Simply put, Jim Schwartz did not win enough games in his five years as coach of the Detroit Lions -- particularly in the past two seasons -- to warrant keeping him for a sixth season. That message was evident Monday afternoon, when Lions president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew spoke about the organization's decision to fire Schwartz. "The simple fact is we have fallen short of the expectations of our ownership, and those expectations are simple," Lewand said. "They, very strongly, want to bring a consistently winning football team to the fans of the city of Detroit. Read more http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10215190/jim-schwartz-fired-detroit-lions-head-coach
