It’s been quite some time since we checked in with Detroit Lions fans regarding their opinion of general manager Brad Holmes. The last time we polled our audience was almost exactly a year ago, following the team’s 2025 NFL Draft. Unfortunately, those poll results were lost to time (and a migration to a new content management system at SB Nation).
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Larkin scores 200th goal and Red Wings beat Golden Knights
Detroit — The Detroit Red Wings took advantage of a team playing the second game of a back-to-back, beating the Vegas Golden Knights, 5-2, Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena.
In the opening period, captain Dylan Larkin got the Red Wings on the board first, finishing off a nice tic-tac-toe passing play from linemates Alex DeBrincat and Lucas Raymond at 5:04.
The goal was the 200th of Larkin’s career.
Less than two minutes later, defenseman Jake Walman made it a 2-0 lead with a slap shot from the left point that eluded Golden Knights goaltender Logan Thompson.
The Golden Knights, who beat the New York Rangers Friday night, quickly answered the bell.
Ivan Barbashev pushed a rebound past Wings goalie Alex Lyon, who was out of position after making the initial save.
Then a pair of Michigan natives conspired to tie the game as Rochester Hills native Alec Martinez’s shot from the left point deflected off of Canton native Paul Cotter past Lyon, tying the game at 2-2 at 10:55.
BOX SCORE: Red Wings 5, Golden Knights 2
A late first-period power play restored the Wings’ lead as Joe Veleno beat Thompson at 18:17.
Moritz Seider, who assisted on the goals by Walman and Veleno, hit the 100-assist milestone in his 213th career game.
Andrew Copp scored his 10th goal of the season at 11:47 of the third off a nice feed from Michael Rasmussen.
Larkin added an empty-net goal at 18:30 to complete the scoring.
Alex Lyon made 28 saves and improved to 13-6-1.
4Warn Weather – SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. A few storms could be strong with gusty winds and hail. High: 71.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies, becoming partly cloudy skies late. Low: 45.
SUNDAY (MOTHER’S DAY): Mix of sunshine and clouds, cooler temperatures. High: 61.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy skies. Another chilly night. Low: 41.
MONDAY: Mostly sunny skies, remaining chilly. High: 58.
After a beautiful end to the week on Friday with sunshine and a little cloud cover, with warmer temperatures moving into the region as well, some of us are waking up to some patchy dense fog on Saturday morning. Some places south of M-59 are seeing reduced visibilities down to around a mile. If you do run into some patchy dense fog, be sure to use your low beams.
That warming trend continues into the start of the weekend on Saturday, but it also brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Another cold front will work through the region by Saturday afternoon and early Saturday evening and that will bring our thunderstorm chance. High temperature is warming into low 70s by Saturday afternoon.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of the region under a Marginal Risk (1 out of 5) on our severe weather scale for the start of the weekend. Gusty winds and hail are the primary threats as we work through the start of the weekend, but this will not be a widespread threat for severe thunderstorms.
Behind that cold front for the end of the weekend on Sunday, we will keep a mixture of sunshine and clouds into the forecast. High temperatures running about 10 to 15° cooler to end the weekend. Expect high to warm into the upper 50s to lower 60s by Sunday afternoon.
Drier weather sticks around for the start of next week, before another chance of rain moves into the region by the time we get to Tuesday. The cooler-than-average temperatures will continue into the start of next week as well. Expect high temperatures to remain in the 50s for Monday and Tuesday.
Temperature start to warm up by the middle of next week, and Drier weather moves back in by Wednesday behind another cold front moving into the region. Expect high temperatures into the lower 60s on Wednesday to warm into the upper 60s by the time we get to Thursday. Above average temperatures move back into the region as we look ahead into the end of the week, expect high temperatures back into the lower 70s by the time we get to Friday.
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But as you can see below, Holmes has been an extremely popular figure among Detroit sports fans for pretty much his entire career.
Although, if there was a time when Holmes’ popularity took a hit, it was likely during the 2025 NFL season, when the Lions took their first clear step back since he and Dan Campbell came to town.
Since last year’s data was lost to time, this is a good opportunity to check back in with Lions fans. While Holmes certainly deserves a ton of credit for getting the Lions back to relevancy and helping them produce four consecutive seasons with winning records, there are some serious blemishes on his resumé now. The 2024 NFL Draft class has not lived up to his high standards through two seasons, some of his riskiest picks over the last few years have all failed to pay off, and last year’s roster just wasn’t good enough to withstand the injuries.
But Holmes is also coming off a very crowd-pleasing draft. Detroit addressed their two biggest needs with their first two selections, and there were no crazy head-scratching picks or expensive trade ups. Many have categorized his latest draft as “back to business as usual,” which could have some fans he lost back on his side.
However, that is all up to you. Vote on your thoughts about Holmes’ time in Detroit below, and share your extended thoughts in the comment section at the bottom of the page.
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