Martz to be fired

Post #1 » by **Icness** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:08 pm

Mike Martz will be fired as OC of the Lions after Sunday's game, to be replaced by Kippy Brown, currently an underling.

This is not a surprise, as he and Marinelli have butted heads repeatedly and Marinelli went to Mr. Ford two weeks ago with the dreaded "it's him or me" proclamation.

I wonder how much this will affect what the Lions do this offseason and how drastically the offense will change. Also, any bets on where Martz winds up?

SportsWorld · Post #2 » by **SportsWorld** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:51 pm

Come to Chicago :pray:

Monkeyfeng06 · Post #3 » by **Monkeyfeng06** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:19 am

COME TO CINCINNATI PLEASE!

Basketball Fan · Post #4 » by **Basketball Fan** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:46 am

He'll probably head coach the Falcons....

Post #5 » by **Rafael122** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:55 am

49ers is my guess. But they have Frank Gore there, and Martz doesn't like to run the ball.

livestrong4ever · Post #6 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:16 am

Basketball Fan wrote:He'll probably head coach the Falcons....

Why the hell would he want to go there? I mean really. They have no offense at all. Martz is a old man. He doesn't want to be waiting 5 years till he gets qb just to pass the ball.

Basketball Fan · Post #7 » by **Basketball Fan** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:03 am

livestrong4ever wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Why the hell would he want to go there? I mean really. They have no offense at all. Martz is a old man. He doesn't want to be waiting 5 years till he gets qb just to pass the ball.

Teams can change in an instant in the NFL but if not the Falcons the Dolphins might take him.

-bob- · Post #8 » by **-bob-** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:08 am

he's rumored to go to the Niners.

Post #9 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:18 am

They fired the wrong guy.

Again.

ElectricMayhem · Post #10 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:10 pm

I like Marinelli and what he's done to improve the team, but thrusting an ultimatum like that? We had more interceptions than touchdowns because John Kitna is our quarterback, and more importantly, we have no offensive line - that's not Martz' fault.

It's Millen's job to get those two to work together. Dumars could've done it. Dombrosky could have done it. Reason #4372286 to fire Millen.

El Turco · Post #11 » by **El Turco** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:15 pm

GenshiYagyu wrote:I like Marinelli.

rimshot.

livestrong4ever · Post #12 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:01 pm

Basketball Fan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Teams can change in an instant in the NFL but if not the Falcons the Dolphins might take him.

not the falcons. unless they some how get a qb. or wrs. they have no offense. i don't know much about their defense but this team is not just going to be good next year unless they do the things above.

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #13 » by **Buck You** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:09 pm

Well the Lions offense looked like garbage today.

livestrong4ever · Post #14 » by **livestrong4ever** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:10 pm

ReddBogutCharlieV wrote:Well the Lions offense looked like garbage today.

they were on vacation already lol.

superLuigi21 · Post #15 » by **superLuigi21** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:35 am

Basketball Fan wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Teams can change in an instant in the NFL but if not the Falcons the Dolphins might take him.

no way no how.. parcells emphasizes a strong running game, martz will not be the next dolphins head coach... cam cameron konows how to coach up rbs, so i dont think its a foregone conclusion he gets fired

High 5 · Post #16 » by **High 5** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:53 am

livestrong4ever wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

not the falcons. unless they some how get a qb. or wrs. they have no offense. i don't know much about their defense but this team is not just going to be good next year unless they do the things above.

Falcons are fine at QB and WR. Redman isn't great by any means, but I think he can move the offense if we can get a solid OL. More for run blocking that pass protection. We have no running game at all because they aren't able to open up holes and Petrino overused Dunn.

But no matter what moves we make the Falcons will win the NFC South next year. That's the way the South works.

livestrong4ever · Post #17 » by **livestrong4ever** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:17 am

High 5 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Falcons are fine at QB and WR. Redman isn't great by any means, but I think he can move the offense if we can get a solid OL. More for run blocking that pass protection. We have no running game at all because they aren't able to open up holes and Petrino overused Dunn.

But no matter what moves we make the Falcons will win the NFC South next year. That's the way the South works.

truthfully i didnt even read your post because i know you are a homer from experience of reading your posts in the mlb forum.

Post #18 » by **J.Kim** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:19 am

High 5 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Falcons are fine at QB and WR. Redman isn't great by any means, but I think he can move the offense if we can get a solid OL. More for run blocking that pass protection. We have no running game at all because they aren't able to open up holes and Petrino overused Dunn.

But no matter what moves we make the Falcons will win the NFC South next year. That's the way the South works.

Did I read this right? We're talking about former Baltimore Ravens backup Chris Redman .... right?

treiz · Post #19 » by **treiz** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:23 am

I agree with J.Kim and livestrong about Redman....seriously High 5?

However, livetrong, Roddy White has had a solid season thi year with 1000+ yards and I think 8 TDs. So I think they're fine at WR, atm. Also they have Crumpler, their main issue is their O-line though, they need to fix it or refurbish it somehow.

ElectricMayhem · Post #20 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:34 am

This is how feeble the Lions have become; even a thread about the Lions gets overtaken by something more powerful and attention-holding: Chris Redman.