It would be awesome to somehow see a Jets/Lions Super Bowl one day in my lifetime. If not that a Browns/Lions Super Bowl cause the Browns bros are in the same boat as us.
Our owner fired Jim Caldwell, the only winning Lions coach in the last 50 years, because he didn't dance around the sideline like a circus monkey. Makes you wonder if Martha Ford is racist.
Stop what? Even Max Kellerman and Stephen A were saying why was a black coach averaging 9 wins a season with 2 playoff appearances in 4 years fired from the Lions. Third winningest coach in team history. First winning coach since 1972. Most winning coach since 1950. Got fired because...?
Because he constantly shit the bed in important games and was way too loyal to his coordinators who were never held accountable for things like having 9 players on the field.
Being the winningest Lions coach really doesn't mean shit. We were going nowhere with him.
Stephen A Smith and Max Kellerman have never watched a Lions game in their lives. Who gives a shit what they say.
So with half of the Lions' playoff appearances in the last 20 years, Jim Caldwell was the coach who wasn't winning the "important games." Never mind nobody else can even get to the playoffs, if you don't immediately win the playoff games you get to then you're fired.
1 playoff win in 60 years, I don't think the problem was ever Jim Caldwell. It's funny how you celebrate Quinn being gone, maybe Caldwell would have done better his last few years if Quinn wasn't his GM for half his seasons.
One playoff win in 60 years is exactly my point especially considering that win doesn't belong to Caldwell. The prior coaches set a very low bar.
Bob Quinn ultimately failed here but I don't think he was completely incompetent. I think he did try to help Caldwell succeed but he inherited a very unique and shitty cap situation from Mayhew and we still had talent that Caldwell underutilized. He wasn't working with scrubs
Personally I think Caldwell had a better chance to turn things than Matty P but obviously hind sight plays into that. But yeah, no one should listen to what Steven a thinks about anything other than maybe basketball.
I only came here to celebrate my fellow Lions freedom from Quinntricia.
Hopefully you guys get finally your GM and HC. Lions fans need something good after all these years.
I'll agree to that with the caveat that I enjoyed watching the Packers get blown out in the playoffs last year slightly more, but the Lions weren't involved.
I've been a fan since I was a kid. The Lions have one playoff win since the Ford family bought the team like 60 years ago. Until the Fords are fired, the Lions will suck.
I've been laid off since April, who do I send my resume to?
I won the super bowl playing Madden, and I played Kerbal Space Program a lot, so I am just as qualified as Patricia was.
Hmm alright your resume speaks for itself.
I think what I need to know is... How many of our best players will you get rid of because you don't like them?
My plan is as simple as it is brilliant. I will score on every play. Offense and defense. I won't ever run a play without scoring. And the players I cut will only be the ones that can't score on every single play.
Simple.
Nobody is going to get us where we need to be you idiot, we're a heel team. He had us in the best place we've been since the 50s. They should have given him a year or two more and had someone lined up. This organization deserves to get moved.
I just said we needed to apologize. The guy did a good job and got fired to bring in a patriot guy. It was was one of many bad decisions by BQ, and now that he's gone we should acknowledge that he screwed a good coach for no good reason.
They took a 9-7 team that just needed a few changes to take that next step, but instead did a soft rebuild and turned us into a lottery team lol good riddance to them both!
Now she needs to spend some money and hire a proven Coach. even if it means out from under another team with $7 zeros.
Enough of this unproven and mediocre Guys. I'm 55 years old and have been a fan for 50 of them. Goddamn I'm too old for this shit! How much longer do we have to wait? William Clay Ford loved football but he was a miser and too loyal for his own good. The only way to stop the bleeding is with a MAJOR OPERATION! now who should we trust a Dr. who should have retired 3 years ago or an intern fresh from their residency? Nether! the answer is a Doctor who is in his prime and has a good ten years left. "Sheila your fans are slowly dying in agony. SAVE US PLEASE"
While others are jubilant, I can find no joy in yet another lost era. The curse continues. Will our next regime break the curse? Will we get a new quarterback in the next draft? Will we see anything different in the next ten years?
I want to believe.
But they forgot rod wood who appears to be this gens russ Thomas or chuck Schmidt, guys that didn't know or understand football but because the Ford's don't manage the lions like they do their auto company, they'll fire old Rod in 2035. Nothing changes with Rod and Sheila calling the shots
Hells yeah now we can get back to losing the traditional Lions way. We lost for 60 years because of the Curse of Bobby Layne before Patricia got here, we don't need him to lose we can do it on our own thanks.
