Link (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2236033)
Guess the Lions were pretty embarassed after yesterdays Turkey Day blowout. I say bring him in and give him a role similar to the one Morningwheg has, it certainly couldn't hurt.
if Mooch goes, Millen needs to go too. that guy sucks as a GM.
say hello to the eagles assistant quarterbacks coach for 2006
Millen is the reason that team blows, NOT Mooch.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 25, 2005, 02:04:42 PM
Millen is the reason that team blows, NOT Mooch.
I agree. For some reason they gave him a 5 year extension. For having a career 25% winning percentage.
Nice job Millen!
Quote from: methdeez on November 25, 2005, 02:09:04 PM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 25, 2005, 02:04:42 PM
Millen is the reason that team blows, NOT Mooch.
I agree. For some reason they gave him a 5 year extension. For having a career 25% winning percentage.
Nice job Millen!
as soon as he signed the extension, he got back to scouting WRs to take in the 1st round next April.
Quote from: Sun_Mo on November 25, 2005, 02:38:05 PM
Quote from: methdeez on November 25, 2005, 02:09:04 PM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 25, 2005, 02:04:42 PM
Millen is the reason that team blows, NOT Mooch.
I agree. For some reason they gave him a 5 year extension. For having a career 25% winning percentage.
Nice job Millen!
as soon as he signed the extension, he got back to scouting WRs to take in the 1st round next April.
"This time we'll just draft all skill players! Who needs linesmen!"
Clayton says nothing will happen today. See ya, Steve....
Quote from: BigEd76 on November 25, 2005, 02:44:12 PM
Clayton says nothing will happen today. See ya, Steve....
Holiday firings always remind me of when Lurie first took over for the Eagles and waited till the day
after Christmas to fire Kotite :-D
Watch him go to Atlanta.
Actaully, if Childress gets one of the 12 HC jobs that are probably going to come open, he might take Morenwheig with him. If he does, I say bring in Mooch as the OC and have Reid hand over the playcalling to him. If he gets fired this year, like on Monday, Andy should bring him in as an offensive quality control coach and then line up a new system of assistans for next year. I think this coaching staff is a little stale and is in need of a shake-up. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but it couldn't hurt to maybe "encourage" JJ to retire and hire Rod Marinelli, who's the Bucs' Dline coach as the new D coordinator.
QuoteIf he does, I say bring in Mooch as the OC and have Reid hand over the playcalling to him.
(http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/magazine/new/andy_reid_a.jpg)
I'm not gettin' into all that right now *cough*.
He's toast according to Jay Glazer. (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/5117306)
again, how does matt millen still have a job?
he gets on his knees daily.
Quote from: MURP on November 28, 2005, 12:41:23 PM
he gets on his knees daily.
you always have some sort of homosexual response, dont you? :sly
He prays every day.
Figures you would assume there was a homosexual connotation to that. Wishful thinking on your part, I'm sure.
Penn State produces awesome GMs.
Quote from: MDS on November 28, 2005, 12:48:13 PM
Quote from: MURP on November 28, 2005, 12:41:23 PM
he gets on his knees daily.
you always have some sort of homosexual response, dont you? :sly
I figure it's the only thing you will understand.
Quote from: rjs246 on November 28, 2005, 12:51:00 PM
Penn State produces awesome GMs.
Millen was a good linebacker and an OK announcer. It's not Penn State's fault he decided to try personnel!
Maybe they'll fire Millen and hire Shane Conlan.
Pozluszny is already shopping for a home in the Detroit metro area.
Quote from: FFatPatt on November 28, 2005, 12:58:34 PM
Pozluszny is already shopping for a home in the Detroit metro area.
He should try shopping for a vowel.
BURN!
Quote from: rjs246 on November 28, 2005, 01:01:26 PM
Quote from: FFatPatt on November 28, 2005, 12:58:34 PM
Pozluszny is already shopping for a home in the Detroit metro area.
He should try shopping for a vowel.
BURN!
