Monday Notes: Lions Denied Permission to Interview Redskins' Danny Smith
by Sean Yuille on Jan 18, 2010 4:15 PM EST
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- The Lions donated $10,000 to the Red Cross to go towards the rescue effort in Haiti. The donation was made in the names of Cliff Avril, Gosder Cherilus, and Louis Delmas.
- Cherilus has heard from some of his family, and while there was good news regarding his closest relatives in Haiti, there was bad news about some extended family members and friends.
- Gosder Cherilus' foundation is taking donations to help Haiti. Also, the foundation is "preparing to travel to Haiti within the next several days with a team of physicians, surgeons, and nurses to deliver immediate care, medical supplies, and relief to an overcrowded and overwhelmed hospital near the city of Delmas, Haiti."
- Avril's cousins in Haiti all survived the earthquake.
- Bobby April has been hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as their special teams coordinator, meaning the Lions' search to replace Stan Kwan will continue. Actually, the search was probably going to continue regardless of what April did, because I don't think the Lions even managed to schedule an interview with him. It was a pipe dream for April to end up in Detroit considering how many teams were after him.
- The Lions were hoping to interview Danny Smith, as were the Seahawks and Steelers, but the Redskins denied them permission to do that.
- Zack Follett now has a blog. As Terrell Owens once said, "get your popcorn ready."
- Jim Schwartz's quarterbacks for the Senior Bowl will be Central Michigan's Dan LeFevour, Cincinnati's Tony Pike, and Oregon State's Sean Canfield.
- Looking back on his first season as a head coach, Schwarz wants to work on keeping his temper under control.
- Jason Hanson is not ready to retire just yet.
- A big difference between Matt Millen and Martin Mayhew is that Mayhew makes sure the entire organization is prepared for the draft so things like this never happen again:
Mayhew said the arguments are all made in the days leading up to the draft so when the Lions are on the clock, they know exactly who they're going to take. I've often recounted the Brian Calhoun story, about how the Lions were debating about whether to take an offensive lineman at that spot in the third round. The argument was whether the Lions would be "reaching'' for him at that spot. They went back and forth without resolution and then, as the clock was about to expire, a coach yelled "Take Brian Calhoun.'' And that's what they did.
Wow. Just wow. - The Wall Street Journal conducted a study that revealed a very interesting statistic about how much action there actually is during a football broadcast.
- The Bears' Gaines Adams passed away yesterday morning. My thoughts go out to Adams' family and friends and Bears fans.
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Wow about the Brian Calhoun story...
I wonder if that happened more than once…
considering their draft history under millen...
…i GUARANTEE it happened more than once. it’s a great article by killer, btw, and it makes me believe that mayhew really runs a tight ship. 93 days until the draft! (not that i’m counting)…
by BriansLions on Jan 19, 2010 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
The Zack Follett blog should be interesting
2009 = The start of the Lions Golden Age (We hope).
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
It was a huge guard (that I liked at the time) who's now a starter.........hey, don't we need a huge guard?
Oh, and that offensive lineman they were debating about? It was Max Jean-Gilles, who is now a starter with the Philadelphia Eagles.
What? He can’t block a dead gopher? Humph, details.
Huge Loss?
3rd Rounders can be starters, and is still a key round, this isn’t just picking a name at the end of round 7 in Madden 2010 to get done with it or something.
LOL
Yea, i just sim past the 5th round
http://cmufootball.blogspot.com/
by CapitolLions on Jan 20, 2010 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
2 things on the Follett Blog...
1. Please no more Video Blogs from your laptop while DRIVING!!! The Freeways in CA are Freaking Crazy.
2. That better be a Cal Bears hat and logo, And Not the CHI Bears…
1. I thought the same exact thing.
2. It is a Cal Bear (that’s his college, after all).
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Zack's personality seems like an interesting mix of influences
Talks like an urban rapper, but listens to “light rock”. How’s that affect his “street cred”?
Hey, as long as he keeps hitting people, he can rap to Barney the Dinosaur for all I care.
What? He can’t block a dead gopher? Humph, details.
Wait a second.....
Driver’s side on the right side of his car? Cadillac my ass, he’s driving a USPS mail-truck.
Like our car's...
You Americans drive on the wrong side of the road ;)
The Bringers of Hope: Stafford - Delmas - C. Johnson - Pettigrew - Levy - Hill - Schwartz
Zack Follett: he will hurt your mind.
by Hyperion Ecta on Jan 19, 2010 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
I was extremely confused by that as well
I kept trying to figure out why that was the case.
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Dumb question???
Who is Danny Smith??
The Brian Calhoun story is not surprising. I still don’t beleive Millen did his homework on any draft picks he ever made. How you fail so miserably is beyond comprehension. Even by sheer luck you would think Millen would get one or two right. What an asshole.
I spray paint my dog Honolulu Blue and Silver
Pic - me in one of my LIONS shirts
draft-ology...
not surprised…millen being the talent officianato that he is probably figured…hey, they are here to be drafted so they must all be good
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