The Detroit Lions don’t have a history of front office success. As a matter of fact, for many years William Clay Ford didn’t even have a general manager. He basically surrounded himself with yes men and did the job himself.
Needless to say, that wasn’t exactly a recipe for success. When he did break down and start bringing in general managers, that was no better.
We can easily blame Mr. Ford’s hiring decisions, most of which were worse in hindsight than any of us could have suspected. The biggest example of a poor hire, of course, being Matt Millen.