Allen Park — Martha Ford did what had to be done, what her husband always was reluctant to do, what Lions fans long have craved. She pushed the plunger and blew it up, a dramatic, watershed move in the history of a forlorn franchise.
It’s only a start, with many critical moves ahead, so Lions fans might want to temper their buoyant emotions. But nothing could change until this happened, until the remnants of a failed regime were eliminated. Ford fired GM Martin Mayhew and president Tom Lewand Thursday, announced the team would conduct a national search for “the best leadership,” and then strode purposely from the podium without taking questions.