Simon–your patience is astounding. Doesn’t 31-81 in 7 seasons, say enough? With the disarray down the stretch, how can you believe that somehow Millen/Marinelliweg are going to wave a magic wand and turn this around?

The other major issue that I have in regards to Millen, is his complete invisibility. He is essentially hiding from accountability at this point, in spite of all of the criticism he has received, he is paid a hefty price to answer to the continued failings of this franchise.

If you are happy with the status quo, more power to you. In my eyes, like you said, the writing is on the wall, and the Lions ownership can make their decision now, pro-actively, or later, after another failed campaign which sets Millen’s career record at about 34-94, your choice?

I agree with your assessment of Marinelli, he is fully committed, but his hands are tied by the continued poor decision-making from Matt Millen.

The other problem, in my opinion, is that his “pound the rock”-stuff has been drowned out the internal losing culture of the Lions players. They clearly have been searching for a convenient excuse for their losses, i.e. Martz, and shamelessly Millen gratified them. Marinelli, and the Tampa-2 scheme, are the next logical step in this process.

In the meantime, I think a 2-14, 3-13-type of season is staring the organization the face for ‘08. They have 13 Free agents, of which, arguably, two or three worth retaining. They are likely to release Kalimba Edwards and Shaun Cody, too. Should they decide to remove Shaun Rogers or Roy Williams, then you are looking at close to half of the roster turning over. Do you believe, with the number of new faces that will in Honolulu Blue next season, that Matt Millen should be involved in this crucial rebuilding process?

FIRE MILLEN 01.08.08!

Despite the fact that Millen hasn’t had good
results in his tenure, I’m ready to give him
another year.

I see two guys, Millen and Marinelli, who are
working very hard. Sure they both lack experience,
but they compensate in hard work and determination.

The season is over, and Marinelli never even
considered taking some time off. He’s evaluating
his team, he’s gonna be attending Bowls
to evaluate talent, …

When Millen hired Marinelli, I gave him a clean
slate. That was a very smart move so I consider
that he’s going on his third year. I thought that we improved this year. Marinelli realized that
the hiring of Martz was a mistake. He realized
that in the middle of the season but he knew
it wouldn’t have been a good idea to change the
OC at that point.

We’ll make the playoffs next year. If not…
then the petition won’t be necessary!