Well, the wait is over. Both of Detroit’s all-sports stations, as well as ESPN, are reporting that the Lions will name Rod Marinelli as their next head coach. Marinelli has been the Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Line Coach for the Tampa Bay Bucs since 2002.
I like this pick above the Grimm or Haslett options. […]
All the buzz concerning the Lions’ search for a head coach over the last couple of days has been about two of my least favorite candidates.
Greg Eno at Out of Bounds yesterday proclaimed his love for Steelers’ Offensive Line Coach Russ Grimm. While I see Eno’s point, hiring a guy that’s never done anything but […]
The following piece originally appeared in the December 2005 issue of Motor City Sports Magazine.
I really thought they could do it.
Sure, I was a naïve 19-year-old at the time, but I honestly believed that they could pull it off. They had won their last seven games after starting out 0-3, they boasted the second-best offense […]
I spent nine years of my life living in Denver, Colorado. For those of you who didn’t know this, you can’t possibly live in that town for more than six months without catching a case of Broncos Fever. The longer you stay, the worse it gets. That city is used to watching winning football. When […]
As I sat on my dad’s couch and watched the Bengals and Steelers face off Sunday afternoon, I couldn’t help but get pumped up right along with the fans in Cincinnati. The Bengalis spent most of the 1990s in the same position the Lions have been in over the last five years - losing seasons, […]