Lions fire coach Jim Schwartz after failing to reach playoffs

jim-schwartz.jpg Are you glad the Detroit Lions fired Jim Schwartz after five seasons as head coach? AP Photo. DETROIT, MI – The Detroit Lions fired coach Jim Schwartz after five seasons on Monday and will live stream online a 2 p.m. press conference 

In an unsurprising move, the Lions axe Jim Schwartz after going 7-9.

Jim Schwartz was hired to turn around the Detroit Lions and he did it for three seasons. He failed to keep the Lions going in the right direction the next two years — and it cost him his job. The Lions fired Schwartz on Monday, one day after their

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Jim Schwartz was hired to turn around the Detroit Lions. He did that for three seasons. The next two years, he failed to keep the Lions going in the right direction and that cost him his job. The Lions fired Schwartz on Monday, one

Back-to-back losing seasons doomed Schwartz, who oversaw a Lions team that crumbled down the stretch this season, losing six of its last seven to tumble out of postseason contention. Schwartz joins the pile of coaches who failed in the seemingly futile