DETROIT -- If Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford doesn't want to work with a personal coach this offseason, that's OK with general manager Martin Mayhew.

Stafford raised some eyebrows last month when he said he had no interest in working with a noted quarterbacks guru, such as Steve Clarkson or George Whitfield. Stafford dismissed the idea as something not his style.

Mayhew believes it should be up to the individual player how they approach the offseason.

"It shouldn't be something where he feels there's some outside pressure he has to go do something he's not familiar with, used to, or wants to do," Mayhew said.

Mayhew's bigger concern is ensuring Stafford has all the necessary tools and coaching to reach his potential at the team's practice facility.

"If you work at McDonald's, you don't go to the fry factory to learn how to make fries," Mayhew said. "We're in the football business. We teach football in Allen Park. We should have everything at Allen Park that he needs to be a great quarterback.

"And he was a great quarterback in 2011. He can get back there, we've got to have everything in our building to make him become that same player."

Did the Lions have everything Stafford needed the last two seasons?

Mayhew declined to comment on the past, but you can deduce an answer from the team's decision to dismiss

coach Jim Schwartz and offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, as well as hiring Jim Caldwell, known for his work with three Super Bowl-winning

quarterbacks

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And if Stafford changes his mind, and wants to work with a personal coach in the future, Mayhew is on board with that as well.

"If at some point he decides, 'Hey, you know what, I'm going to go work out with this guy.' That's great."

The general manager compared it to defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh working out with Nike in Oregon each offseason.

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We have a great strength and conditioning program that completely satisfies 90 percent of our players. Ndamukong feels it's very important for him to train at Nike. I respect that. That's part of his deal. That makes him a better player."

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