November 25, 200520 yr ESPN Link A few other places are reporting he will be out by Monday and possibly replaced by Jauron. Matt Millon just keeps getting away with this. I like Mike Williams but that may of been a dumb pick by Detroit when they had bigger needs in last years draft. Time to look in the mirror, Matt. The fact that Detroit ownership hasn't fired HIM yet, shows how much they may or may not care.
November 25, 200520 yr Eventually management will tire of Matt Millens escapades as general manager and the ax will fall on him. I gaurantee you that.
November 25, 200520 yr According to a SC stat this morning, since '01, Millen's got a worst percentage w/ the Lions than the Texans do.
November 25, 200520 yr With Dick Jauron or Mariucci, the Lions will still stay the Ralph Wiggum of football.
November 25, 200520 yr Well since they just gave the same GM a new contract he will be there for awhile. Although they might be firing Marriuchi a little early he was really doing a crap job there anyways.
November 25, 200520 yr It's the inability of Millen to field a semi-complete team, which will not enable the Lions to compete until he is fired and a competent GM is brought in.
November 25, 200520 yr I heard that Millen won his CBS Sports Fantasy Football League 4 years in a row. Maybe that's why the Ford's hired him.
November 26, 200520 yr The Lions old and clueless owner loves Millen, that's why he keeps get away with this. As for Jauron......lol.
November 26, 200520 yr Jauron isn't a bad coach. He just won't turn an unbalanced team into a great one. As far as the Lions go, I think Bill Billichek would be hard pressed to turn them into any type of contender. That's how bad Millen is.
November 26, 200520 yr Hey Dick Jauron wasnt as bad as some people here are making him out to be. That detroit defense isnt the most talented group and he made them pretty good when they were healthy...... I just hope for his sake he finds a new offensive coordinator.
November 26, 200520 yr QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Nov 25, 2005 -> 06:12 PM) Hey Dick Jauron wasnt as bad as some people here are making him out to be. That detroit defense isnt the most talented group and he made them pretty good when they were healthy...... I just hope for his sake he finds a new offensive coordinator. Jauron isn't a bad coach. Nor was Jerry Manuel a bad manager. Matt Millon is a horrid GM.
November 27, 200520 yr If Matt Millen were to draft himself a decent quarterback, would we be having this conversation?
November 27, 200520 yr QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 27, 2005 -> 01:23 AM) If Matt Millen were to draft himself a decent quarterback, would we be having this conversation? Harrington isn't as bad as advertised, IMO. He's just a great scapegoat.
November 28, 200520 yr Holy s***....for a second I thought the title of the thread was "Mariotti Gone?" I almost had a heart-attack from the excitement!
November 28, 200520 yr Bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........ <_> This was the wrong move. Give the guy some actual football players and then get back to me. He did not deserve the ax. Unfortunately, this is the case with professional sports, you can't fire the team, you can fire the coach.
November 28, 200520 yr Fire the GM, he's the one giving him no tools to work with. It's like handing someone matchsticks and ducttape and asking them to make a piano. It would just never stay in tune.
November 28, 200520 yr well to be fair Ive watched some Lions games and Mariucci was doing a pretty crappy ass job as far as coaching goes. Although I always believe you give a coach 3 years b4 you fire him unless in the off-season their is a coach you are really interested in and would of hired over the current coach if he was available back than.
November 28, 200520 yr I don't think Mooch is the reason they are losing. Matt Millen inherited a crappy team, but its still a crappy team. The onus should fall on him. Mooch will either get another NFL job next year in Oakland or he'll take a good college job. He's a good coach
November 28, 200520 yr I disagree. The offense is pretty talented and Mooch hasn't done much with it. He isn't a terribly good coach and there are a number of problems on this team that can be directed back at Mooch. I know a lot of people blame Millen, but there is definitely enough talent on their offense to compete for playoff spot this year.
November 28, 200520 yr Mariucci is a very good co-ordinator and he was a pretty good college coach at Cal. I think he will wait and see if the Packers job opens, if not, then he will take a college job or go work for Holmgren in Seattle.
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