Lions released cornerback Keith Smith, who, according to Tom Kowalski, was their best player in the secondary last year. That's like saying he had the best hair amongst a group of bald men.
With Keith Smith gone, only Ernie Sims remains from the 39 players Millen drafted from '02-'06. For comparison sake, a good team like New England has 14.
Is it really that unbelievable? It's a shame, yes. It reflects poor judgement, yes. But its a team that went 0-16. That's rock bottom, scraping the bottom of the barrel...there is no where worse to go unless they go 0-32. So what else are you gonna do but start all over.
ReplyDeleteMaybe its because I didn't grow up with the Lions, but here's my lasting impression of them: watching a game where Ty Detmer had 7 interceptions and asking, why isnt Charlie Batch playing, weren't they good last year?
Someone retire Stoney Case's number.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. The Lions were good the year before Millen came. The irony is that Millen was hired to get the Lions "over the hump". Little did we know he was putting the Lions over his own hump.
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