Matt Millen

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I think this is pretty funny.



NBC might want to trot Matt 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 showed up on camera Sunday during NBC's Super Bowl pregame show, Channel 4 ran a scroll at the bottom of 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?"

Ah, if only the NFL was like professional wrestling. Matt Millen could put on a mask, get a new set of tights, and just like that, have a whole new identity. "Hi, I'm Bob Costas, alongside Jerome Bettis and The Masked Franchise Destroyer ... "

He will forever be Matt Millen, though, and the name Matt Millen will forever be synonymous with losing. I've written about this before, and I don't think that being an absolute train wreck of a general manager means that Matt Millen couldn't also be a good analyst.

At the same time, of course, I also couldn't blame anyone in Detroit if they held a grudge against Millen for the next, oh, 1,000 years or so. I'll readily admit that if he did that kind of a hatchet job on my favorite team, I'd have no interest in ever hearing any ignorant word that ever came out of his mouth.

Outstanding work, Channel 4. I think this is something we can expand and use in all sports, on all networks. When Tony Kornheiser starts talking on Monday nights, we can have a scrolling warning that reads, "CAUTION: In two years of work here, this man has never said anything that has added any value whatsoever to a broadcast, and we seriously doubt that he's going to start now."

[oriole^]

Hey, at least Tony is entertaining, as opposed to Matt Millen.

[cartman00000001]

I'll take neither.

[ragecage]

I honestly think if he stepped away from anything and came back in a year or two, the animosity wouldnt be so bad. The timing for him returning to TV was horrid.

[dickay]

while i tried to give him a chance, everytime he opened his mouth i found myself saying.....

1) WTF is he doing analyzing football for me?

2) Why do I give a crap about what he thinks?

and most importantly;

3) Who is he taking with the spread...there may be enough time to bet against him?!?

[ragecage]

What got me about the deal is why add him onto the show when they have 73,211 other co-hosts?

[dickay]

What got me about the deal is why add him onto the show when they have 73,211 other co-hosts?

dumb truck drivers, you can't count anything more than what you can on your toes and fingers. there was only 6,452 co-hosts.

[ragecage]

dumb truck drivers, you can't count anything more than what you can on your toes and fingers. there was only 6,452 co-hosts.

lol

[PotatoOfCouch13]

A lot of people forget that before he was hired to GM the Lions, Millen was a decent color analyst for Fox. That, and his solid playing career too.

But as a GM? Awful (hey, let's draft another wide receiver! )

[dickay]

A lot of people forget that before he was hired to GM the Lions, Millen was a decent color analyst for Fox. That, and his solid playing career too.

But as a GM? Awful (hey, let's draft another wide receiver! )

OJ Simpson was a great analyst too. They didn't bring him back.

[KowboyKoop]

OJ Simpson was a great analyst too. They didn't bring him back.

No comparision between the two. Millen killed an entire franchise. OJ just stole some stuff from a hotel.

[Arctic Blast]

A lot of people forget that before he was hired to GM the Lions, Millen was a decent color analyst for Fox. That, and his solid playing career too.

But as a GM? Awful (hey, let's draft another wide receiver! )

Yep, he was decent prior to the Detroit debacle...only player to win a title with 3 different teams, and a pretty solid color guy. The problem is, he proved himself absolutely incompetent at player evaluation...so you sort of have to ask now...why should I listen to a single word this idiot says?

And the absolutely best part about your last line? They STILL COULD USE ANOTHER WIDE RECEIVER!