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Roses are red, the sky is blue, losers pick losers so what else is new.

Yep, I can smell it already: the Lions will be in the Super Bowl in 2010!!! How can they NOT FAIL?!?!?!! Look at the exciting, innovative moves that they've already done and are contemplating: (1) Mr. Ford has "promoted" cronies from the 0-16 season "into the front office" to help turn the franchise around;" (2) "Life Support" systems are being installed into the Ford Suite indicating that MR. Ford will probably stay around a while; (3) The Management Team is going after "top notch winning-attitude" coach/manager candidates such as Mr. Savage and who knows what other fired, failed, untried, nameless, "will-accept-any-minimum-wage-salary" candidates are available; and (4) WHO KNOWS? What with Jay Leno's ongoing, national, weekly "roasting-of-the-Lions," he may become a "play-by-play analyst" for the Lions. At any rate, I believe we deserve a winning team and a return to the "glory days," not the same-old-same-old that appears to be happening!

Its only as a personel guy. Not sure how good Phil is at that area?

Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb...DUMB!!!

Yeah, Ford was out of touch
But it wasn't because he didn't know enough
Ford just knew too much
Does that make him crazy

he's brought some real talent to cleveland, they just havent been able to win anything.

"he's brought some real talent to cleveland, they just havent been able to win anything. "


There may be some talent, but absolutely no chemistry.

Do the Lions intentionally seek out the WORST person to hire?

I bet Rich Kotite is brought in to coach.

Ford's mistake was promoting from within without interviewing. No big name is going to come into an organization with proven losers at the GM position (even if it wasnt their fault). We gracefully took ourselves out of the Parells, Pioloi, <insert big football name here> sweepstakes once we made that move. We will have to settle for a second tier coach and second tier personnel.

At least we will have a personnel guy now...

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 09:00 AM ET  01.10 by Saihung

I bet Rich Kotite is brought in to coach.

Wow... that's a name from the past.

How difficult is this? Go to the Tuna, offer him big $$ to leave Miami and come and reorg the whole thing. Have him hire the GM and help turn this thing around. The Tuna can leave Miami with his full contract $$ because they sold the team. He likes challenges.

Garbage out, garbage in.

they look like the number 10 in the pic.

Have fun with a guy who has drafted more busts than talent! And he likes to email fans with explicit comments too!

Phil Savage is a great judge of talent and a good man. He made a mistake with his "F you" email but so what? He wouldn't have drafted there wide receviers with the number 1 pick in the draft like that fool Matt Millen.

By the way, whatever happened to "The Rooney Rule". These white coaches are being recycled faster than yesterday's newspapers.

I will be glad to assume the GM and head coaching duties of the Lions. I have no experience, don't know one player on their team???, and I'm old and gray. Seems I might be just the guy they need !!!

That was Todd Heap of course.

I thought the Browns were dumb for hiring Mangini. Detroit has upped the ante with this news. Wow!

QUOTE(#14):

Originally posted 10:39 AM ET  01.10 by the wolf

"Have fun with a guy who has drafted more busts than talent!"

Adding more to Baltimore Truth's comment: This is who Detroit drafted versus Baltimore:
- Joey Harrington 21 spots ahead of Ed Reed
- Jeff Hartings 3 spots before Ray Lewis
- Stockar McDougal, Barrett Green, Reuben Droughns, Todd Franz, Quinton Reese all picked
before Adalius Thomas and
- Cris Claiborne one spot before Chris Mcalister.
The bottom line is he may not be BIll Polian but he can't draft more "busts" than Detroit!!!