The best way to ensure history doesn’t repeat itself is to remember history.
Detroit Pistons senior adviser Ed Stefanski needs to turn to the mid-2010s chapter of his Detroit sports history book and look at what sent the Detroit Tigers into a tailspin where contention seems far-fetched into the middle of the next decade.
The decade started off great for the Tigers, making four straight postseasons from 2011-14, including a World Series appearance in 2012, only to be swept by the San Francisco Giants.
Then, Dave Dombrowski continued to improve the roster, and the Tigers responded by winning 93 and 90 games in the next two seasons.