for one, how do you just nitpick the coaching staff. The lions were 0-16, everyone has to go, wheres Stan Kwans name, FIRE EVERYONE. In my opinion, 0-16 just stresses this need, the fact that we haven’t been to the playoffs in ten years is reason enough. And to promote Mayhew and Lewand, c’mon, why not put Mayhew in charge of scouting and keep lewand in charge of the finances and then bring in a gm with experience in success and have them mentor Mayhew (so that he has someone different than Millen teaching him the ropes for awhile) and then promote Mayhew in 4-6 years. But that would make far too much sense and we are doomed and the Browns will get Pioli, the Chiefs will get Cowher, the Rams will clean house, and the Bengals will, well hopefully keep us company on the bottom of the pile for years to come, because we all know it can get lonely down here.

William Clay Ford, Sr. is a complete idiot. I’m not sure how they are going to get a head coach now. They’d have to throw a shitload of money at someone to come in and be in the same poor situation that brought them to 0-16. Roger Goodell really, really needs to step in and clean house (including Sr.) They should turn ownership over to Jr. and let him run the show.

Hiring a new GM would have show the fans that they were committed to improving and to winning. By retaining the services of Millen lackeys Mayhew and Lewand, Ford just shot himslef in the foot. I guarantee there will be many blackouts next season and a general loss in season ticket sales. I for one will not step foot in Ford Field again until real changes are made. I make it to at least one game a year if not more. That;s now over. I will not purchase any Lions merchandise (already took back my K Smith jersey and exchanged it for a G Soto Cubs jersey) until Ford Sr either pulls his head out of his ass and starts from scratch or turns the team over to his son.

I will still root for them to win. Can’t help it. I will just not help finance this idiocy.

………and the looking for a head coach cycle continues on……………….Just turn the reins over to your son Mr. Ford. You have proved to everyone you don’t know what you’re doing.

I just cannot beleive this!!! How can ANYONE have the balls to PROMOTE anyone after an 0-16 season?? What the f*ck is WCF thinking??? That would be like promoting Ford’s CEO as the nations Director of Commerce after running the company into the groud!!! If this idiotic move of promoting Lewand and Mayhew to their current positions leaves a sour taste in Pioli’s, Parcells’, Lunardi’s mouth then I will lose it once and for all and finally, put up 31 team logo’s on my office wall and, blindfolded, throw a dart and wherever it lands that’s who I root for.

BTW – someone mentioned Stan Kwan’s name…………….FIRE HIM!!!! Fire the genius who let Eddie Drummond go for Aveion Cason?? WTF?? WHY? Our special teams used to be the bright spot of this team (Mel Gray, Eddie Murray, Jason Hanson, Drummond) and now its pathetic. Can we bring back Chuck Pfeiffer???

I’m a regular over at the Chiefs blog, Arrowhead Pride, but I’ve been watching Mayhew this year (I thought he might be a good GM candidate for the Chiefs if the Lions didn’t keep him) and he’s done some good work with very limited options. There’s very little a GM can do to improve his team midseason but Mayhew made a big move to save you guys for next year. If he hadn’t pulled that trade for Roy Williams (where he absolutely screwed Dallas) your offseason would be looking a lot more bleak as your front office had to decide what to do with a disgruntled underachieving WR who you didn’t want to let walk for no compensation but who didn’t merit a franchise tag. Now you’ve got a couple of nice first day draft picks (which got nicer since Dallas missed the playoffs) to rebuild your squad in this draft. Millen never would have gotten that deal, and I suspect that you’ll find Mayhew will blossom now that he’s the guy making the decisions. Worst case scenario, you’re still upgrading from Millen (who it could be credibly argued was the worst GM in NFL history) because Mayhew’s done a lot of prep work to ready himself for running a football team (unlike Millen).