Darth Tater
04-26-2007, 01:55 PM
We know this all too well, but it's a good summary of his tenure.
Consider that not once under Millen have the Lions ranked in the top half of the NFL in either offense or defense. Only once has either cracked the top 20 – the defense got to 18th in 2004, when the Lions won six whole games.
Around here, those are called the glory days.
It's not just the losses either, it's the buffoonery.
The Lions once had some players file a union grievance for having to practice too hard. They once lost a game after winning the overtime coin flip yet inexplicably choosing to kick. Millen himself got caught shouting a homophobic slur and on a radio show once questioned a player's toughness by asking "where are your testicles?"
Presumably he didn't ask that of an assistant coach who got arrested last year after going through a Wendy's drive-thru naked.
Only one person, Mr. Ford, knows how or why Millen is still employed. There is the off-chance Millen possesses some kind of Jedi mind trick that fools aging billionaires into employing him in the face of all rational thinking.
The misadventures of Millen - NFL - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Augy7tGokeCPtGbKglsLNllDubYF?slug=dw-millen042507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
Consider that not once under Millen have the Lions ranked in the top half of the NFL in either offense or defense. Only once has either cracked the top 20 – the defense got to 18th in 2004, when the Lions won six whole games.
Around here, those are called the glory days.
It's not just the losses either, it's the buffoonery.
The Lions once had some players file a union grievance for having to practice too hard. They once lost a game after winning the overtime coin flip yet inexplicably choosing to kick. Millen himself got caught shouting a homophobic slur and on a radio show once questioned a player's toughness by asking "where are your testicles?"
Presumably he didn't ask that of an assistant coach who got arrested last year after going through a Wendy's drive-thru naked.
Only one person, Mr. Ford, knows how or why Millen is still employed. There is the off-chance Millen possesses some kind of Jedi mind trick that fools aging billionaires into employing him in the face of all rational thinking.
The misadventures of Millen - NFL - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Augy7tGokeCPtGbKglsLNllDubYF?slug=dw-millen042507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)