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by **tvv44** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:08 pm

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti ... 048/sports

Detroit Lions vice chairman Bill Ford Jr., at a Detroit Economic Club event Monday, had this to say in response to a reporter’s question about the Lions game on Sunday:

“It was an embarrassment, the fans deserve better, and if I had the authority, I would have fired the general manager,” Matt Millen, Ford said.

When asked again a few minutes later if he would fire Millen, he said, “Yes, but I don’t have that authority.”

The Lions are 0-3. Their latest loss was a 31-13 defeat at San Francisco.

by **dream_017** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:16 pm

tvv44 wrote:http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080922/SPORTS01/80922052/1048/sports

Detroit Lions vice chairman Bill Ford Jr., at a Detroit Economic Club event Monday, had this to say in response to a reporter’s question about the Lions game on Sunday:

“It was an embarrassment, the fans deserve better, and if I had the authority, I would have fired the general manager,” Matt Millen, Ford said.

When asked again a few minutes later if he would fire Millen, he said, “Yes, but I don’t have that authority.”

The Lions are 0-3. Their latest loss was a 31-13 defeat at San Francisco.

Nope

by **knapplc** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:19 pm

Matt Millen makes cats jealous over the number of lives he has.

by **Dan Lambskin** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:24 pm

dream_017 wrote:
tvv44 wrote:http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080922/SPORTS01/80922052/1048/sports

Detroit Lions vice chairman Bill Ford Jr., at a Detroit Economic Club event Monday, had this to say in response to a reporter’s question about the Lions game on Sunday:

“It was an embarrassment, the fans deserve better, and if I had the authority, I would have fired the general manager,” Matt Millen, Ford said.

When asked again a few minutes later if he would fire Millen, he said, “Yes, but I don’t have that authority.”

The Lions are 0-3. Their latest loss was a 31-13 defeat at San Francisco.

Nope

totally agree...old man Ford likes him as a dinner companion...Millen is like the son he's never had

by **tvv44** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:02 pm

Doesn't this have to be somewhat serious if Jr is willing to state this to the national media? For pete sakes his father owns the team. :-?

by **stomperrob** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:10 pm

Monday, September 22, 2008
Ford Jr.: Millen should resign
Daniel Howes / The Detroit News
Bill Ford Jr. wants Matt Millen out as president of the Detroit Lions.

"It's embarrassing," Ford told The Detroit News Monday on the sidelines of the Detroit Economic Club. "The fans deserve better, and if I had the authority I'd fire the general manager."

Millen has been CEO and president of the Lions since 2001, and the team is headed for an eighth straight losing season with a 0-3 record in the first three games. The Lions are 31-84 under Millen, who Ford Jr. first tried to woo from the broadcast booth to the Lions' front office after the 1998 season.

Ford Jr. is vice chairman of the Lions and son of franchise owner William Clay Ford, who purchased the team in 1964. Ford Sr. has final say on Millen, and his son has not intruded publicly on his father's domain.

The Lions ended the exhibition season 4-0, the only franchise to do so. But since then, the team has imploded with a leaky defense and an ineffective offense.

con't...

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