Original: Due to the dreadful team performance , Herb Capozzi was fired as the Lions ' General Manager after nine seasons as G.M. and just two years after taking the franchise to consecutive Grey Cup appearances .
Simplified: Grey Cup Appearances (/O9/O) : 1963 , 1964 , 1983 , 1985 , 1988 , 1994 , 2000 , 2004 , 2006 .