Detroit Lions dismiss president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew

The Lions have been bad for decades.

This team needs a big makeover and it’s going to start with a few of the coaching staff. The team’s struggles are always put on the coaches’ backs and this isn’t going to change with the Lions.

Considering Mayhew and Lewand had built two winning teams – both of which failed to win a playoff game – since 2009, Ford had no choice.

It was callous. Detroit beat writers understandably hated the brief presser – it’d have been nice if the organization gave them a heads up before making them drive into Allen Park. It’s a tough time to be a Lions’ fan but there is hope for the future. “You’ve just got to stay even-keeled, and that’s what we do”. She did not take questions. No one had been briefed. However, she is very familiar with both Lewand and Mayhew, so it’s hard to call this a rash judgment.

Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew watches against the Arizona Cardinals.

Clearly, the 1-7 record in the first half of this season did not measure up to those expectations.

History may be repeating. President Tom Lewand and General Manager Martin Mayhew were unexpectedly fired from their respective positions. For now, Ford insisted that they’d be conducting an rigorous search.

“Our fans deserve a winning football team, and we will do everything possible to make that a reality”, said Ford. Ford may be the person to do it. Lewand was named president on the same day. The Titans defense he coordinated had just finished No. 2 in the National Football League in points allowed.

And things were good for a bit.

This surprised many around the football world, not just the Lions faithful.

The teams that preach patience but actually practice it are a small minority in the NFL. They have won one playoff game since 1957.

Caldwell was brought in partially because of his track record with quarterbacks. Most of that stretch was played without wide receiver Dez Bryant, who returned to the starting lineup last week after recovering from a broken foot.

Jim Caldwell will remain the head coach for at least the rest of the season. The franchise has only been worse since. “This feels a lot different”. “There are certain voices within the Ford family that spoke louder than others that prevailed in the end”.

Coach makes statement: An academic coach fired by the University of Notre Dame after a student accused her of coercing him into having unwelcome sexual encounters with her daughter issued a statement Thursday describing what happened as merely a breakup and saying her family is heartbroken he chose to harm them in such a public manner. Ownership made the right call by spearheading an organizational shakeup. His quarterback pedigree could prove useful in developing a rookie quarterback from next summer’s class, a move Detroit seems increasingly likely to make.

William Clay Ford was the owner until his death in March 2014.

Born on September 16, 1925 in Akron, Ohio to Harvey S. Firestone, Jr and Elizabeth Parke Firestone, Martha Ford graduated from Vassar College in 1946.

“There were no major gaffes in the ballgame, so to me, that was encouraging that he could go out there and play and get us through a game, ” offensive coordinator Chan Gailey said.

The Detroit Lions front office will now be ran by two other faces in the organization on an interim basis.