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That's nice and all, but Bill should probably worry a little more about making sure his little car company doesn't go bankrupt before he shares his Lions hot sports opinions with all of usTitusIII said:
Not sure why this made me laugh so much, but it did.
Agreed. Even Matt Millen's mom would fire him...
He's the Vice Chairman of the LionsThat's nice and all, but Bill should probably worry a little more about making sure his little car company doesn't go bankrupt before he shares his Lions hot sports opinions with all of usTitusIII said:
And in the second place. And in the third place. And in the fourth place.....all the way to last place. Right where they currently and always will reside.
Come on back... we saved you a seat on the bandwagon! You can sit next to Millen. I jumped from it a long time ago. I never really was a Lions fan growing up. I guess I never took them serious as a NFL team because they never had a decent QB. Always some retread from another team or draft pick that didn't pan out. The coaches they had were second rate... I think at a young age I could sense the team wasn't the best run team in the NFL. Lions success the last 20 years has been mainly through Sims and Sanders.
That is downright disgraceful.
I was there! Little did I know when I was 14 yrs old that I was a witness to history.
With the way thing are going who knows... William Clay Ford could leave the team to Millen. He hasn't been fired... he is still around. There has to be a reason for it.
Yea, well according to Millen they have a plan now... just be patient. The law of averages says this team might make the playoffs in the next 10 years.
Hah! I have no idea why I find this so hilarious !
Probably because the guys math is as bad as Millen's, at 31-84 they are 26 games under 500 not 53!
ME TOO
....then my old man left my drunk ### at the Dome and drove back to Canada in my car .... oh, the memories....good times, good times 
There are hundreds Matt Millen clones currently working at Ford Motor Company that Bill Ford Jr. never fired while he was in charge. So I don't really have much respect for his comments in the Freep. If you think Matt Millen is bad, just take a look at the leadership team running the show at Ford Motor Company. Many of these Matt Millen clones have made a 30+ year career out of delivering zero results while still collecting a Ford paycheck. This is the reason why the Lions will never change as long as Ford owns them. Nobody ever gets fired. It's just an ongoing culture that consistently rewards poor performance and mediocrity.TitusIII said:
I firmly believe that even if the Lions were 0-16 as long as the team continued to sell out Ford Field that they would not fire Millen. Coincidentally though, the team did not sell out its season tickets this year and barely sold out the home opener v Green Bay. Given how poor the team has been and the overall poor economy in Michigan, Lions fans are finally saying enough and not going to the games. I don't think it is a huge coincidence that the team is starting to change its tune a bit now that it is starting to get hit in the pocket book. Fans need to keep staying away from the games and not renewing their season tickets in order for Bill Ford Sr. to do the right thing and finally fire Millen.
Not familiar with Canadian law, but you imply you were 14, so Canada lets 14 year olds drive?ME TOO....then my old man left my drunk ### at the Dome and drove back to Canada in my car .... oh, the memories....good times, good times
Who cares about the math..they have lost 53 more times than they have won.
But the math(attempt) is the funny part! Reggie needs some nightschool math courses maybe.Who cares about the math..they have lost 53 more times than they have won.
I implied that I was there...was 20 at the time...and NO, we don't let 14 year olds drive however we do let 19 year olds drinkNot familiar with Canadian law, but you imply you were 14, so Canada lets 14 year olds drive?ME TOO....then my old man left my drunk ### at the Dome and drove back to Canada in my car .... oh, the memories....good times, good times
No, because over/under .500 is always calculated as the number of games from the current point that it would take to reach .500.So in this case, 53 games under .500 is correct.Think of it this way: If you lose to go 0-1, you're 1 game under .500. If you lose again to go 0-2, you are 2 games under, not 1.But this doesn't change the original point: the Lions are horrific.
My father is a Chiefs fan and says the same about the Chiefs... hoping they don't win all season so they finally fire Peterson and Herm.
Forget about why it's taking so long for him to get fired, why was he hired in the first place? As fatness alludes to, here is a guy with zero front office experience stepping in to lead a franchise that he had little if any connection to during his playing career. I think the blinding light refracted from four SB rings on his fingers dazzled Ford to the point of offering the job. I can't think of any other reason -- please enlighten me here, Lions fans.I would've thought that what you are saying only occurs during a season where there are still more games to be played and the team still has chance to get to the amount of wins needed to at .500 at the end of the season. If you're talking about an existing record over a set period of time then that doesn't make any sense. If a team finishes the season 6-10 they weren't 4 games under .500, they were 2 games under .500
That's because instead of losing those 2 games, they would win them. The Lions don't get those games back.
No he's correct. The "sports convention" is cleary simply math when calculating games "over/under" 500. If a pitcher has a career record of 254-124, he is considered 130 games over 500. He could lose his next 130 starts and still not be "under" 500. Millen would have to win 54 games in a row to get his regime's won/loss record over 500.Math geeks and English professors should stay out of sports lexicon ( its RBIs not RBI when plural).ReggieHammond said:
The Lions have 10 double-digit losses in their last 12 defeats. Ouch... nice D.
He has stayed the course...losing every year.
wrong. as the term is commonly used, they are 53 games under .500. if you are 4-2, you have to lose the next 2 games to be at .500. therefore, you are 2 games over .500, not 1 game.
Here's some clarification for the confusion:115 games total played: 31 wins, 84 losses.
Wait a minute....Did you figure all the Lions playoff games into these numbers?
Oh, that's right.
