Tuesday Notes: Williams Heckler Booted From Practice

by Sean Yuille on Aug 12, 2008 2:29 AM EDT in Notes Comment 2 comments

The Lions went back outside for both practices on Monday and wore full pads in the morning and helmets and shorts in the afternoon.
In case you missed it, the Lions cleared out their PUP list by moving Shaun McDonald, Dan Campbell, and Daniel Bullocks to the active roster.
A fan heckling Roy Williams during Monday's morning practice actually was ejected due to his behavior. Here are the details of what happened:

Mike Lazzara, 42, of Novi stood on the top step of the bleachers amid a sparse, mostly quiet crowd. He repeatedly shouted to Williams about taking plays off.

“I didn’t use any profanity to him,” Lazzara said. “I wanted just to be constructive and tell the guy, ‘You know, I’m not making $20 million a season.’ The guy takes plays off. You guys look at the tape.”

Williams heard Lazzara as he went back to the huddle, then walked over to the fence separating the fans from the field. Williams suggested they switch jobs, as some of his teammates yelled.

“It just came out of nowhere, and I was like, ‘Huh?’ ” Williams said. “And he said it again, and I was just like, ‘What?’ And he said it again.”
I'm not someone to say that you can't be negative at all, but this fan does seem to be in the wrong. If you're going to be loud and yell at someone, don't call out Roy Williams for "taking plays off." Use your frustration to repeatedly yell "Fire Millen" or something like that. It makes no sense to go after Roy like that, especially in an obnoxious way.
By the way, the final Lions practices open to the public this year are today. The morning session begins at 8:35 a.m. and in the afternoon there will be a special teams practice at 3:30 p.m.
Rod Marinelli isn't happy that the Lions lost out on signing Takeo Spikes.
With Takeo Spikes not joining the Lions, there are many questions that remain regarding who will move to strong side linebacker and who will stay in the middle. Between Jordon Dizon and Paris Lenon, someone will have to move to strong side linebacker, and the Lions hope it's Lenon. Problem is, the chances of that happening are slim as Dizon is too inexperienced to be the starting middle linebacker right now, leaving Lions coaches facing quite the conundrum.
For the first time this training camp, the Lions' entire starting offense practiced together.
There is a very good chance the Lions could decide to keep five safeties on the 53-man roster, meaning Greg Blue would make the team.
Stanley Wilson has officially been placed on the injured reserve list.
The United Football League will welcome Mike Vick out of prison with open arms as it isn't likely he will be able to play in the NFL until 2010 at the earliest.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are reportedly going to play the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII.

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the heckler was correct

i was at practice last week…roy does not practice hard. CJ and Furrey put him to shame. Roy was just showboating, didn’t even take part in blocking drills, even mocking coach Jefferson.

The guy is a diva who has nothing to be diva like about. i wanted to scream at him myself. he’s a gifted athlete who doesn’t tip pizza guys and think the world, including us the dumb, loyal fans, owe him some respect for performing far under his potential.

he’s a talent. it’s unfortunate he has no idea how to maximize his potential as a player or person…when a fan asked him why he wans’t hitting the sled like everyone else, he said, “because i catch balls, i don’t block.” well, that’s great. i’m sure kevin smith will love that if we ever in a million years got a back in the defensive secondary (slim chance there) and watch his cornerback chase him down.

roy is no CJ, Furrey…and he sure as hell is no Herman Moore. come to think of it, he’s not even a Brett Perriman, that guy actually had heart and fire.

by royisnomoore on Aug 12, 2008 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

roy does not practice hard..the heckler was correct

..saw it with my own eyes…the dude wouldn’t hit the slead last week. CJ and Furrey were killing it…he wan’t even going fifty percent…when a fan asked him why he wasn’t hitting, he said, “i’m a receiver. i catch balls, i don’t block.” great attiturde roy.

roy is no CJ. he ain’t no herman moore….he ain’t no freddie scott even…

by royisnomoore on Aug 12, 2008 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs