Last week, we pondered if the Detroit Lions’ current upward trajectory under owner Sheila Hamp had vanquished the loud and long-standing “sell the team” fans. After decades of downright horrible play, many Lions fans declared they wouldn’t take the team seriously until the Ford family relinquished their power and sold to a more caring owner.
But in 2020, Martha Firestone Ford stepped down and handed the team to her daughter, Sheila Hamp, and the fortunes of the team seemed to have turned around rather quickly. Hamp, just a few months on the job, fired both Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia, and she spearheaded a search for their replacements with the help of newly-hired Chris Spielman.