OT: Detroit Lions Clean House: Interim President & GM Named
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Today 90 year old Detroit Lions President Martha Firestone-Ford fired Lions president Tom Lewand and manager Martin Mayhew.
Mrs. Ford also named Motorhead as the interim president and Warhawks as the inerim general manager.
Mrs. Ford has decided to take a lesser role with the organization and has talked her daughter Shelia Ford-Hamp to resign as the coat checker at Coliseum to take over owner responsibilities at the Detroit Lions organization. Shelia's first actions are to start a coat checking station at each entrance, stripper poles on the sidelines for the cheerleaders and lapdance areas next to the Coney Hotdog Stands. After all, nobody there is watching the game anyway.
Mrs. Ford also named Motorhead as the interim president and Warhawks as the inerim general manager.
Mrs. Ford has decided to take a lesser role with the organization and has talked her daughter Shelia Ford-Hamp to resign as the coat checker at Coliseum to take over owner responsibilities at the Detroit Lions organization. Shelia's first actions are to start a coat checking station at each entrance, stripper poles on the sidelines for the cheerleaders and lapdance areas next to the Coney Hotdog Stands. After all, nobody there is watching the game anyway.
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I'd hire the entire New England Patriots team and ship the Leos to New England.
Then I'd install cameras in every NFL stadium to watch the other teams practice. And install listening devices in the visiting teams lockerroom at Ford Field. Then I'd order all the footballs deflated.
And as soon as Tom Brady got here, I'd fuck his wife.
Such a shame I've always been a lions fan and now there's talk that Stanford won't be back. Dumb move unless they're expecting to draft some badass out of college this year.
I mean come on, look at Cincinnati, Carolina, Atlanta, they finally got their shit together. Even Jacksonville and Oakland seem to be moving in the right direction. Detroit has taken one major step backwards this year and it's not just because Su left!
I was convinced that I would go back to being a Lions fan when William Clay Ford kicked the bucket and I could piss on his grave. Last year was a fluke, they made the playoffs and my team sucked--- but something about the front office still made my gut crawl So I licked my wounds and kept all my beloved Purple and Gold fan wear.
Low and behold, this years fiasco and we have Martha Ford apologizing to the fans (admittedly something you haven't seen from the Ford family in the past) and promising to clean house. You know what my gut tells me?
That Ms. Ford is actually Lucy Van Pelt offering to hold the football once again for the "Charlie Brown" in every Lion Fan's heart to kick-- that same annual ritual Lions Management and Fans plays out year in, year out.
There's ups and downs being a VIkings fan in Metro Detroit over a decade, it can be an emotional rollercoaster. That said, I will NEVER drink the Honolulu Blue Cool Aid again!! This year I walk with a smile on my face, My team being 5-2 and despite having a young QB they are learning. Green Bay has shown vulnerability and fallen 6-1.... I'm not saying the VIkes will take the NFC North but they have a much better chance of it this year then the Lions will, and I'm not holding my breath for any long term change in the Detroit franchise SO LONG AS THE FORD FAMILY HOLDS OWNERSHIP OF THE TEAM.
When Tony Dungy retired from the Colts, he gave a still very talented team to Caldwell. But in three season his win totals went from 14 to 10 to 2
Look up his college record at Wake Forest if you still believe he's a good coach. In 6 of 8 years as head coach, the team never won more than 3 games. That's horrible.
as a head coach takes the Colts to the Super Bowl (they started out 14-0 that year, they could have gone 16-0 that year, but he inexplicably rested his starters in the 15th game). The Lions have been to the playoffs twice in the past twenty or so years, and one of those times was with Caldwell in Caldwell's first year with the Lions.
I guess you think he's lucky or whatever, but those credentials scream out a lot better than "average". Hell those credentials are better than most head coaches in the NFL today. I'm not even a Caldwell fan.
Case closed.
God damn I am killing competition today. Any other challengers?
Also Saban is a great college which is a totally different dynamic than the pros, and its appkes to oranges comparison, so Randy you continue to be incorrect.
•Rex Ryan is a better coordinator than Caldwell. Ok? Your opinion I guess. I do know Caldwell has a Super Bowl ring as a coordinator, and Ryan does not.
•The two win season they threw in the towel.
Ok? What does that have to do with anything? If anything you're strengthening my argument. You see that Motor, the two win season wasn't Caldwell's fault, they were actually trying to lose. Thanks ime!
You lost me on the Saban thing. I brought up Saban because no one says Saban is a bad coach, yet he didn't win in the NFL. Motor brought up Caldwell's college record as part of a reason he isn't a good reason. I think we would agree it takes more skill to win in the NFL than college. College it's just about recruiting the best players.
Ime you just have opinions, no facts.
Caldwell won a Super Bowl ring as the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens. Fact.
Caldwell took the Colts to the Super Bowl as a head coach. Fact.
The Lions have made the playoffs twice in the past 20+ seasons, and Caldwell was the head coach on one of the teams that made the playoffs. Fact.
I'm not gonna respond to you again Ime until you bring some kind of legit argument to the table. Sharpen up rookie.
College 1993 - 2000 Wake Forest
Wins 26 Losses 63
2009-2011 Indianapolis
Wins 26 Losses 22
2014 -2015 Detroit
Wins 12 Losses 12
Pro Cumulative 38 Wins 34 Losses (and counting)
Total College and Pro
Wins 64 Losses 97
How is he a good Head Coach again?
II was only referring to his career at Wake Forest when he won 3 games or less 6 of the 8 years. I'd say they were very patient with him.