Matt Millen Fired as Lions Team President

Written by Jay on September 24, 2008 – -

It appears the Detroit Lions had enough with their losing ways and fired Matt Millen as their team president as well as their general manager.

It was first reported by Fox Sports that Matt Millen was leaving his position but no one was sure whether or not he was resigning or if he was being fired. Well, it seems pretty clear about the internet that he was in fact fired as of Wednesday.

I’m not going to bash Millen but it was bound to come. I mean, there was an entire movement that included fans, reporters, radio stations, and even Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. who is the Lions vice chairman, that wanted him fired quite sometime ago.

And who blames them?

Since Matt Millen was hired, the Lions have been the worst team in the NFL while combining a record of 31-84. That includes this year’s 0-3 start.

He was also the second-highest paid GM in the NFL and that being said, that’s definitely overpaid. Like I said the worst team-record since he was hired!

For the record, he also had some bad NFL draft picks from 2003-2007 by picking a wide receiver in the first round in each one of those years. And currently, two of those players aren’t even playing in the NFL anymore.

So, good luck to the new president of the Lions and GM whoever they are!


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