If you want to talk about people having dirty pictures of their bosses, the argument begins and ends with Detroit Lions President and CEO Matt Millen. The amount of mistakes and awful moves he’s made in building the Detroit Lions makes Isiah Thomas look like Theo Epstein. Since he’s taken over the team, the Lions have lost more games than any team in the NFL by a wide margin. They’ve been brutal. They’ve been embarrassing. And this year’s team is showing no signs of improvement. That’s why Vice Chairman Bill Ford Jr. called out Millen, despite William Clay’s constant support of him.
A reporter asked Ford what he thought of the Lions’ performance Sunday, a 31-13 loss at San Francisco. “It was an embarrassment,” he said. “The fans deserve better. And if I had the authority, I would have fired the general manager.”
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About 15 minutes later, in front of a larger crowd of reporters, Ford was peppered with more Lions-related questions.“It’s been disappointing,” he said then. “I think the fans deserve better. And if it were in my authority, which it’s not, I’d make some significant changes.”
Those changes include getting rid of Matt Millen. Honestly, after all the futility, the losing, the awfulness, it’s about time someone spoke up. Seriously, when was the last time a successful NFL team was built by using four first round picks on wide receivers in like the span of five years? I didn’t even think it was possible to build as bad of a team as he puts out there each year. May Lions fans finally get their wish … sooner, rather than later.
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Millen is horrible in every respect and should have been fired years ago. However, I disagree with your assessment that he is worse than Isiah Thomas. Thomas not only proved to be no judge of talent, but he put the knicks in salary cap purgatory. He also showed his versatility by being an equally terrible coach.
Well, on second thought, maybe it is a tie. I only wish that Millen didn’t have a salary cap to save him and that he was sentenced to coach the players he traded for and drafted.
Gene i dont disagree. Isiah have been fail every where he was went at least as a coach or exec.