Any Question About the Lions?

by Sean Yuille on Dec 19, 2008 1:54 AM CST

Below is a FanPost written by Sean Yuille, SB Nation's Detroit Lions blogger at Pride of Detroit. Be sure to check out my FanPost over there and help answer some questions.

Just as Saintsational did over on my blog, Pride of Detroit, I decided to head over to CSC to see if anybody had questions about the Lions. I'm sure it is a weird feeling for your team to play a winless team in Week 16 of the season, but that's understandable. Things like this don't happen often, so if you have any questions, post them and I will give you an answer before Sunday's game gets going.

This FanPost was written by a reader and member of Canal Street Chronicles. It does not necessarily reflect the views of CSC and its staff or editors.

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You do know we've been through this too

0-14, Dec. 14, 1980, vs. New York Jets. Saints win their first game of the season by 1 point.

Saints fans dealt with the pain by inventing the Aints, the bagheads, and the whole thing became one big communal joke. How are Detroit fans dealing with it?

Three years of deteriorating results is enough. Replace Gary Gibbs!

by MtnExile on Dec 19, 2008 7:15 AM CST reply actions

Most are dealing with it by not caring

Attendance has gotten scary bad with every home game (not counting the Thanksgiving one). The Lions have been blacked out five times this season and people are really just starting to become apathetic. The ones that are still around are doing what Lions fans normally do every year: looking to the draft and discussing that.

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by Sean Yuille on Dec 19, 2008 8:57 AM CST up reply actions

GM blues

Hey Sean, where are the Ford Lions at in the search for a general manager? Can you imagine a scenario where the owners actually hire a competent football guy who can build a winner?

by stujo4 on Dec 19, 2008 9:16 AM CST reply actions

I honestly don't know

Going on past experiences, I would guess that their list looks pretty pathetic. They really seem clueless, so I would be shocked if someone competent was hired.

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by Sean Yuille on Dec 19, 2008 9:37 AM CST up reply actions

With Millen getting canned, and an interim GM in place (or no one)

I’ve read/heard speculation that Marinelli will be gone after the season…has it gotten far enough along to have a “short list” of possible coaching candidates?

And please know that we feel your pain about this kind of season and wish you the best of luck in breaking your losing streak…in Week 17.

I can remember in December of the Saints dreary 1980 campaign, riding to school on the bus one cold Monday morning and hearing a song on the radio – a reimagining of a Christmas carol in honor of the Saints terrible start to the season. Looking back, we had a pretty cool bus driver – he listened to WWL and I heard this song when someone called in to the morning Saints show sang it: (to the tune of Silver Bells, borrowing from the chorus)

0-1, 0-2, soon we will be 0-3!
0-4, 0-5, soon we will be 0-6!
0-7, 0-8, soon we will be 0-9!
0-10, 0-11, soon we will be 0-12!
0-13, 0-14, soon we will be 0-15!
0-16, 0-16, soon it will be 1981!

"We're one of the better 7-7 teams in the league..." Saints fan HansDat

by Hans Petersen on Dec 20, 2008 1:40 PM CST reply actions

We really have no idea about who a new coach might be

We’re still wondering about the GM situation.

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by Sean Yuille on Dec 20, 2008 10:30 PM CST up reply actions

Sad Times in Motor City

Ford family owns Lions right? they have a lot on their plate and a woeful football team, is just one of them.Laying off employees etc,people who CAN afford tix won’t go to games cause team is terrible , so they get the1st pick, then what?

by metryman on Dec 20, 2008 4:06 PM CST reply actions