Detroit: still not over that whole Matt Millen dealie
A justifiably bitter Lions fan working at Detroit NBC affiliate WDIV extracted a small measure of revenge against Matt Millen yesterday. Whenever the Lions’ former CEO spoke during NBC’s Super Bowl pregame yesterday, the following disclaimer would crawl across the screen:
“Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the history of the NFL. Knowing his history with the team, is there a credibility issue as he now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports?”
Now if only they could have warned us of the dangers associated with senior citizen power slides.
[ via renano's twitter feed ]
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:12 pm
At least he doesn’t look devastatingly retarded in the above picture.
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Wait, so Matt Millen is really Vigo the Carpathian?
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:25 pm
I knew I was fucked when Matt Millen picked the Cardinals before the game.
February 2nd, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Vigo would never have picked that many wide receivers. The Scourge of Carpathia knows you build in the trenches.
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I have no connection to the Detroit Lions or their fans whatsoever, but as an NFL fan, reading this makes me soooo happy!
I can’t stand that Millen even got that job in the first place – his qualifications were what? I can’t stand that he kept the job for so long. And I can’t stand that NBC welcomes him like some football genius and the Detroit GM years never happened. It makes me totally ill, and I want to scream everytime I see him on the screen.
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:42 pm
That dude is awesome.
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I HOPE TV GUY DOESN’T GET FIRED! This is PC America, and that could be the next we hear of this story.
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Well deserved by the man who built the worst team in NFL history player by player. Is there anyone on the 0-16 squad who predates the Matt Millen era? After eight years, my gut tells me no, but I don’t want to assume anything.
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:13 pm
I’ve never fucked up an NFL team, when do I get my NBC sportscaster gig? As long as they’re handing them out like candy…
What? I could totally call a game. I guarantee I wouldn’t be as annoying as the asshats doing it now. So what if I know very little about football or the players, it’s not like that’s a dealbreaker now…
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:19 pm
@ Make it snow: Sadly Jason Hanson has been on the Lions for 20 years now…so yes one player predates the Millen era
@ the Story in general…every time they showed the mustachioed fuck I gave him two resounding fuck you birds…what a bag of shit…no one deserves to be in the media less that the franchise killer…I wish I had not been drowning myself in alcohol yesterday during the pregame show because I would have liked to see that ticker…as it is I am satisfied with giving him the bird
on a funnier note here’s a fun commercial they showed in the Detroit area…I laughed everytime I saw…and I am officially 90 – 95% less confident in “The Schwartz Era”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQmA4ynwqTQ
February 2nd, 2009 at 6:22 pm
@ Make it snow: Sadly Jason Hanson has been on the Lions for 20 years now…so yes one player predates the Millen era
@ the Story in general…every time they showed the mustachioed fuck I gave him two resounding fuck you birds…what a bag of shit…no one deserves to be in the media less that the franchise killer…I wish I had not been drowning myself in alcohol yesterday during the pregame show because I would have liked to see that ticker…as it is I am satisfied with giving him the bird
February 2nd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
@ Make it Snow: player by player except for Calvin Johnson, who deserves better like other former Lions whose talent far outweighed the rest of their team.
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Man, he was too good.
February 9th, 2009 at 7:46 am
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