Just plain awful, Detriot Loins.

Hog1 · 07-09-2010, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

It's still crazy to think just how bad Millen was there.

I find it amusing to see him on ESPN as.......NFL expert. I mean if the dude knew an F..n thing about football, would they be in the shape they are??
Chief Z could give far more accurate insight

NYCskinfan82 · 07-09-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hog1

I find it amusing to see him on ESPN as.......NFL expert. I mean if the dude knew an F..n thing about football, would they be in the shape they are??Chief Z could give far more accurate insight

Yeah everytime I see him I've got to laugh. I find it funny ESPN hired him to me they loose some credibility.

MTK · 07-12-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Hog1

I find it amusing to see him on ESPN as.......NFL expert. I mean if the dude knew an F..n thing about football, would they be in the shape they are??
Chief Z could give far more accurate insight

His commentary is always pretty good to me, I don't think because he was a bad GM it precludes his opinions as an analyst. They are two completely seperate things.

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 07-09-2010, 03:26 PM

If you look at the names on that list, it's not like they were drafting guys that were projected to be busts. They actually got some highly touted guys from each of those draft classes. Now they may not have any idea how to coach or use these players in the right schemes. I would say alot of those guys missed because of scheme and being doomed in Detroit.

SmootSmack · 07-09-2010, 05:47 PM

Millen was a great NFL player and at one point many thought him the heir apparent to Madden as the pre-eminent color commentator. He's a really sharp NFL mind...which is why his tenure in Detroit is such a head-scratcher

GusFrerotte · 07-12-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Millen was a great NFL player and at one point many thought him the heir apparent to Madden as the pre-eminent color commentator. He's a really sharp NFL mind...which is why his tenure in Detroit is such a head-scratcher

Not really. Being a great player doesn't mean you know how to draft and build a franchise. He was a great commentator, but there your experience as a player is more directly related to what you do. Building a winning team means being able to manage personnel, money, and be good at politics at the same time. Millen's name was pushed around a couple years before he took the Lions job and I thought those folks were morons at the time. I don't think Madden could have pulled it off(making the Lions winners), and he was a HOF coach. Millen was the GM equivalent of Zorny as HC, totally in over his head.

saden1 · 07-12-2010, 08:02 PM

Maybe they're doing the right thing for once...cleaning up after the Matt Millen disaster-filled-era.

The sad part is they beat the Skins.

Dirtbag59 · 07-12-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by saden1

Maybe they're doing the right thing for once...cleaning up after the Matt Millen disaster-filled-era.

The sad part is they beat the Skins.

Small sample size. That loss means nothing

Back me up Tripp.

artmonkforhallofamein07 · 07-12-2010, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Small sample size. That loss means nothing

Back me up Tripp.

I will back you up Bro. It did mean nothing, excpet for utter failure, the loss of Zorn's job, and the Vinny stepping the f down as head idiot. Looking back on it the loss to the lions set this whole ball of awesome rolling!!

BUT the loss means nothing to us this year.

GTripp0012 · 07-13-2010, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Small sample size. That loss means nothing

Back me up Tripp.

Yeah! In fact, it's better that we lost to the Lions because...because...

I've got nothing.

Chico23231 · 07-13-2010, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

Small sample size. That loss means nothing

Back me up Tripp.

That loud thuuuuud!!!!! after that loss was us hitting the bottom. I will never forget how sh*tty and embarrassed I felt after that game...the cell phone going off, the next day back at work...that was lowest ive been in 25 years of being a Skins fanatic....hopefully I will be able to reference that moment as the turning point in the SKins franchise where the Shanny/Allen era began and put us back on top

johno · 07-13-2010, 07:34 AM

man, i thought it was tough being a skins fan. poor loins

MTK · 07-13-2010, 08:06 AM

One loss out of how many recent games with the Lions?

tryfuhl · 07-13-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

One loss out of how many recent games with the Lions?

And I just had to be there. Had a lil too much to drink and ended up walking most of the way back up to 10 mile. I was in row 4 behind the Skins bench, not sure I ever posted the pics though my batts died shortly into the game.

Monkeydad · 07-14-2010, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

One loss out of how many recent games with the Lions?

We beat them 23 times in a row I believe...it was bound to happen eventually.

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