“9-7 isn’t good enough.”
That quote has been thrown around haphazardly since the Detroit Lions canned head coach Jim Caldwell after back-to-back 9-7 season.
The quote is attributed to Lions general manager Bob Quinn for the crime of trying to take this team to the next step beyond intermittent playoff appearances without a postseason win.
Nevermind that Quinn never actually said this directly, but it’s now being thrown around as an indictment of current head coach Matt Patricia, and for some, a reason to look back on the Caldwell era as something we should have appreciated, not discarded.