According to multiple reports, the Detroit Lions have informed both Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn that they will be back in 2020 with the expectation that they contend for the playoffs.
The Lions have informed Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn they will be back in 2020 https://t.co/jZGrmGN5xW pic.twitter.com/WFTzJxTXdN
— kyle meinke (@kmeinke) December 17, 2019
From MLive:
“We expect to be a playoff contender (next year),” owner Martha Firestone Ford said during a chat with a small group of beat reporters on Tuesday afternoon. “Those are our expectations, which we’ve expressed to both Bob and to Matt.”
Ford was joined by her daughter, Sheila Ford Hamp — one of the team’s four vice chairpersons — and president Rod Wood for a 35-minute chat explaining the decision. The meeting, which occurred in Wood’s Allen Park office, was mostly on background to explain ownership’s thinking, although all three power brokers agreed to be quoted selectively about the decision.
“(Firing Patricia) would have been the popular choice, the popular decision, and we knew that,” Sheila Ford Hamp said. “But as I say, we’re doing what is right for the organization.”
Nation, what is your reaction to this decision?
