nfl.fanhouse.com - 1/6/2009
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by Michael David Smith Matt Millen has stopped running the Detroit Lions into the ground and started offering "expert" analysis on NBC, and I know I'm not alone in having a hard time taking anything he says seriously. When Millen offers an opinion about a player, why should I believe it? He ...
mlive.com - 1/5/2009
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mlive.com —
It's bad enough Matt Millen ruined the Detroit
Lions. He's now laughing about it as a member...
of NBC's "Football Night in America" broadcast team during the NFL playoffs. The former president and general manager of the Lions joined Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann and Jerome Bettis ...
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NBC fumbles by adding Matt Millen to studio show
mlive.com - 1/6/2009
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mlive.com —
Matt Millen is going to the Super Bowl.
After eight years of the most crushing failure by...
any team president or general manager in modern sports history, Millen is being rewarded with riches and fame.
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Matt Millen talks a good game, just ask NBC
sports.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
Honorable Mention: Matt Millen . I don't know
that Matt Millen actually deserves an award, but it's...
got to be a long time since anyone's given him one, so I say he at least gets a mention here. I maintain that when Cris Collinsworth is absent, ...
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Tony Kornheiser Thinks A Matt Millen Led Booth Would Be The Best In The Business
AwfulAnnouncing —
Tony and Matt Millen have had a long relationship, and even as Millen was destroying the Lions, it was still tough for the PTIer to say anything bad about the guy. Kornheiser thinks so highly of Millen that he said yesterday that a booth that adds him as an analyst would be the best in the business. Even better than the MNF team. Via Fanhouse.... ...
Time For Tuesday Links
Fang's Bites —
... will air both the Yankees' and Mets' season openers on the same day. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times says Matt Millen is trying to restore his good name. Keith Groller of the Allentown (PA) Morning Call says Matt Millen is back where he belongs. John Gonzalez from the Philadelphia Inquirer says the NFL Network's Deion Sanders' interpretation of Donovan McNabb's comments is a bit off. Michael David Smith of the AOL Fanhouse has Tony Kornheiser singing the praises of Matt Millen the TV analyst. But Drew Sharp of ...
Matt Millen's performance is not being well-received in Detroit
Shutdown Corner —
... Matt Millen on television unless it's during a public execution. It's Tuesday, and the articles killing Millen for taking the job and NBC for hiring him are still coming. Today, it's Tom Kowalski of mlive.com, but he isn't quite as vicious as Drew Sharp of the Free Press or Brian VanOchten of mlive.com were yesterday. Non-Detroit-centric takes on Millen are a little bit more even-handed, like Richard Sandomir's in the New York Times. And ESPN's Tony Kornheiser positively gushes about Millen's ability as a broadcaster. Of course, ...
The Legend Of Darren “Toto” Sproles. Your Divisional Jamboroo [Jamboroo]
Deadspin —
... MILLEN. Mark fucking Schlereth? MILLEN. Any shithead analyst that has nothing to say outside of, “I tell you one thing, Eli Manning is a COMPETITOR”? MILLEN. That’s all Matt Millen’s doing. Why the FUCK would anyone bring him back to TV, especially in light of what he did to the Lions? The man has all the credibility of fucking InventHelp. And anyone who tells you, “Hey, Millen was actually an okay broadcaster!” is fucking wrong. That means you, MJD. And you, Tony Kornheiser. No wonder you like Millen. He’s just like you: as useless as Mariotti’s fucking ...
Crack The F—king Skye. Your 2009 NFL Draft Jamboroo [Jamboroo]
Deadspin —
... that he hasn't tried. One Throwgasm Dante Stallworth Killing A Guy: I think Stallworth's problem was compounded by the fact that, not only was he drunk, but he hit the dude while driving a damn Bentley. Even if he had been stone sober during the collision, and obeyed every traffic law, no one ever takes the side of a Bentley driver in an accident. If you drive a Bentley, you are an asshole. ESPN Hiring Matt Millen: Gee, I wonder who might have pushed for that to happen: Matt Millen is great on TV. Not ...
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LAST WORD (FOR NOW) ON MILLEN
profootballtalk.com 1/7/2009 — We’re prepared to put this whole Matt Millen thing to bed, for now, by poining out two recent items published elsewhere.
And, of course, by inserting our own half-cocked takes.
First, Richard Sandomir of the New York Times recently addressed ...
Matt Millen's performance is not being well-received in Detroit
sports.yahoo.com 1/8/2009 — It seems that no one in Detroit wants to see Matt Millen on television unless it's during a public execution. It's Tuesday, and the articles killing Millen for taking the job and NBC for hiring him are still coming. Today, it's Tom Kowalski of ...
Matt Millen's NBC commentary comes with a warning label
sports.yahoo.com 2/3/2009 — NBC might want to trot Millen out in front of the cameras like nothing everhappened, but WDIV, NBC's affiliate in Detroit, isn't about to forgive or forgetwhat he did to the Lions. Fromthe Detroit Free Press : Every time a certain familiar face ...
BEWARE, MATT MILLEN WILL RUIN YOUR CAREER
theworldofisaac.com 1/6/2009 — As I sat there and watched Matt Millen on NBC, I felt nauseous. My whopper from earlier that afternoon started to creep its way up my esophagus. I was disgusted. Of all the people NBC could hire as an analyst, they hired Matt Millen? Honestly, who's ...
Millen hides behind camera | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
freep.com 1/5/2009 — Matt Millen doesn't get off the hook that easily. NBC should insist that the erstwhile Lions chief executive wear an 0-16 stamp on his forehead for future network appearances. It should introduce a segment for its three-day Super Bowl pregame show, ...
Matt Millen's NBC commentary comes with a warning label
sports.yahoo.com 2/2/2009 — NBC might want to trot Millen out in front of the cameras like nothing ever happened, but WDIV, NBC's affiliate in Detroit, isn't about to forgive or forget what he did to the Lions. From the Detroit Free Press : Every time a certain familiar face ...
Matt Millen Was Once a Good TV Analyst, but Times Have Changed
nfl.fanhouse.com 1/13/2009 — by Michael David Smith Phil Mushnick of the New York Post wrote a column over the weekend in which he argued in favor of NBC's decision to hire Matt Millen as an NFL studio analyst. Mushnick's argument is seriously flawed. Mushnick starts out well ...
MILLEN STILL RUNNING THE SHOW IN DETROIT?
theworldofisaac.com 12/9/2008 — Ok, if this story is true , I'm truly appalled. That's saying a lot considering I've been a Lions fan for the better part of 3 decades and knowing full well the sanity of the Ford family. Two different National Football League sources - one of them ...
City Of Detroit Still Not Over Matt Millen [Nfl]
deadspin.com 2/3/2009 — The scars that former Lion GM Matt Millen left on the psyche of Detroit are slowly starting to heal, but the local NBC affiliate just couldn't resist ripping those scabs right off. It didn't help that their parent company snatched up the unemployed ...
Matt Millen Warning Given During Super Bowl Coverage
FanIQ.com 2/2/2009 — This last season for the Detroit Lions was pretty rough, to say the least. And while comically inept GM Matt Millen technically got fired early on in the season, many fans - wait, make that all fans - know that Millen was the true architect of the ...
Matt Millen Should Be Exiled from Football! —
Bleacher Report - NFL 1/6/2009
I received a bit of somewhat shocking news this morning. Matt Millen will be doing color commentary for the Super Bowl this year.
I re-read the line in my Tuesday paper several times to make sure I saw correctly, then I slapped myself across the ...
