ALLEN PARK, Mich. – It lasted almost seven weeks. They held more than a dozen interviews with more chatting over computers than anyone would likely want.
When Sheila Ford Hamp fired general manager Bob Quinn on Nov. 28, she promised the Lions would do “an extremely thorough and comprehensive search,” for the team’s new front office head. In selecting Brad Holmes, the Los Angeles Rams’ director of college scouting, Detroit finished a search that can be described as both exhaustive and thorough.
And that’s something that can be at least a signal Detroit is trying to do things right this time.