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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PackFanInSC" data-source="post: 127955" data-attributes="member: 598">From NFL.comLions fire assistants Henderson, Beightol  NFL.com wire reports    ALLEN PARK, Mich. (Jan. 2, 2007) -- The Detroit Lions fired defensive coordinator Donnie Henderson and offensive line coach Larry Beightol, two days after finishing a 3-13 season. Lions coach Rod Marinelli announced the decisions at his final weekly press conference of the season. "Donnie Henderson is very close to me, and it was a very difficult decision," Marinelli said. "It was more about systems than anything else. With coach Beightol, I just felt like we needed to make a change at this time." Marinelli also announced that longtime special teams coach Chuck Priefer had announced his retirement. Priefer will be replaced by his assistant, Stan Kwan, and will work with the organization in an undetermined role. If our O-Line coach were to become the Offensive Coordinator (not unprecedented -- Sanders did become DC.), would we try to get Beightol back? He was here from 1999 - 2005 and had pretty good success.</blockquote>

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