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The Continuing Misery of the Detroit Lions
Chuck Knox.
Every time the Detroit Lions need a new coach, I think back to Chuck Knox, who was a head coach for three NFL teams, most notably the Los Angeles Rams (twice) and the Seattle Seahawks.
The Detroit Lions fired Matt Patricia Saturday, ending an almost three-year tenure with a 13–29–1 record. They also fired GM Bob Quinn. But every time they have fired a head coach since Monte Clark, one of the most miserable people I’ve ever encountered in my life, I’ve thought about Knox.
When the history of the National Football League is written, the Detroit Lions will most certainly be derided as the most pitiful. With a loyal fan base and a family’s ownership that should have sold the team and walked away clean, but held onto it until it was too late, the Lions always find ways to break their misguided, hapless supporters’ hearts every time.
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William Clay Ford, Sr. was the grandson of Henry Ford and the last direct descendant to die. (2014, five days short of his 89th birthday) He, along with his brother, Henry Ford II, worked at the Glass House in Dearborn. “Hank the Deuce” ran the company and Bill was head of Lincoln-Continental Division. He redesigned the Lincoln Continental and the Continental Mark II was introduced in 1955.
