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Mike Martz, More On (or Moron?) Charles Rogers

Detroit News Columnist Bob Wojnowski wrote an interesting piece on Lion’s Offensive Coordinator
Mike Martz that really emphasizes the unique blend of abilities that form a skill set comprised of confidence, innovation and eccentricity which Martz possesses. Martz is a fantastic coach with very high expectations that will be be difficult to meet. The fact that Martz currently draws more media attention than Lion’s Head Coach Rod Marinelli in the long term could eventually lead to a severing of ties between the two. In the short term, the media focus being placed on the mad scientist/egotist extraordinaire that is Martz, is likely a benefit because it will turn our attentions away from the struggles and growing pains that go along with installing an offensive system as difficult and voluminous as Martz’s is.

Immediately during Friday’s game I was impressed by the way that Martz’s plays are designed to attack the defense, utilize each individual player’s strengths, and keep the defense guessing by constantly shifting players and formations. Martz seems to have a knack for drawing on each particular individual’s abilities as opposed to the two previous coaching staff’s tendency to try and hammer square pegs into round holes. He obviously is not a miracle worker, but any improvements that are made will make this team eminently more enjoyable (and more competitive, too) than past teams.

Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel penned an interesting piece on Charles Rogers and his apparent puzzling lack of concern over his NFL future. I hate to belabor the point with C-ROG, but I was very glad to read that there other’s out there who wonder about Rogers’s future NFL career. I am also glad that the reasons why it was necessary to hire a Head Coach like Marinelli are not only readily apparent to Lion fans, but also palpably obvious to an objective voice who has an inside view of what goes behind the scenes. It remains to be seen whether Marinelli’s changes will adhere and lead to positive results.