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Retooling the Lions would simply be the same old story

Justin Coleman, Detroit Lions (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

The Detroit Lions’ history of preferring to retool instead of rebuilding is part of why success has eluded them.

The Detroit Lions are coming off the latest of what seems to be an endless array of embarrassing losses they have suffered over the course of the last 60 years. This is a franchise that has trouble winning, but has perfected the perplexing pratfall.

Principal owner Sheila Ford Hamp is deeply engaged in the search for a new general manager and head coach that can change all of that.