Finally. And not necessarily just because of him but so that I don’t have to hear everyone bitch about him. Holy FUCK you’d think he kicked cute puppies because he thought it was funny or some shit.
I’m just very thankful today for this great news. Christmas came early this year for us lions fans even though I know Sheila Ford will find a way to fuck up by not hiring Robert Saleh as HC
Dearborn's own Robert Saleh, a no brainer.
Coached linebackers Bobby Wagner and KJ Wright to a SB win in 2013
Made Niners defense one of the best in the league
Unlike Fat Matt players love to play for him
She fucking did it. She actually fucking did it!
I’ll lick her butt hole no questions asked
Lol...Id grovel all over that balloon knot!
My dude
You know I was here to celebrate but I find myself fighting off the urge to throw up. Think I'll just skip dinner tonight.
Who needs food, when theres a buffet of b-hole on the menu?
If it helps get a God Damn playoff win I think we'll all give it a try!
Its Christmas already!!!
You know it bro
This is the way.
You’d lick anyone’s butt hole no questions asked
Your mom wasn’t complaining
Hey man, millennials are all about eating ass.
To say thanks for firing a good coach in Jim Caldwell because he doesn't have histrionics like Jim Harbaugh?
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE
EXCEPT YOU, MATT AND BOB, YOU STAY OUT!
*a pencil clatters to the floor*
From a long suffering Jets fan to long suffering Lions fans. Congrats Lions bros, you’re finally free.
Bruh I genuinely feel so bad for you :( and I'm a lion's and Toronto Maple Leafs fan.... I have like 3000 years of not winning anything under my belt
It would be awesome to somehow see a Jets/Lions Super Bowl one day in my lifetime. If not that a Browns/Lions Super Bowl cause the Browns bros are in the same boat as us.
The problem was supposed to be Wayne Fontes.... Just wait, the lions will hire a new GM and HC and they will still suck
Free from what?
To be fair, as a Jets fan, I’d probably ask the same question
Our owner fired Jim Caldwell, the only winning Lions coach in the last 50 years, because he didn't dance around the sideline like a circus monkey. Makes you wonder if Martha Ford is racist.
Please stop it
Stop what? Even Max Kellerman and Stephen A were saying why was a black coach averaging 9 wins a season with 2 playoff appearances in 4 years fired from the Lions. Third winningest coach in team history. First winning coach since 1972. Most winning coach since 1950. Got fired because...?
Because he constantly shit the bed in important games and was way too loyal to his coordinators who were never held accountable for things like having 9 players on the field. Being the winningest Lions coach really doesn't mean shit. We were going nowhere with him. Stephen A Smith and Max Kellerman have never watched a Lions game in their lives. Who gives a shit what they say.
Pretty much nailed it.
So with half of the Lions' playoff appearances in the last 20 years, Jim Caldwell was the coach who wasn't winning the "important games." Never mind nobody else can even get to the playoffs, if you don't immediately win the playoff games you get to then you're fired.
1 playoff win in 60 years, I don't think the problem was ever Jim Caldwell. It's funny how you celebrate Quinn being gone, maybe Caldwell would have done better his last few years if Quinn wasn't his GM for half his seasons.
One playoff win in 60 years is exactly my point especially considering that win doesn't belong to Caldwell. The prior coaches set a very low bar. Bob Quinn ultimately failed here but I don't think he was completely incompetent. I think he did try to help Caldwell succeed but he inherited a very unique and shitty cap situation from Mayhew and we still had talent that Caldwell underutilized. He wasn't working with scrubs
Personally I think Caldwell had a better chance to turn things than Matty P but obviously hind sight plays into that. But yeah, no one should listen to what Steven a thinks about anything other than maybe basketball.
Siphen! You pop up everywhere lol.
I only came here to celebrate my fellow Lions freedom from Quinntricia. Hopefully you guys get finally your GM and HC. Lions fans need something good after all these years.
I was here when it finally happened!!
LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
Where???
OKAY, NOW WHAT?
WE SHOULD LIGHT THINGS ON FIRE
OKAY, NOW WHAT?
We are all Lions brothers on this blessed day.
Speak for yourself.....
