  Tarkus Member Username: Tarkus Post Number: 588 Registered: 04-2006 |
Just fired, Yaaaaaaaaaaaa | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 500 Registered: 05-2007 |
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c om/2008/football/nfl/09/22/tra cker/index.html | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14130 Registered: 12-2003 |
This is strange, because either the News or Freep carried a story of how the old man was keeping him on even with the son's public complaints. I'd guess he removed himself from the equation... | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 5233 Registered: 06-2004 |
He probably did. It's not pleasant being someplace you aren't wanted. | ||
Jtf1972 Member Username: Jtf1972 Post Number: 24 Registered: 08-2008 |
So who does Ford appoint next to run the team? He could wait until after the season and hire George W. Bush. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 1909 Registered: 08-2007 |
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20080924/SPORTS0 1/80924031 quote: | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 10396 Registered: 10-2003 |
Fuck him. He made this awful mess and now we still have to put up with it for another 3-4 years before they can even hit .500. He has done so much damage it is going to take years before it it undone. I hope they got rid of the scouts (and after this year, Marinelli, Colleto and Berry) too! | ||
Mrsjdaniels Member Username: Mrsjdaniels Post Number: 1419 Registered: 08-2005 |
i thought you were playing...so our millen men march 3 yrs ago worked! | ||
Mayor_sekou Member Username: Mayor_sekou Post Number: 2638 Registered: 09-2006 |
Bout time. | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 502 Registered: 05-2007 |
quote: "He probably did. It's not pleasant being someplace you aren't wanted." If that was the case, he would have left 4 years ago. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 7775 Registered: 02-2004 |
YAY CLAP CLAP CLAP! Finally Detroit Lions can move forward. | ||
Lowell Moderator Username: Lowell Post Number: 5041 Registered: 07-2008 |
KK & Millen in one week. The times they are achangin'. | ||
Danny Member Username: Danny Post Number: 7777 Registered: 02-2004 |
It sure is Mr. Lowell. Detroit doesn't need more empty promise folks. For me I'm talent scout for in the U.S.B.C. Leagues. I have to look for very talented bowlers with over 120 league requirements for women and 150 for men. Make a agreement that they will bowl in one of the U.S.B.C. Leagues for jackpots and prizes, bowl and have fun. Word for the Street Prophet I'm five time U.S.B.C. league champion 1996, 2 in 2007 and 2 in 2008. | ||
Whaler Member Username: Whaler Post Number: 103 Registered: 08-2007 |
I think they need to Clean House..remove all scouts,coaches..Hire a real General Manager and a proven coach(Bill Cower)..If this is not done it is like putting a square peg into a round hole it doest not work or make sense.we are truly at the very bottom the only way to go is up... | ||
Kenp Member Username: Kenp Post Number: 1202 Registered: 03-2006 |
Cowher would be a good coach. Maybe Joe Gibbs as GM? | ||
Izzyindetroit Member Username: Izzyindetroit Post Number: 95 Registered: 07-2008 |
"KK & Millen in one week. The times they are achangin'." Am I the only one that saw some major parallels between the City and the Lions?? I mean for the past couple years I have loved and rooted for the City only to be disappointed by negative outcomes. The same goes for the Lions. Now they are both on the new road to change. | ||
Izzadore Member Username: Izzadore Post Number: 146 Registered: 11-2006 |
quote: Tru indeed bro, tru indeed... | ||
Izzadore Member Username: Izzadore Post Number: 147 Registered: 11-2006 |
The Lions are the only team I know of that can make you cheer as loud as you've ever cheered, only to cry... All in the same play. You're right Izzy, The city does have that same 'two steps fwd five steps back' thing going on. | ||
D_mcc Member Username: D_mcc Post Number: 1285 Registered: 12-2007 |
Gibbs won't do it...he wants to focus on Racing... Rumors are...a Ford Excursion full of cash was reported in front of Bill Cowher's home...the GPS was reportedly set for the Lions HQ... Just speculating...but I WAS right yesterday when I broke the news... | ||
Border5150 Member Username: Border5150 Post Number: 253 Registered: 03-2004 |
Glad to see its finally been done. That being said, if there are more personall changes in the immediate future, then we can forget about salvaging anything from this season. | ||
Professorscott Member Username: Professorscott Post Number: 1635 Registered: 12-2006 |
There wasn't much chance to salvage anything from this season now matter how you look at it. A rolling train wreck is how I look at it. It would be fun to call Millen and just say into the phone, repeatedly, "How about now? Now? How about now?" | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 5235 Registered: 06-2004 |
Football prison? Does she mean the Lions or football in general? http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/ news/story?id=3606294 | ||
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_ Post Number: 2590 Registered: 12-2003 |
Cowher isn't coming IMO, he has a nice cushy job right now. I could see him in Carolina or Washington but that is it. Old man Ford has tried to hire Gibbs for decades offering bags of money and support for his racing team. Everytime a vacancy appeared he approached Gibbs, including when he hired Bobby Ross. | ||