As you are fully aware, that was weak.
BOOOOOOOOO!!!
wonderful. pile on the gay jokes. :-D
Quote from: Tomahawk on November 28, 2005, 01:22:45 PM
As you are fully aware, that was weak.
BOOOOOOOOO!!!
I don't know what you're talking about. That was the best burn ever. Ever, I say!
You all love using exclamation points!!
I picture all of you typing really really hard.
(http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20051128/thumb.ny15711281759.lions_mariucci_fired_ny157.jpg)
(http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/images/fire-excel.gif)
BURN (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-lions-mariuccifired&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Mmmm...Mooch to Jauron. There's a step in the right direction. ::)
Attack! (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2240566) :D
Quote"If we'd had production on offense, in particular the quarterback position, Mooch wouldn't have been fired," Bly told the Detroit Free Press. "If Jeff Garcia hadn't gotten hurt, we wouldn't be in this position today. Mooch wouldn't have gotten fired."
"We're all at fault, but I just feel like Joey [Harrington]'s been here four years, and being the No. 3 pick in the draft, he hasn't given us anything," Bly told the paper. "He hasn't given us what the third pick in the draft should give us."
Garcia, who played for Mariucci in San Francisco, pointed to the Lions front office.
"You start to question whether the organization has the people in place who can go about making the proper selections," Garcia told WXYT-AM, according to the paper. "You really have to question that."
it sounds like a certain homosexual qb wants to get out of a certain riot heavy city
Quote from: BigEd76 on November 29, 2005, 01:33:38 PM
Attack! (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2240566) :D
Quote"If we'd had production on offense, in particular the quarterback position, Mooch wouldn't have been fired," Bly told the Detroit Free Press. "If Jeff Garcia hadn't gotten hurt, we wouldn't be in this position today. Mooch wouldn't have gotten fired."
"We're all at fault, but I just feel like Joey [Harrington]'s been here four years, and being the No. 3 pick in the draft, he hasn't given us anything," Bly told the paper. "He hasn't given us what the third pick in the draft should give us."
Garcia, who played for Mariucci in San Francisco, pointed to the Lions front office.
"You start to question whether the organization has the people in place who can go about making the proper selections," Garcia told WXYT-AM, according to the paper. "You really have to question that."
Sounds like Bly wants to "Owens" his way off the team.
Quote from: FFatPatt on November 25, 2005, 02:38:25 PM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on November 25, 2005, 02:04:42 PM
Millen is the reason that team blows, NOT Mooch.
Yep.
This guy (http://www.detroitlions.com/bio.cfm?cont_id=47342) is the reason the Lions blow. Years and years of zesty football under that man's leadership and his bio says: "William Clay Ford continues to provide the Detroit Lions organization, its fans and the community with unwavering stability and sound leadership." Yeah, stability at sucking. Years of Daryl Rogers, Wayne Fontes, past-it Bobby Ross and the worst general manager in the NFL, Matt Millen.
Mooch will be the coach of Michigan State next year. Apparently him and Tom Izzo are butt buddies from way back in the day.
Quote from: Zanshin on November 29, 2005, 08:38:04 AM
Mmmm...Mooch to Jauron. There's a step in the right direction. ::)
Look at it this way. With Millen still around, they'll be in a prime position to draft Martin Nance, Santonio Holmes or Derek Hagan. ;D
link (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051205/SPORTS01/512050360/1049)
:-D
QuoteAnti-Millen signs rev up the crowd
December 5, 2005
BY SHAWN WINDSOR
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
Aaron Tobin spent a few minutes on his home computer in Roseville and changed the atmosphere at Ford Field.
Tobin's two-word plea put a charge into a frustrated crowd Sunday afternoon, led to a cat-and-mouse chase between security guards and dozens of fans, and ended with a tackle in the stands. It was the latest sign of just how much that Lions fans want to strangle their favorite football team.
"All I did was make two signs on a computer printout," Tobin said. "They were maybe three feet long. There was nothing obscene about it."
