Lions general manager Bob Quinn explains his decision on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, to fire coach Jim Caldwell after a second straight 9-7 season. Video by Carlos Monarrez/DFP
Bob Quinn’s on the clock. Not owner Martha Ford. Not quarterback Matthew Stafford. Not Jim Caldwell, obviously, whom Quinn fired Monday morning after four years as the Lions’ head coach.
By doing so, the Lions’ general manager admitted that 9-7 is no longer good enough and that simply making the playoffs no longer matters. Championships do.