Detroit Lions' Brad Holmes on OC search: 'When you know, you know'

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• You have to just make the tough decision to move forward and move on.
• We didn’t have like a predetermined date in mind or anything like that.
• After some discussions, just felt that it’s time to move on and start fresh," Holmes said. Morton spent just the lone season as the Lions' offensive coordinator and was stripped of his play-calling duties at the season's midway point. As the Lions start their OC search, Holmes commented on what the organization is hoping to find.“There has to be leadership, they have to be detail-oriented, there’s got to be command of the room.
• You just have to be able to know that it’s somebody that’s gonna be able to dot every ‘I’ and cross every ‘T,’ and make sure that nothing is compromised, from a detail standpoint, from a standard standpoint, from the start of the game-planning period all the way to the end of the week. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“We’re just looking for that type of person, whether the person has previous experience calling plays or not.
• I’ve been around previous coaches that have not done it and did it and had a lot of success with it," Holmes said. A pair of names have already been linked to the opening.