There shouldn't be an easy answer to this right? Wrong.
Every franchise has an elite group of professionals which the owner trusts to build a playoff caliber team.
I thought because of the Thanksgiving Feast at the Lions expense that America should have a closer look at who is responsible for the team that has brought misery to its fan base and the rest of America that had to watch yet another Lions blowout.
Scroll slowly as this group of misfits may end up scattered around the NFL on your team next year.
So without further ado, here are the 28 reasons why Lions are where they are for the 2008 NFL Season.
Front Office
- Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford, Sr.
- Vice Chairman: William Clay Ford, Jr.
- Executive Vice President/Interim CEO: Tom Lewand
- Senior Vice President/General Manager: Martin Mayhew
- Director of Pro Personnel: Sheldon White
- Assistant Director of Pro Personnel: Dave Boller
- Director of College Scouting: Scott McEwen
Head Coaches
- Head Coach: Rod Marinelli
- Assistant Head Coach/Passing Game Coordinator: Kippy Brown
Offensive Coaches
- Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line: Jim Colletto
- Quarterbacks: Scot Loeffler
- Running Backs: Sam Gash
- Wide Receivers: Shawn Jefferson
- Tight Ends: Pat Carter
- Assistant Offensive Line: Mike Barry
- Offensive Assistant: Eric Sutulovich
Defensive Coaches
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about 1 month ago
If it was just one season, maybe two, you could place the blame on the coaches and players. But going on near a decade, you have to look to the front office as the common denominator for not having a competitive team. They are the ones making the draft choices and deciding which free agents to sign.
In fact, the most common denominator for the Lions never getting to the Super Bowl is the owner, William Clay Ford, Sr. He is the person that has made the choices regarding front office management who in turn have continuously made bad choice after bad choice. WCF seems to think that you can be successful with one great player and the rest of the team can be second rate at best. Problem is that once that player is identified, defenses will shut him down and dare other players to beat them. Three players come to mind in that regard: Billy Sims (if had not gotten injured), Barry Sanders and now Calvin Johnson. Stop those players and no one else on that team can beat you.
That and the leaky boat of a defense. Just how does a team get a 17-point lead and lose 35-20? For many years, defense was what Detroit was known for...but these last 5 years and most notably the last 2, The Little Sisters of the Poor could drop 40 on this defense.
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