Speculation about the future of embattled Lions Team President Matt Millen grew to a fever pitch throughout the weekend. Many local media outlets reported Saturday that Millen's firing would happen as soon as Sunday. Conflicting reports now indicate that it is not so clear when, and if, Millen will lose his job.
The Ford's can't be happy about Matt Millen's 23-68 tenure. The Lions have been so embroiled in their current self-inflicted struggles that it has become increasingly apparent that the likelihood of a turnaround during Millen's tenure is untenable. In fact, the Lions are further away from the playoffs than at any point that I can recall in my 30 years of being a fan. Furthermore, Thursday's public relations disaster (treatment of Joey Harrington) and an incredibly poor game performance have highlighted how badly the Lions leadership is managing their current situation. It is by no accident that the Lions will easily continue their 50 year drought of winning championships. The colossal mismanagement of this franchise is nearly unprecedented.
Philadelphia Eagles GM Tom Heckert has emerged a likely potential candidate. Heckert is originally from Michigan and apparently has some previous connection with the Fords. With that in mind, the Ford have to take an objective look, possibly with NFL assistance, at the abysmal state of their franchise and determine whether or not they are going to have to scrap their entire current staff and overhaul their roster and start from square one. In my eyes, this is the best plan. The Lions organization has a pall that hangs over it that will need to be completely cleansed before anyone can assume the helm, and hopefully, alter the current course of the organization.
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11-27-2006 @ 4:33PM
Steve Borkowski said...
The Lions have become a bush league organization. Instead of doing something like playing "piano man" and setting up Joey Harrington, who by the way showed more class all of the Lions from the Fords on down, they should have played something by the Beatles. "I'm a Loser".
Millen came into a team that was one game, one field goal really, from the playoffs and announced it had to be torn down. Now we have to tear it down again.
I don't have that many years left after squandering the past 43 on them.
The problem is...no matter what, if the seats are empty, if nobody buys a thing, the Fords still make money based on the television contract.
I was against the march last year, and wearing the other teams colors to games....but I think the only thing that will fix the Lions, is to EMBARRASS the Fords publicly and continuously until they have had enough humiliation to sell the team. Sounds mean, but they have had no problems with humiliating Detroit and laughing all the way to the bank.
FIRE FORD
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12-02-2006 @ 1:41PM
Robert Koss said...
There is only one consistant factor with the Lions and that is the Ford Family. Father and Son could not make it in the auto industry and are being paid to stay away so all they have are the Lions and they are showing that they have no idea that it takes football minded people to run and organization. These guys haven't figured this out for the past 50 plus years and they probably never will.
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