[onlooker]

Maybe they should think of firing Matt Millen.
As a Lions fan, Im not sure Im to happy about this, but they havent improved much with Mariucci like everyone thought they would. Im now interested to see who they go out and pick up as the head coach.

DETROIT -- The disappointing Detroit Lions fired coach Steve Mariucci and some of his assistants on Monday.

After Detroit lost 27-7 to the Atlanta Falcons on Thanksgiving to fall to 4-7, reports swirled that the team was considering firing Mariucci. When Mariucci was not let go over the weekend, some thought his job was safe for the final five games of the regular season.

Mariucci and the assistants, tight ends coach coach Andy Sugarman and OL coach Pat Morris, were fired late Monday morning.

The Lions have lost four of five games since a solid start put them atop the NFC North with the Chicago Bears. The team has collapsed on and off the field with players failing to produce and some bickering with one another and questioning the coaches' game plans.

Mariucci's record with the Lions was 15-28. His hiring was hailed by fans and media alike, but he was not able to turn around a team that has won one playoff game since 1957.

Mariucci has more than two years remaining on the $25 million contract he signed in 2003. The Michigan native came to the Lions from San Francisco, where he was 60-43 over six seasons.

[Shawn01]

Maybe they should think of firing Matt Millen.

I suspect that's half the problem right there.

Im now interested to see who they go out and pick up as the head coach.

Might be more like who is willing to subject themselves to that. There is something very wrong with this team and I don't know if it's coaching, the front office, the players or a combination thereof. What they probably need is a disciplinarian like Tom Coughlin.

[bigboydan]

millen needs to go

this guy has had way too many chances to get his team going in the right direction. and, he has failed big time.