DYes' 8th annual new year prediction thread is open for business.

For historical purposes, below are links to the previous new year prediction threads:

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

And here we go:
  1. After another disappointing season, Matt Patricia is himself booted away from his Lions head coach job.
  2. [[Since I failed on this the past three years) Eastland closes.
  3. Sears closes all of their remaining stores.
  4. GM announces additional layoffs, but perhaps still not quite at pre-bankruptcy levels.
  5. Another major retailer is driven out of business by the retail apocalypse.
  6. Tigers' and Red Wings' slow respective rebuilds continue, but they each once again fail to reach the playoffs.
  7. Pistons continue with a better-than-average performance while still missing the playoffs.
  8. [[revival of an old 2016 prediction with some changes) Meijer breaks ground on their small-sized concept store on East Jefferson and Rivard.
  9. The promised District Detroit residential buildings either continue to not break ground or remain just abandoned construction frames.
  10. A Second Great Recession starts towards the end of the year.


Add your predictions!