When A Lion Ain't

It was bad enough when the Lions set the record for the most consecutive road losses. It was bad enough when the offence was anemic enough to warrant a call to ER. Now they fire the only coach in 25 years that could win at the high school level.

Many are wondering why Marriucci is gone and General Manager Matt Millen remains. Perhaps he has pictures that the Ford family (the two Bills that can't pass in Michigan) are afraid of coming to light. It has to be something. Millen is a nice guy, granted, but he ain't that nice.

The problem with Michigan fans of professional (Tigers? Lions?) sports is that they support their teams. Through mostly thin and no thick, they put their fannies in the seats. The owners know this. Why put out the money to buy good personnel when the fans will come out for the bad?

I'm not going to say that Marriucci was the end all and be all. However, just like the Ford stock is going down, the Ford support for their team is going down.

I watched the game against Minnesota this Sunday while also switching back to watch a real team, the Colts. My wife, who is trying to watch and understand the game, constantly asked me, Why can't the Lions do that? Why indeed. The Colts are the precision machine that the Fords wish they could build, both on and off the field. Fans are getting into fistfights in the bars even when they agree on what they are fighting about, so I guess Michigan education is to blame for the Lions inenptitude.

I'm thinking of moving to Idaho. Is there a Ford plant there?

Bye bye from the otherside.