Incompetence Rewarded
The Detroit Lions just agreed to a contract extension for General Manager Matt Millen. Millen, who is entering his fifth year of a five-year contract, will be on the job for an additional five years.
The highlights of the Millen era:
- An overall record of 16-48. (That's a .250 winning percentage, folks!)
- An NFL-record 24-game road losing streak. For THREE years, the lions never won a game on the road.
- Calling former Detroit receiver Johnny Morton a faggot and labeling an unnamed Lion "a devout coward" on Chicago talk radio.
And for this, Millen gets another five years to run the Lions into the ground. Of course, the excuse is that the team is making "progress." Over Millen's four years, their records have been 2-14, 3-13, 5-11, and 6-10. So basically, he set the bar so low his first two years that anything looks good in comparison. In today's NFL, a team can easily add five to six wins in a year by smart moves in the free agency market. Millen seems incapable of making such moves.
Owner William Clay Ford is known for being intensely loyal to his employees. He wonders why his team has won one playoff game in the last 50 years. I would say it's because he is loyal to incompetent people, and rewards that incompetence with even more time to screw up the team.
The highlights of the Millen era:
- An overall record of 16-48. (That's a .250 winning percentage, folks!)
- An NFL-record 24-game road losing streak. For THREE years, the lions never won a game on the road.
- Calling former Detroit receiver Johnny Morton a faggot and labeling an unnamed Lion "a devout coward" on Chicago talk radio.
And for this, Millen gets another five years to run the Lions into the ground. Of course, the excuse is that the team is making "progress." Over Millen's four years, their records have been 2-14, 3-13, 5-11, and 6-10. So basically, he set the bar so low his first two years that anything looks good in comparison. In today's NFL, a team can easily add five to six wins in a year by smart moves in the free agency market. Millen seems incapable of making such moves.
Owner William Clay Ford is known for being intensely loyal to his employees. He wonders why his team has won one playoff game in the last 50 years. I would say it's because he is loyal to incompetent people, and rewards that incompetence with even more time to screw up the team.
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