OT: Lions fire Mayhew and Lewand

Submitted by DISCUSS Man on November 5th, 2015 at 12:17 PM

Jim Bob to take over as president.

Lewand and Mayhew get the boot.

MAJOR changes in Detroit: Lions have fired GM Martin Mayhew and president Tom Lewand, league sources told ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) November 5, 2015

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Perkis-Size Me

November 5th, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^

The Lions will be doing this again in the next 6-8 years. Amidst all the turmoil and sadness that have plagued the Lions the last 50-60 years, the Fords are still the one constant. They've gotten rid of coaches, scouts, GMs, players, and presidents, all countless times over, and nothing has ever really changed. They have spurts of relative success here and there, but never anything to write home about, and never true Super Bowl contenders. By process of elimination, I think the Fords are the problem.

Until they sell the team (which, let's be honest, will never happen), I don't expect anything to change in Detroit.

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SalvatoreQuattro

November 5th, 2015 at 1:24 PM ^

You are damning the entire family when it was the father who was responsible for the poor management of the team.

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Blue Balls Afire

November 5th, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^

We only need $900,000,000.00 to buy the team from the Fords ourselves. I can start a Kickstarter or GoFundMe page and put in the first $20. Who's with me? Only $899,999,980 left to go!

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BornInAA

November 5th, 2015 at 1:29 PM ^

‏@AdamSchefter

Lions haven't drafted a Pro-Bowl player in the past 5 drafts. No player they drafted in 2010-2011 is on their roster today.

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A2Fan

November 5th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^

. . . no more M&Ms either.

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JamieH

November 5th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^

coach the Lions? They are a coaching graveyard. Once you coach the Lions, your career is OVER.

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Hotel Putingrad

November 5th, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^

Neither Martha nor Junior are calling the shots. And I am certain a big-gun outsider is already on stand-by. Let's at least see who that is before we start complaining again. There will be a new coach and GM in early January.

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Mike420GoBlue

November 5th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^

Are you saying the Lions are in play???

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autodrip4-1968

November 5th, 2015 at 8:15 PM ^

Not the junior high schoolers? Matt Stafford needs Mouse Davis. With that arm he should be slinging the ball all game Lion's waste another talented player.

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michigandune

November 5th, 2015 at 1:50 PM ^

own this franchise, it's not going anywhere. I have tried following these guys for almost 40 years. Give me a break. Let them keep building cars because they have zero clue on running a football team. NONE!!!

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AlwaysBlue

November 5th, 2015 at 5:24 PM ^

is not Ford-like at all.

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Mike420GoBlue

November 5th, 2015 at 6:52 PM ^

Shake my damned head. This is precisely "Lions-like"... How many games will this win for them? Come to the dark side with e, enjoy the suck. Stop rooting FOR the Lions, enjoy rooting against them. It gives you what, 12 teams to root for they play against? It's awesome!!!

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turtleboy

November 5th, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^

I don't know if I should be extremely happy, or extremely worried. This could be a sign of good times, or end times..

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The Dirty Nil

November 5th, 2015 at 5:43 PM ^

Considering it's the Lions, your guess is as good as anyone's.

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NorthSideBlueFan

November 5th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^

I went to London and Caldwell needs to go too. Complete embarrassment as they just quit. Disgusting.

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pdxwolve

November 5th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^

via GIPHY

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True Blue Grit

November 5th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^

The real problem is it's still the same ownership. You'll continue to see the same results regardless of who is hired to replace them.

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gutsnglue

November 5th, 2015 at 2:47 PM ^

I hope they don't bring in Polian and keep Caldwell.

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SAS80

November 5th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^

I wouldn't be shocked if the Lions hired Dave Brandon.

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goblueatkettering

November 5th, 2015 at 3:03 PM ^

DON'T YOU PUT THAT HATE ON ME, RICKY BOBBY

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GoBlue96

November 5th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^

Caldwell = Hoke

Got his offensive staff and boss fired after 1 good season

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kjblue42

November 6th, 2015 at 8:48 AM ^

Thought the same thing. Deer in headlights. Have never seen a successful coach not manage his team on the sideline.

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erald01

November 5th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^

You cannot fire Caldwell yet because then you dont have enough people to run the team. I am pretty sure end of the year he is gone.

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UofM626

November 5th, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^

Two number 1 picks and and 3rd for Calvin and said no.

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Mr. Owl

November 5th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^

Where did you hear this? Any info on what team?

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Mike420GoBlue

November 5th, 2015 at 6:49 PM ^

But the lions have been offered a 1st round, 6th round, and a 10th round pick as well as a unicorn for Matt Stafford, Calvin, and our Liger.

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misterpage

November 5th, 2015 at 9:42 PM ^

I was really hoping he would get traded to a contender and have a legit shot at a ring. Another talent wasted in Detroit and it seems his best years are behind him.

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Matt Millens M…

November 6th, 2015 at 11:13 AM ^

Not a chance

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ST3

November 5th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^

All these people saying John Harbaugh have got the wrong Harbaugh. I think Jim is going to take the job in addition to his job at Michigan. Coach two teams at the same time? "Impossible!" you say. But let's not forget that this is the same man who proposed wearing two Halloween costumes for double the candy. Winning a Super Bowl? Lots of coaches have done that. Winning a college football national championship? Again, lots of coaches have done that. Winning both? A smaller subset, to be sure, but it has been done. Winning both at the same time? That is a job for the world's most interesting man, Jim Harbaugh.

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Steve Breaston…

November 5th, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^

I pose a question because I'm honestly curious: who is a franchise in a worse state right now? The Browns or the Lions? I know there are far more Lions fans on here than Browns, and not asking for a turf war, but rather an honest assessment. The Lions have a considerably more talented roster but both are in consistently dire straits across from a flash-in-the-pan season here or there. So, given a 5-year outlook, who is more likely to come out ahead?

*in transparency, I am a Browns "fan" - and I use that term loosely. They are a hot, shit-filled diaper in a tire fire. My words.

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Mr. Owl

November 5th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^

Now that the Lions have hit the reset button, I would say the Browns.

By the way... I am sick of seeing post after post bitching about the Ford family. They aren't going anywhere. Might as well bitch that the Lions should move back to the Silverdome.

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Mgodiscgolfer

November 5th, 2015 at 5:06 PM ^

about the Lions, on the Michigan Insider radio show tomorrow Oh well half a show is better than no show at all like the rest of sport radio in Metro Detroit..

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November 5th, 2015 at 6:47 PM ^

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Mgodiscgolfer

November 5th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^

that there are two things that have remained unchanged during the trials and tribulations of the Lions over the past 50 years. The Fords owning the Lions and losing, those are the only things that have not changed. Coachs, players, salary caps, stadiums, locations, style of play those are some off the top of my head that HAS changed. That is a very powerful indictment of their incompetance or there neglect. There was a time where the Salary cap was very high and if you spent to the top of that salary cap you had a very very good team. Well the Fords had plenty of reasons why they did not have to spend that kind of money to become a team that can compete.

So you will have to forgive us Ford haters because we believe that if the Fords were not so money hungry years ago they could have brought a team to Detroit that this city could have been proud of instead we wear bags over our faces and tell each other jokes. Like the one about the guy who went into the 7-11 and left his pair of tickets to the Lions game on his dashboard then when he came out he found another pair of tickets laying there.

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