Greatest Show on Turf over in Detroit

[Analog]

The Lions are set to fire offensive coordinator Mike Martz after today's season-ending game at Green Bay and replace him with receivers coach Kippy Brown, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing anonymous sources.

The report was confirmed by ESPN reporter Chris Mortensen on Saturday night.


The Times reported that the San Francisco 49ers are expected to pursue Martz to take over for first-year offensive coordinator Jim Hostler.

Martz's agent, Bob LaMonte, had no comment when contacted before the report came out Saturday. A message was left for Lions spokesman Bill Keenist late Saturday night.

Martz came to the Lions in February 2006 after being fired as head coach by the St. Louis Rams, bringing his high-powered "Greatest Show on Turf" offensive plan to the Lions.

The offense was supposed to be the Lions' strength this year. Before the season, Martz said of the team's offensive talent: "We don't feel short anywhere."

But the unit underachieved and was unbalanced. Instead of carrying the defense, it often made things harder for it. The Lions ranked 22nd out of 32 teams in total offense in 2006 and were 19th this season, entering Saturday.http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs...230/SPORTS01/712300604

 

[Deeko]

Keep Matt Millan though. He's been fantastic at assembling talent.

 

[Slick5150]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Keep Matt Millan though. He's been fantastic at assembling talent.

Indeed. He is DEFINITELY not responsible for their continued suckiness.

Nor is the owner.

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Keep Matt Millan though. He's been fantastic at assembling talent.

 

[fallenangel99]

Only if DET drafted Adrian Peterson rather than Megatron, Martz would have probably utilized him like he did with Faulk

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Keep Matt Millan though. He's been fantastic at assembling talent.

Absolutely. Best GM in football hands down.

 

[meltdown75]

don't get me started on the Lions.

they have a chance to finish 8-8, a huge improvement over previous years, but as a Lions fan this season has been far worse than the others in the Millen area.

At least with Joey Ballgame or Charlie Soft Batch you could just sit back and laugh at the Lions. Kitna just made it worse because he provided the false sense of hope that they could make it over the hurdle this year.

As another Marty said, "The bar is high."

i still have my "Fire Millen 2005" T-shirt.

Ford Field is a nice facility.

 

[LS21]

why fire martz? they can solve all their problems by just drafting another star receiver

 

[Deeko]

Don't worry, with Millan intact, I'm sure that will still happen.

They might even trade jones & bell to get a top 10 pick, why draft a WR any lower?

 

[BRObedoza]

if the Niners hire Martz for next season then Alex Smith will have a different offensive coordinator in every year he's been in the league. sure he's not that great to begin with but that's got to have a huge effect on his development.

the Lions have Calvin Johnson and Roy Williams but the go-to guys became Mike Furrey and Shaun McDonald. wtf.

 

[JasonCoder]

Damn, with this year's awesome record won't it be hard to draft the top receiver next year?

 

[KMFJD]

Their O-Line sucks, how can you throw to your recievers when your getting pressured 2 seconds after the snap....Backus sucks, Railo sucks, they have a guard playing RT...yep, nop wonder they suck and cant run/pass the ball

 

[meltdown75]

no cornbread for a looooong time

 

[Slew Foot]

Martz is going to love having an offense with Alex Smith tossing the ball 50 times a games to Ashley Lelie. Haha, that would suck hard.

 

[Analog]

Looks like a bunch got fired, except Millen, of course.

 

[m1ldslide1]

Millen is such a retard. How can they go through coaches like Mooch and now Martz (as a coordinator ffs) without any semblance of success? Eventually people have to get wise and let the blame fall where it belongs.

Actually I take that back - Millen isn't a retard - he's making millions of dollars at a job that he sucks at. His employers are the retards. :thumbsdown: