7:40PM Monday
March 25, 2013
The Detroit Lions were one of the most disappointing teams in football last season, going from a playoff appearance in 2011 to a miserable 4-12 record in 2012. After posting its first winning record in 11 years, the team was expected to continue improving and possibly even win a playoff game. Instead, the Lions went in the opposite direction. Head coach Jim Schwartz took a lot of the blame for the four-win season, but it wasn't just the fans who were upset with him. His own sons were also furious with their father. "Nobody is happy. My kids are just starting to talk to me again," Schwartz said earlier this week, via MLive.com's Anwar S. Richardson. "My son (has) a lot of Lions posters and sweatshirts and hats.-They weren't happy with 4-12 either. Believe me, nobody was, and we all want to get that taste out of our mouth. The only way we are going to get that out is if we move on past it, and we identify what the unique capabilities of this team are, try to accentuate those, identify our weaknesse