Ever since Mike Martz was fired as offensive coordinator of the Detroit Lions, there has been some minor verbal sparring between Martz and Lions President Matt Millen. Martz says things like "we were not a good football team," and "I can't explain anything they do," designed to denigrate the talent in Detroit, which was assembled by Millen.The latest example comes from Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports (via PFT), who quotes Millen saying of Martz:
He can break down what a defense is doing faster than anyone I have ever seen. Then, all of a sudden, he's coming up with a bunch of new ideas about how to attack that defense right there on the spot. That's great, but you'd sit there sometimes and wonder, 'Hey, what happened to all the stuff we talked about Monday to Saturday?'"And Martz saying of Millen:
Martz will always win these arguments with Millen for one very simple reason: Martz has a proven track record of being good at his job, and Millen has a proven track record of being terrible at his. There may be valid criticisms of Martz, but Millen is the wrong person to offer them."How would Matt know what we were talking about Monday to Saturday since he wasn't there Thursday to Saturday? [because Millen commutes back and forth between Detroit and his home in Pennsylvania] The guys on that coaching staff know why we did that. Look, we just weren't a good football team at that point."
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. The poor owner of the Detroit Lions must be senile to keep this loser Matt Millen around. Millen should just lay low and keep his mouth shut since it's very obvious he's clueless as to what he's doing. And to think before his association with the Lions, he used to pontificate as a football analyst on one of the major networks!
Posted at 11:01AM on May 2nd 2008 by JAVIER AVILES
2. Millan is a joke..so bad there was almost a riot in Detroit.The guy is riding on his paycheck,the Fords are writing the team off as a tax deduction.What else can you call it..Martz knows what he is doing,Millian has no clue..the story tells itself.
Posted at 3:47PM on May 2nd 2008 by chazz
3. Matt Millen criticizing Mike Martz is like saying to a furnace give me heat when you don't put lumber into the furnace and light it up.
Posted at 11:36PM on May 4th 2008 by George B Vieto
4. oh my gawwwwwd. Do you get paid to leave the same boring sh*t on here day after day after day after day etc.
Is it possible for you to write something new after five or six days???!!!!
Posted at 10:04PM on May 5th 2008 by Steve