Now that I found a way to access YA without the new horrific format; who should the Lions next HC be?

Who should it be or who will it be? Because that requires 2 answers. No high end head coach with a solid HC resume ever considers Detroit in a serious way...unless you consider Bobby Ross a bonafide NFL HC. They have to hire coordinators or guys with the latest "gimmick" that cant succeed long term because every solid candidate wont deal with the baggage. Ford has cultivated a culture of failure that is very hard to overcome and remains fiercely loyal (i.e., not willing to buy out) most of the guys he should have fired long ago (see...Matt Millen). Martin Mayhew is so entrenched in his "best available player" draft methods that it contradicts what they should be doing with each pick. When you have lots of needs you fill needs, move down if you have to! If a guy doesn't fit the system or carries baggage the Lions of all teams don't need in their locker room you don't try to pound the square peg into a round hole! Why would a Cowher or Gruden or any other skilled guy want to have "best available" forced on them? Ford has made it clear Mayhew will call the shots and any head coach will NOT have final say on roster decisions. Remember Parcells answer when asked about the Lions job when they hired Schwartz? You or I can draft Suh, Stafford, Calvin with early picks, we don't need to even bother researching those picks but take away a top 5 pick and what do you get from Mayhew? Guys with baggage....guys with severe injury histories (and they moved UP to draft Levy & Broyles when both were sliding far down most boards because of those histories). He drafts punters in the 5th (one projected to be end of 7th round fodder) when they have terrible DBs, no LB depth, a ton of TE's none of whom really contribute, etc.. And the head coach wont get final say on picks or roster spots? We will see one of 2 things happen....either Ford will refuse to buy out Schwartz and keep him around at least one more year or they will cut ties and sign a coordinator grateful for a shot who will do as he is told. Cowher, Gruden, Whisenhut or any other qualified guy simply isn't going to lay down and probably look bad in the process to land in an impossible situation. This is a franchise that didn't even capitalize on the Barry Sanders years and they had plenty of excellent talent around him....yes this is just another in the 50+ year legacy of failure overseen by one man, William Clay Ford.

Few options I'd like: Ken Whisenhut, Bill O'Brian, David Shaw and Jay Gruden.

LOL at Yahoo! Singapore.

Y!A Canada >>>>>>>

If I were Mayhew, I would go after Gruden and Cowher, preferably the former. If both guys say 'no,' Lane Kiffin is always available.

I would love to see Jon Gruden or Bill Cowher coach the Lions.

Jon Gruden, Bill O'Brien or Ken Wisenhut

Wayne Gretzky

Are you serious? I found that way like at least 3 months before by going via Y!A Canada. Man you're a fool. That's nothing new!

Not that he is a good fit for the franchise, but word is that soon-to-be-ex Head Coach Shanahan might be the high profile guy they'd talk to. Not even sure if Shanahan is worthy of 'high profile'.

Kenny Whisenhunt.

I moved to Canada for a workable interface.

Bill Obrien