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Terry Foster: Quinn Shaking Up Lions, No One Is Safe

By Terry Foster
@TerryFoster971

More heads will roll in Allen Park as the Lions continue to clean house.

We might not know all the names and faces, but new General Manager Bob Quinn is doing his due diligence in shaking up a sluggish franchise. Everybody is on notice from assistant coaches to kitchen staff.

I am hearing that owner Martha Ford is safe.

If you are an employee of the Detroit Lions you must write out your job title and job description. You must tell Quinn what you've done before he was hired and then you must write out a game plan on what you plan to do to make the organization better for the future.

Quinn and his staff will make evaluations and decide who is best for the organization moving forward and who must go. It is tough, decisive and brilliant. The Lions need a shake up.

Quinn told SiriusXM NFL Radio that he met with head coach Jim Caldwell for 12 hours during a series of meetings before deciding to retain him as coach. He won't spend as much time with other employees, but everybody in the building will get face time or at least be able to lay out a game plan for the future. Quinn must decide if people think like him and can fit the system. Can they work with him? Are they decisive and have the best interest of the organization? Do they have a great vision?

If Quinn likes what he hears, employees are likely to stay. Two people that did not fit that system are gone. Quinn fired Coordinator of Physical Development Jason Arapoff and Assistant Strength coach Ted Rath. A source said that it wasn't that Arapoff did not know what he was doing. Some players did not trust him. No explanation was given why Rath was fired.

People are walking on pins and needles and you can expect a good house cleaning inside the scouting department. Many have been there for a long time. And what is the Lion's weakness?
Talent evaluation.

I wrote a while back that the Lions could not parade Shelton White as their new general manger. They could keep White in a lesser capacity but he cannot be the man in charge. The Lions must shake up that scouting department and make it better. The public won't buy that the Lions are progressing if the same old heads return.

** Speaking of old heads, I am spinning a complete 180 on Caldwell. He should return as coach. I do not like his clock management. I do not like seeing 10 men on the field in critical kicking situations and I did not like the way the Lions defended the failed Hail Mary against Green Bay. But did you watch the playoffs last weekend?

All of the things we complain about Caldwell played out on national television multiple times.

He deserves one more year and then let's evaluate him.

(Foster can be reached at Terry.Foster@cbsradio.com)

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