Not since the horric decade of the 1970s has a four-sport city seen a less seasoned stable of pro sports coaches. We geezers didn't merely live through those days. We wept openly during those days.
Ausmus was hired by Tiger president Dave Dombrowski seemingly minutes after future Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland called it quits in the fall of 2013. Barely a year and a half ago.
Yet in those short 18 months, the Lions let go of Jim Schwartz (aka Gym Shorts) and landed former Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell; the Pistons replaced interm coach John Loyer with Stan Van Gundy; and the Red Wings parted ways with Mike Babcock, and said hello to former Grand Rapids Griffin coach Jeff Blashill.
As hard as it is to believe, especially given the experience and success Caldwell and Van Gundy have experienced during their careers, a man with no prior professional coaching experience would be the senior member of the Detroit coaching brethren. But stay tuned. Now that Dombrowski, Ausmus's number one fan, was sent packing, and the Tigers have been listless in the dugout and armless in the bullpen, all that is likely to change at season's end.
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