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msnbc.msn.com - 1/4/2009
Matt Millen: I'm 'completely responsible' for Lions' 0-16 record (video)
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Former Detroit Lions president Matt Millen was part of NBC's NFL studio show and spoke for the first time since being fired on Sept. 24. He said that he'll shoulder all the blame for the team's record-setting 0-16 season.
The Detroit Lions Need to Think Outside the Box
pastthepylon.blogspot.com - 1/8/2009
The Detroit Lions Need to Think Outside the Box
— pastthepylon.blogspot.com — Here are a few things the Detroit Lions need to do during the off season to make... sure they can live the dream. (more) The Detroit Lions Need to Think Outside the Box

2 Comments vote down JM Van Horn JM Van Horn posted 1/8/2009posted this
NBC fumbles by adding Matt Millen to studio show
mlive.com - 1/5/2009
NBC fumbles by adding Matt Millen to studio show
— 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 ... (more) NBC fumbles by adding Matt Millen to studio show

Comments vote down kcudah kcudah posted 1/5/2009posted this
Matt Millen talks a good game, just ask NBC
mlive.com - 1/6/2009
Matt Millen talks a good game, just ask NBC
— 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. (more) Matt Millen talks a good game, just ask NBC

Comments vote down soulstar soulstar posted 1/6/2009posted this

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Resign (rĭ-zīn’): To Give Up, Especially By Formal Notification; To Relinquish; To Give Up One’s Job Or Office
Tirico Suave — Dan Patrick: “Would you have fired yourself?” Millen:”I would have, actually. Probably not this year until after the season. I think when you start having changeover in an organization it filters down into the locker room. That’s tough to do. I thought that was a tough position for Rod Marinelli to be in. Rod’s a stud. Rod’s an outstanding football coach.” Yes, please stay for another nine games or so. Comfy? How ’bout a Fresca? I mean, God forbid an iota of hope would ever meander it’s way into the Detroit Lions’ locker room. Also note the fact that on his first day back as an analyst he referred to the first coach in NFL history to go 0-16 as a ’stud’. Off camera, ...

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