The Lions are looking to start a new era in Detroit. The change will be from the administrative positions and not from the field.
The dismissal of Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn at Ford Field following the Thanksgiving Day loss to Los Texans has served the table to restructure the goals and priorities of Sheila Ford Hamp in her first campaign as the owner of the organization.
To do this, the Lions have started with a list of possible candidates for the position of general management. One of them is Thomas DimitroffTom Pelisser of the NFL Network reported this morning. The former Falcons general manager will meet with the team next week, according to the report.
Dimitroff, twice elected the NFL’s Best Executive of the Year, has 13 years of experience in the job, five trips to the playoffs in his first five years in Atlanta, and was a talent scout in the area in the 1990s. from Detroit.
Among the most relevant actions of Dimitroff, he is recognized for having made a transfer from the 27th overall selection to the sixth to take Julio Jones in college recruitment. The Falcons wide receiver was the most productive of the decade and selected to the 2010 All-Decade Team.
Scott Pioli, a former Chiefs general manager and Dimitroff’s former assistant, will also be considered for the position. He will be interviewed the following week.
Rick Smith, A former general manager in Houston, he will contact the “Motor City” franchisee next week. Smith is responsible for portraying JJ Watt and DeAndre Hopkins.
Louis Riddick, a current analyst for ESPN, spoke with the club on Wednesday, according to the NFL Network. Riddick has previously developed staff and scouting assignments in Philadelphia and Washington. In addition, he is a supporter of the Matthew Stafford project: “The people around Matthew have failed him. Matthew has not failed Detroit; the people around Matthew have failed Detroit,” he said a year ago.
More voices to decide
Chris Spielman He was hired as a full-time assistant to the president and CEO. They have also arrived, as advisers for the search for vacant positions, Barry Sanders, Mark Hollis and Rod Graves.
Spielman, the Lions linebacker from 1988 to 1995, doesn’t expect to run himself: “I’m not qualified to be a general manager. I do know what works and what doesn’t after 30 years in this business and traveling around 32 teams year after year, and having a brother in the business, “he alluded to Rick Spielman, general manager of the Vikings.
