Comments on: Detroit Lions Perfect 0-16 Season and the curse of Bobby Layne

By: farlane

farlane — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:05:45 +0000

Sports Illustrated columnist Joe Posnanski sums it up perfectly:

The Detroit Lions, after winning precisely zero games this year, responded to this bitter humiliation by looking hard in the mirror and then promoting Martin Mayhew to be the new general manager. Martin Mayhew, you might know, was the right hand man of former Lions GM Matt Millen for the last FIVE SEASONS. I mean, no offense to Mayhew, who I'm sure is a fine football man, but isn't this more or less like promoting Gilligan to rebuild the S.S. Minnow?

Maybe we could swap Ford for Thurston Howell?

By: farlane

farlane — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:12:34 +0000

Here’s a closer look at 4 candidates for Lions Head Coach from the Freep. This article about the Lions’ head coach options in the Detroit News lists Lions’ head coaches and their records. You have to go back to 1972 (36 years!) to find one with a winning record…

Joe Schmidt 1967-72 43-35-7
D. Mafferty 1973 6-7-1
Rick Forzano 1974-76 15-17-0
T.Hudspeth 1976-77 11-13-0
Monte Clark 1978-84 43-63-1
Darryl Rogers 1985-88 18-40-0
Wayne Fontes 1988-96 67-71-0
Bobby Ross 1997-2000 27-32-0
Gary Moeller 2000 4-3-0
M. M’weg 2001-02 5-27-0
S.Mariucci 2003-05 15-28-0
Dick Jauron 2005 1-4-0
Rod Marinelli 2006-08 10-37-0

By: farlane

farlane — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:56:55 +0000

In a move that surprised almost no one, the Detroit Lions fired head coach Rod Marinelli and stood more or less pat in upper management:

Owner William Clay Ford also promoted Tom Lewand to team president and Martin Mayhew to general manager, according to a news release. Lewand was chief operating officer. Mayhew has served as general manager since Matt Millen was fired as president three games into the season. He was assistant general manager before Millenâ€™s firing.