They did It! Lions Go 0-16!

I thought this would be a great day. I thought that I would be ecstatic to finally see a team go 0-16. I thought that maybe, just maybe if the Lions went 0-16 that the entire thing would be blown up. The front office gone, coaching staff gone, and that we would get some people in here that have actually proven they know what they are doing.

Obviously this isn't going to happen since Ford already said Mayhew and Lewand are guaranteed jobs after this season. This means that anyone he hires is already handcuffed with hiring decisions. They are going to be a puppet, which is exactly what Millen was. Nothing will change if people that are put into the position to build the team don't have the people they want to do those jobs.

Today i am a little less happy about it all. After seeing them play yesterday, and still seeing them motivated to actually try to win after this horrible season, I started to regret my cheering for the 0-16 mark. IT started to hit me when the Green Bay fans were chanting "0 and 16! 0 and 16!". My Liedown pride as a Detroit sports fan kicked in and I wanted to punch Packer fans. It's OK if I say they suck. It's OK if I root for it, but Packer fans who went 6-10 to chant it? Just not going to cut it. You went 6-10 this year. Shut the hell up.

Now that it is reality I don't know what to think. I thought i wanted it, but now I find that it actually really bothers me when it comes down to it. Almost every player on the team will likely be retired after this season because they are terrible. Working at grocery stores, as auto mechanics who specialize in Ferrari parts, or drink themselves to death. I know these guys suck, but I can't feel good about this happening to anyone. I just can't. these guys have to live with it the rest of their lives. "Here is Joe Lion that played for the only team in NFL history to go 0-16!". Doesn't have a very nice ring to it I must say.

Do something Ford! This blood is on your hands. Get some help, pass the torch, do whatever, but change this BS!

Detroit Lions Looking to Go 0-16 First This Sunday!

I'm not sure even Detroit Lions die-hards can hope for anything but an embarrassing loss at the hands of the Green Bay Packers this Sunday to go 0-16. If they do they are better fans than I am. For some reason many of them believe that they don't want their team associated with the ridiculous 0-16 moniker, but realistically this franchise is so bad that 0-16 is just the logical next step. IF something is ever going to change 0-16 HAS to be what does it. Doesn't it? DOESN'T IT!?

The Lions are a running joke amongst all NFL fans, and it is no surprise that many are just looking for this record to be set. Hell...Jim Rome is very vocal about wanting to see it claiming that seeing a team go 0-16 is a "dream of his". Between giving away electronics, and talking to rednecks I find it hard that he even has time to watch sports, but I digress.

Also, if you haven't heard this joke yet you may as well add it to your Lions jokes list:

A teacher is asking her students what each of there fathers did for a living one day in class.

Little Mikey said his daddy was a lawyer. Little Suzie said that her dad was a doctor. Little Ricky said his daddy was a policeman.

When it was Little Johnny;s turn he said something that really troubled his teacher. Little Johnny said that his dad was a dancer at the all-male strip club and that sometimes to make extra cash his dad would pleasure other men in the alley behind the club to make extra money.

The teacher decided to let it go for the moment but to be sure to ask Little Johnny about it after class. After school,the teacher sees Little Johnny and asks him if his dad really did do that for a living. Little Johnny said "No, I'm just ashamed of my dad's real job." When asked by his teacher what his father does,Little Johnny put his head down and said "He plays for the Detroit Lions"

So...What Do We Think of the Detroit Tigers Moves Thus Far?

The biggest concern, and goal of the fans this off season was to see Dombrowski go out and pick up as many above average pitchers as possible. The Detroit Tigers bullpen blew over 30 saves last year, and cost the team at least 40 games alone. Cut that in half and the tigers were winning the division.

Well...up to this point they have fanned on every attempt to get relief pitchers to date. They lost J.J. Putz (It is pronounced "pootz" so you don't sound stupid), the former Seattle closer to the NY Mets, who also landed the coveted K-Rod. They watched Kerry Wood end up on another team. The bullpen has not changed other than scrubs getting cut to this point.

So...what have they done? Many people may not like the moves, but I am happy with the SS and Catcher signings. Only reason is that it is clear the Tigers are trying to cut salary like the best diet pill to an NFL player's weight. They signed Adam Everett at SS for around $1 Million. A far cry from having to trade players to get Jack Wilson (why do we like this guy so much?) and take on that $7 Million deal for his mediocre services. Then they picked up Ger4ald Laird at catcher who makes around $1.5 Mil. Exactly what I wanted to see. OK players, at cheap prices. Saving probably $10 mil at those spots when we really didn't need hitting help anyways.

Then we traded Matt Joyce to Tampa Bay to pick up starter Edwin Jackson. If you look at the numbers for yearly totals you will think he is the next Nate Robertson. You may be right. Look at his game logs though. He had about 15 quality starts last year, and a stellar run that helped push the Rays into the division crown. Plus he is only 25 years old, and Joyce is never going to be more than a bench/journeyman player anyways. Total wash, or better for us I would say.

BUT...

We STILL haven't pulled any bullpen help. Fromt he sounds of it the Tigers may be interested in Colorado’s Brian Fuentes. He is the lefty closer they have used forever, and nothing sexy. They also seem to be in the running to landing lefty specialist Joe Beimel.

Fuentes is expected to command a high price. The $10 Mil range, and by all accounts is probably no better, or worse than Beimel, who the Tigers could get for much, much less. A staple of Dombrowski's approach to the bullpen is that he thinks relievers are hit or miss, and paying a ton for guys that could most certainly miss isn't a sound strategy. I agree to an extent, but ONE reliever isn't going to cut it. I'm sure we are all sick of the headcase Fernando Rodney coming tho the mound late in the game to "freak out". If more doesn't happen that is exactly what we are going to see, and with that a lot of late game losses. Get some damned relievers DD!

Detroit Lions Go to 0-14, Bengals win 2nd game, #1 Pick Secure

2 more games to be the first to 0-16!

Looks like none of us will be looking for travel deals for the playoffs, although I am heading to Green Bay the last week to take in the record game. Bad feeling about New Orleans next week, but the Cincinnati Bengals win Sunday was the nail in the coffin for getting the worst record and the #1 pick.

Still...we want it all. The coveted 0-16 trophy. We could win the last 2 and be fighting it out with Oakland and Seattle for the #1 pick, but it is highly unlikely.

Wonder what sign I should bring to the Packer game this year. Can't go with the reliable "Fire Millen" anymore so I have to come up with something new. Any ideas?