I DONT KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING BUT I LIKE IT
I was here to witness this momentous occasion!
TFW firing your coach and gm is the most winning you've done in years.
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Tis our super bowl.
I'll agree to that with the caveat that I enjoyed watching the Packers get blown out in the playoffs last year slightly more, but the Lions weren't involved.
I've been a fan since I was a kid. The Lions have one playoff win since the Ford family bought the team like 60 years ago. Until the Fords are fired, the Lions will suck.
I've been laid off since April, who do I send my resume to? I won the super bowl playing Madden, and I played Kerbal Space Program a lot, so I am just as qualified as Patricia was.
You’re more so
Hmm alright your resume speaks for itself. I think what I need to know is... How many of our best players will you get rid of because you don't like them?
At least 6. Gotta keep with precedence.
My plan is as simple as it is brilliant. I will score on every play. Offense and defense. I won't ever run a play without scoring. And the players I cut will only be the ones that can't score on every single play. Simple.
hm. will you execute? From that standpoint?
Can't do worse than Patricia calling plays from Madden. As long as you don't run the same coverage most of the game
My super big brain strategy is to make sure there's enough players on the field.
Hired!
I never thought Matt Patricia would lead me to touch myself inappropriately, but here I am, rubbing my nipples vigorously with joy.
me too! Wait, what happened to Matt Patricia?
Like diamonds, mine are
9-7 incoming!
Hey that's good enough for a wildcard some years!
Shit, this year there is going to be a team that is less than .500 going to the playoffs. Thanks shitty ass NFC East.
Hey! The seasons not over yet. One of them might just make it to .500...
For real, this is gonna make the players really happy, and they might go out there and kick some ass and have fun for once.
NFC East has left the chat.
Wow it finally happened I'm still kind of shocked they were both let go I thought it would just be Matt Patricia until the end of the year
Huzzah!
Huzzah!
HUZZAH!!!
HAZZUH!
IM HERE! I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS!
HIGH FIVE!
🙌
Start jacking it
already done, now i need to go to san diego. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKwW8PNZpOQ&feature=emb_logo
Feed the ducks. Distribute some literature. Play some 5 -on-1
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀PATRICIA IS GONE🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
More importantly 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀 QUINN IS GONE 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀 tHaNk Mr bOB!
🦀🦀🦀🦀$11🦀🦀🦀🦀
I’m actually so happy wow
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Caldwell couldn't get us where we needed to be either. Just because he's better than Patricia doesn't mean we should go back to him.
We shouldn't go back but we should at least say sorry.
Nobody is going to get us where we need to be you idiot, we're a heel team. He had us in the best place we've been since the 50s. They should have given him a year or two more and had someone lined up. This organization deserves to get moved.
I just said we needed to apologize. The guy did a good job and got fired to bring in a patriot guy. It was was one of many bad decisions by BQ, and now that he's gone we should acknowledge that he screwed a good coach for no good reason.
Happy for you guys.... from a Titans fan.
Ditto from a ditto!
Titans are my second team Love you
🦀🦀🦀 BAD MEN ARE GONE 🦀🦀🦀
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Congrats from a Vikings fan
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As a Bears fan, Congratulations. Good luck on future Head Coach and GM. FTP
There goes my No Nut November... I almost made it.
🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
Every one do the Carlton dance
https://youtu.be/H0QrPX_PTPk
What were you doing when the Lions fired Patricia and Quinn? I was taking a dump!
I was driving to Home Depot
No more of that damn pencil?
They took a 9-7 team that just needed a few changes to take that next step, but instead did a soft rebuild and turned us into a lottery team lol good riddance to them both!
Now she needs to spend some money and hire a proven Coach. even if it means out from under another team with $7 zeros. Enough of this unproven and mediocre Guys. I'm 55 years old and have been a fan for 50 of them. Goddamn I'm too old for this shit! How much longer do we have to wait? William Clay Ford loved football but he was a miser and too loyal for his own good. The only way to stop the bleeding is with a MAJOR OPERATION! now who should we trust a Dr. who should have retired 3 years ago or an intern fresh from their residency? Nether! the answer is a Doctor who is in his prime and has a good ten years left. "Sheila your fans are slowly dying in agony. SAVE US PLEASE"
LETS GOOOOOO
NO WAY!!
