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Until the Lions hire a new General Manager, we won’t know what the future holds for head coach Jim Caldwell or many of his coaches or their biggest-name players.

But if Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford gets a vote, he wants them to hang onto offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter, regardless.

“I just know we’re playing really well on offense right now and I’m having a good time,” Stafford said, via the Detroit Free Press. “I think everybody is. He’s a smart guy. It’s not my decision, but I’d like to have him back, no question.”

Stafford is playing his best football of the season lately, completing 82.3 percent of his passes the last two weeks. And while that came against the scuffling Saints and 49ers, Stafford and the Lions are 5-3 since they fired former coordinator Joe Lombardi.

And since Cooter took over, Stafford in particular is a new man, with 17 touchdowns and just four interceptions, so it’s no mystery why he wants to hang onto what works.