Daddeeo Member Username: Daddeeo Post Number: 150 Registered: 09-2008 |
Mike Singletary is an up and coming coach. He could help mold the defense. He was one of the best. | ||
12468_laing Member Username: 12468_laing Post Number: 202 Registered: 07-2008 |
the ex gm of our tennessee titans, floyd reese would be a good one. he built the titans from what he had from the oilers, and did a great job. never knew why he left a few years ago, but he knows football. think the lions need a name for a coach, not someone who hasn't been tested and tried - and not someone with no nfl experience. | ||
Kenp Member Username: Kenp Post Number: 1203 Registered: 03-2006 |
Les Miles! oops, wrong team. | ||
Original63 Member Username: Original63 Post Number: 53 Registered: 08-2008 |
Quote: Am I the only one that saw some major parallels between the City and the Lions?? Hell no. Check the numbers Detroit has been losing population constantly since about 1956 just about the time WCFord bought the team. Detroit has been in a steady decline since WCF has been running the show. Once in a while a nice car (Mustang) (Barry Sanders) but other than that layoffs (Losses) a true straight line corelation | ||
Izzyindetroit Member Username: Izzyindetroit Post Number: 100 Registered: 07-2008 |
weird huh? | ||
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv Post Number: 403 Registered: 08-2007 |
Firing Millen is not enough. William Clay Ford needs to fire himself. The Fords have bankrolled a losing franchise since they bought the team in the 60s. Forty years of futility for loyal Lions fans. The Fords need to sell the team and let someone else have a shot at bringing a winning program to Detroit. Until that happens, don't count on any significant change. The Lions will only disappoint you. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14152 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hilarious! | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 8857 Registered: 11-2004 |
For all those people that are calling for Bill Sr. to sell the team, it just isn't going to happen. Would you if you were in his situation? You've got a cash cow here in this town still making money for you hand over fist- why sell it off? Now the call for him to step aside and let a much more competant passionate football man run the organization is much more prudent and likely to happen. | ||
Mrsjdaniels Member Username: Mrsjdaniels Post Number: 1421 Registered: 08-2005 |
here is a pic of my hubby...can't find any of myself... Millen Man March 2005? I want to say? it seems so long ago!  | ||
Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 298 Registered: 05-2006 |
Fire the Ford's! Nothing will change until they sell the team to someone else. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 8862 Registered: 11-2004 |
Mrsjdaniels, looks like you hubby made the front page of the Detroit News online as well. | ||
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_ Post Number: 2593 Registered: 12-2003 |
If anything, that march cemented Millen in place. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 2535 Registered: 02-2007 |
Quote: "Fire the Ford's! Nothing will change until they sell the team to someone else." That may be happening. Heard something last night. | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 509 Registered: 05-2007 |
Is it the Fords as a family or just Ford Sr who is killing the team? For instance, if 83 year old William Clay Ford Sr kicks the bucket and passes the team on to Ford Jr, would the team still suck terribly, or would Jr maybe actually do something to improve it? Slightly morbid question, but worth the discussion. | ||
Eastburntoo Member Username: Eastburntoo Post Number: 12 Registered: 03-2008 |
DannyV, WCF Sr. bought the team in 1956. In 1957 they won the whole shebang (Championship) and three games into the 1958 season WCF traded Bobbie Lane, our championship QB off to another team, (probably for some extra cash)and it's been a downhill slide ever since. The Fords, (at least senior) have been making bonehead decisions like that ever since. I don't know why they don't get the right people. If history serves me right, they paid $5 million for the team in 1956 and today, the franchise worth is around $81M. That's a handsome profit in anyone's books. | ||
Mrsjdaniels Member Username: Mrsjdaniels Post Number: 1427 Registered: 08-2005 |
Smogboy, yeah, that was a pic from the AP that the news used...the FreeP had some other pics too...and all you can see is my head! get this...NFL Live on ESPN opened with him! He Tivo'd it and made me watch it 10 times! 3 years ago, seems like yesterday! | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 511 Registered: 05-2007 |
Eastb: Ford Sr took possession of the Lions on Jan 10th, 1964. Please do not attribute the teams late 50's success to the Ford family. http://www.detroitlions.com/do cument_display.cfm?cont_id=248 32 | ||
Eastburntoo Member Username: Eastburntoo Post Number: 13 Registered: 03-2008 |
Raptor, thanks for the link....... | ||
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_ Post Number: 2605 Registered: 12-2003 |
He bought the team on the day JFK was shot and took control in 64. However he was part of the team ownership structure in the 50s. Hold titles such as director and president. |
