BigBlueShoe’s post was a little over the top and a tad vulgar. Not that I’m a saint, but I think he could have gotten his point across with a few less comments pointed at the nether-region.

I like King, to be honest. He seems like a good guy and yeah, he’s probably a bit self-righteous, but what media pundit isn’t.

Also, I liked the props to the Lions in the article. BBS stated that he thought the Lions played really hard. King did rip them a little in his article, calling them the “Toledo Mud Hens”. This was an obvious shot at the organization, but probably deserved.

But most importantly, is that I think you put this link in here Sean, because he talks you up pretty highly. Who’s the egotist? :) I am, of course, kidding.

Although I felt like Reese would be a good candidate for the Lions’ GM job, I really don’t like his actions. I don’t think they necessarily hurt him enough to not make him a candidate, but his statements are definitely insincere. I just find that to be a big character flaw that rubs me the wrong way no matter how great of a talent evaluator he may be.

Reese is a horrible talent evaluator and a pathetic self-promoter. I’d be absolutely ashamed of this organization if we hired him, which probably means he’s coming to Detroit, but whatever. This is the same guy who actually gave a whiny little kid named Vince Young the keys to his franchise because he bought into the media’s hype. Anyone who bought into VY’s hype as a first rounder coming out of college has no clue how to evaluate NFL talent, and that’s all there is to it. Reese was the only one in that organization who wanted Vince Young. Fisher and Norm Chow both wanted Leinart, and didn’t want anything to do with VY whatsoever. Do you really want a guy calling the shots who will disobey what his head coach and offensive coordinator say, solely to just go ahead and draft a guy that he wants to? I sure as hell don’t.

Not only did VY not fit into Tennessee’s offense, but they had to literally re-create it from scratch just so that VY’s weaknesses wouldn’t be exposed on a play-by-play basis. I would despise a GM like that for doing that type of thing. I’d rather have an idiot like Millen taking random players we’ve never heard of than a guy who’s buying everything the media is selling. The Titans also have always had a very, very good scouting staff, which is why Reese’s track record probably looks a bit better than it should. Floyd’s one big decision all by himself as a GM flopped horribly and he was obviously fired because of it.

If Reese was our GM, I wouldn’t doubt we’d end up with Tim Tebow with our late first round pick. And the possibility of that happening makes me want to vomit. Trust me, we don’t want anything to do with this guy.