The offending scrawl?
"Fire Millen!"
Matt Millen is the Lions' president and CEO. The team is 4-8 this season (after Sunday's 21-16 loss to Minnesota), 20-56 since Millen was hired almost five years ago.
When Tobin, 44, got to the downtown stadium, he gave one sign to a friend and held the other one for the entire first half. Nothing happened.
But in the third quarter, after a dismal half by the Lions, the crowd began reacting to the sign, chanting "FIRE MIL-LEN." Security guards closed in on Tobin, a lifelong Lions fan sitting in the lower level not far from midfield, and told him to give up the sign or face ejection.
He passed it to another fan. Tobin said security told him he was lucky he wasn't kicked out on the spot. The guards then took off for the fan who had the sign.
But that fan passed it again. And another passed again. And each time security got close, the sign was tossed to another fan. This chase continued for several minutes before it was finally confiscated.
"We are very consistent about this," said Lions executive vice president Tom Lewand. "We don't allow signs and banners in the building."
Lewand said the cost of obstructing views and fan safety was greater than any enjoyment fans might have in holding a sign or getting on television.
"It has nothing to do with the message," he said.
Few signs are seen at Lions games. Fans must undergo a pat-down from security before entering the stadium. However, Lewand said more signs get past the checkpoints late in the season as colder weather leads fans to wear bulkier coats.
Lewand said that although security was trained to look for signs, he was more concerned about keeping alcohol and weapons out of the stadium.
After Tobin's sign was taken -- he said his other sign was gone by halftime -- fans around him pulled out markers and wrote "Fire Millen" on whatever they could find, including brown grocery bags and little pizza boxes.
Some fans in other sections started doing the same thing. In an end zone, a fan took his "We Want Wayne Fontes" sign and scribbled "Fire Millen" on the back. Soon after, security came to remove the sign.
Another "Fire Millen" sign in the vicinity of Tobin was passed around again. And the biggest chase of the day began.
This time, a fan grabbed it and started running through the seats, from section to section. The crowd grew louder as he worked his way around the lower bowl. The Fox TV cameras caught it. Even players began to notice.
Finally, as the unidentified fan got near the main stadium entrance, security caught, tackled and ejected him.
Many fans enjoyed the spectacle, even though many were irked by what they considered an infringement on obscene-free freedom of speech.
Some fans thought security's actions only served to further rile up the crowd. Others, perhaps thinking back to the rowdy fan behavior at the Silverdome, thought security's actions were necessary.
"A couple of fans get irate, the rest get going," said Brandon Alexander of Chesterfield Township, seated not far from Tobin's section.
Lewand said security did the right thing.
"I give a lot of credit to our event staff," he said. "What you condone, you endorse."
Lewand said he would review the dashing-fan incident today, and a decision would be made whether that fan would be admitted to future games. The Lions' final home game is Dec. 18 against Cincinnati.
"I understand the frustration and emotion of the fans," he said.
Tobin wasn't so sure.
"I've never seen the fans more charged," he said.
Quote"We Want Wayne Fontes"
:-D
matt millen=dumber version of ed wade
Quote"We are very consistent about this," said Lions executive vice president Tom Lewand. "We don't allow signs and banners in the building."
Lewand said the cost of obstructing views and fan safety was greater than any enjoyment fans might have in holding a sign or getting on television.
"It has nothing to do with the message," he said.
Few signs are seen at Lions games. Fans must undergo a pat-down from security before entering the stadium. However, Lewand said more signs get past the checkpoints late in the season as colder weather leads fans to wear bulkier coats.
No better way to keep the fans from displaying their disgust at the franchise then by not allowing them to express themselves at the game.
I still don't understand what that owner was thinking with the 5 year extension on Millen's contract. Did he think some other team was going to come snatch him away?
Supposedly Millen's "5 year deal" is actually one where he must be renewed after each season. So basically it is 5 one-year deals.
I bet he's fired after this year before he gets to hire another coach.