Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand are the Detroit Lions' latest casualties, and the cold truth of the matter is that there will be more.
When an organization undergoes a sweeping change like this, no one is too big nor small to be spared.
Jim Caldwell is the definition of "dead man coaching," down to his final eight games with the Lions, lest they make an even bigger mistake and force Mayhew's eventual replacement to keep a coach he did not choose.
Sheldon White is a talented evaluator who deserves a chance to be a full-time general manager one day, but he's in a no-win situation now, elevated temporarily to the top job with neither the time nor resources to foster any meaningful change.