Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia was asked if this job more difficult than he expected. Justin Rogers, The Detroit News
Allen Park — Bill Belichick’s coaching tree has always been a thorny subject in the NFL.
The failures of his former assistants out on their own are well-documented, each of them seemingly tripped up by their own arrogance or abrasiveness, and to be fair, the absence of a franchise quarterback.
So it should surprise absolutely no one — least of all the players in Detroit — that Matt Patricia’s early days here haven’t been all that rosy.