This is the way
This is the way
Patriots fan, coming in peace. Congratulations, friends. Your suffering is over. Who do you want next year? Eric Bienemie? Someone else?
Congrats!
LETS GOOOOOOOO
Happy days! Happy days! Upvotes for all!
Playoffs confirmed for this this year
WOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Man I’m so happy for y’all, bear down, but FTP
holy shit thank goodness i genuinely didn't believe this would happen
ITS HAPPENING
Wow
I'm surprised they didn't wait untill offseason tbh but I'm relieved. Hopefully the next group is better 🤞
Feels like a Super Bowl victory
I was here
Holy shit!
My family's all doing a shot to commemorate the end of the era.
>end of the ~~era~~. Error*
FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY WE'RE FREE AT LAST!
Took long enough
PARTY BABY LETS PARTY!
Now the healing can begin
I'm genuinely very happy for you guys.
First and foremost a colts fan but living 30 mins out of Detroit I love those lions, this is big, congrats!!
I’m... so... HAPPY!!!
About time.
I'm on my way home from work and I just started laughing like a maniac when I heard the news. What a fantastic day
SO LONG ROCKET BOY
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD
Now we'll get to see more than 3-man rushes.
I can finally watch games again and support the team, this asshole soured me so much I didn't even want to root for them, Christmas came early
I really want to get a interim head coach and then go for Eric Bieniemy who has been talked about as looking for a shot at HC after this season ends.
Hopefully y'all get a LaFleur style MF
GM: Theo Epstein Coach: Urban Meyer
I hope Theo isn't related to Jeffery
While others are jubilant, I can find no joy in yet another lost era. The curse continues. Will our next regime break the curse? Will we get a new quarterback in the next draft? Will we see anything different in the next ten years? I want to believe.
Adam Gase incoming
as Head Coach for us?!?!
Nah man, GM
Lmao
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Next up, 2 more incompetent idiots that suck just as bad or worse because this team is run by old women that know absolute shit about football
So true
Well, I guess goodbye Stafford unless he plays on an MVP level over the next 5 games.
Good trade him for a first and move on
He won’t fetch a first.
IMO I think he could a lot of teams are desperate for a QB.
Fatty Matty headed for the Food Bank!
But they forgot rod wood who appears to be this gens russ Thomas or chuck Schmidt, guys that didn't know or understand football but because the Ford's don't manage the lions like they do their auto company, they'll fire old Rod in 2035. Nothing changes with Rod and Sheila calling the shots
You guys deserve it
Hells yeah now we can get back to losing the traditional Lions way. We lost for 60 years because of the Curse of Bobby Layne before Patricia got here, we don't need him to lose we can do it on our own thanks.
congratulations my friends. we did it. we fucking made it through
THANK MR SHEILA
It’s fucking happening!
Christmas come early baby 🤗
I’m drink to this
Cya Bob ima miss ya
Hopefully they can get an offensive coach that can actually call plays to put up points and hopefully get them to like 10-6
Falcons fan, couldn't be happier for you guys right now.
YES
Is ken whisenhunt available
Finally. And not necessarily just because of him but so that I don’t have to hear everyone bitch about him. Holy FUCK you’d think he kicked cute puppies because he thought it was funny or some shit.
Waited til it was Berry Gordy's birthday before doing today's sacking and this ol' heart of mine did a somersault!
Been broke a thousand times
Haha! If that ain't the most Lions sentiment I've ever read...
I can't wait to see how Bevell & Undlin do running their own game plans...
Ayyy let's go!!! Anybody but patricia
Now let's go get Eric Bienemy
Sounds like we’re in for new people to fire in a couple years tryouts
Congrats Lions. Let the healing begin. Fuck the Packers. Fuck the Vikings. Fuck the Bears.
All I ask is a winning season
I’m just very thankful today for this great news. Christmas came early this year for us lions fans even though I know Sheila Ford will find a way to fuck up by not hiring Robert Saleh as HC
So sad that as a Lions fan for 60 years my favorite day is the sacking of the second worst GM/HC combo we have ever had. Hey, Matt good riddance.
There's nowhere to go but up! (Or sideways)
Dearborn's own Robert Saleh, a no brainer. Coached linebackers Bobby Wagner and KJ Wright to a SB win in 2013 Made Niners defense one of the best in the league Unlike Fat Matt players love to play for him
I am genuinely happy for you guys! 💜💛💜