the former regime seemed incline to think they could just pick guys up and plug them into whatever system the current coach was running, Schwartz and Co. have a plan and are going after people who they believe will fit it. I like what I’m seeing but can’t grade an A for 2 wins regardless of the talent level

Just because of the 2 – 14 mark – if he was Bill Parcells or Bill Bellichick or Chuck Knoll I think we would have went 4 – 12 even with the absolute lack of talent on the field in 2009. Schwartz is definitly heading in the right direction IMO adn that is the good news.

I still think 5 – 11 is most realistic but if we go 8 – 8 I would be in heaven. They’re doing it right at Allen Park – something we haven’t said in a decade.

Either a troll, or one of those non-Lions fan Lions fan. The guys who say they are fans of the Lions but only ever talk shit and say how pathetic they are and how they hate everything about the team. I swear the Lions have the only fanbase in sports where the “fans” actually hate the team they “like”.

By the way, I gave him an A.

but without seeing the results, it is hard to do. I gave him a B, because I can really feel the difference in the draft classes and his comments about what he is trying to do. I feel he is managing to do both things asked of a head coach
1) Build a team that can win now
2) Build a system and a team that will continue to be effective long term

I think if we get good productivity out of this years draft class and we end up with at least 6 wins this year, I could easily end up with an A grade for our fearless leader.

I think his game plan was sound, but his talent was not up to the task. I think he dumbed it down as much as he could, but with a team full of practice squad players there is only so much you can do.

He moved up from a C because the players he drafted played well, so I think that if he is given a couple years he can get enough guys in here that they can actually play the game like he plans it.

hasnt done any thing i disaprov of yet.. but you can always bebetter no matter how good you are

Things look and feel good about the team, but the results aren’t there…yet. Once those Wins start popping up, then I think an A grade would be undeniable, considering what he started with.

He gets a “D” from me. I like the rhetoric and the pedigree, but I’ve yet to see any results on the field.

The team won 2 games as opposed to 0, so that earns him a “D”. But I don’t recall any specific coaching decisions that lead to victories, or vast improvements last year.

And before anyone starts harping on the quality of players on the team last year (I realize they sucked), I’m specifically talking about in-game or between game adjustments that lead to noticeable improvements in the defense or offense.

In other words, I’m not comparing the job he did against the job Marinelli did; I’m comparing him to himself from game to game, and half to half. I didn’t see any marked improvement, so he gets a “D”.

I think he has potential, and I wouldn’t trade him for another coach at this point. Like so many rookies, he had a lot to learn last year. But, I expect my head coaches to be flexible, adaptable, and innovative, and I didn’t see much evidence of that last year.