OT: Bipartisan group of MI legislators petition Sheila Ford Hamp to hire Robert Saleh as next Lions HC
It's nice to see elected officials reaching consensus on our most important issues.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:08 AM ^
I thought the Lions couldn't get any worse. But now the government wants to take part in running the team? I guess it can always get worse.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:24 PM ^
l remember after a game in which Stafford played poorly I had a guy tell me that we should trade him because 'it can't get worse'.
It's the Lions, it can *always* get worse.
December 4th, 2020 at 5:11 PM ^
Well, perhaps it can get better, though. These politicians have all the answers to the football matters, including getting the Lions a Super Bowl Trophy. The next letter this group will send will be to Robert Kraft. After congratulating him on dodging that little massage parlor matter in Florida, they'll point out that it's not a good look that one team has 6 Super Bowl trophies and another team (the Lions) has zero. Wouldn't it be great, therefore, if he would share one of them with the Lions?
December 4th, 2020 at 12:37 PM ^
If you like your coach you can keep your coach?
December 4th, 2020 at 12:50 PM ^
The political establishment refers to it as "Government Participation". It's become expected in almost everything these day's.
December 4th, 2020 at 3:49 PM ^
Paying taxes has got to be the single worst investment anyone could ever make. Do your f-ing job! A pandemic unlike this country has ever seen before and these assholes appear to have free time on their hands.
December 4th, 2020 at 8:32 PM ^
Guess more important decisions like the State Doughnut will be put off. Of course MA is ahead on this, couple years ago made Boston Cream the state doughnut.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:55 PM ^
Well technically they aren't any worse.
December 4th, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^
The term is eminent domain. It might apply at this stage with the Lions. Confiscate the team.
December 4th, 2020 at 3:49 PM ^
The term you want is "summary condemnation as a public nuisance."
December 5th, 2020 at 9:01 AM ^
Well, technically, the Federal Government runs a lot of teams through the military academies.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:11 AM ^
Vlad, you should know, this board is a POLITICS free zone!
December 4th, 2020 at 11:16 AM ^
Although I am a fan of Saleh and wouldn't mind him being the choice, these guys need to keep their nose out of it.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:07 PM ^
But they can't help themselves. It's an opportunity to score points with various constituencies at no cost in an area which they have no influence whatsoever. If Saleh gets hired they can claim some credit. If he isn't they can say they tried. If he's hired and fails nobody will remember.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:44 PM ^
I agree with the entirety of your post and I also like that you used of "if" in your last sentence when pertaining to the Lions.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:16 AM ^
I like Saleh, but there cannot be a bigger kiss of death than combining the Lions incompetence with politicians.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:55 PM ^
Yep. This is evidence for the truism "no matter how bad things are, they could always get worse."
Instead of the current ownership, we could always have the government run the Lions!
December 4th, 2020 at 11:19 AM ^
I’m sure these hard working politicians have all the other issues solved and have plenty of time to give their vast knowledge to a sports team.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:20 AM ^
Taking armchair QB’ing and coaching to a whole new level.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:27 PM ^
"As your representative...I pledge to make the Lions run the bad plays less....and the touchdown plays more"
December 4th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
Can we get same for UM football "I pledge to make them stop running into the middle of stacked boxes"
December 4th, 2020 at 11:20 AM ^
So it's come to this. What a perfect ending to 2020 - legislative mandates outlining preferred Detroit Lions coaching candidates. Democracy in action, just as our Founding Fathers envisioned.
December 4th, 2020 at 1:15 PM ^
I’m not sure that you understand what the phrase “legislative mandate” means.
December 4th, 2020 at 2:14 PM ^
Agree. I should say "legislative advice". But "mandate" generates more clicks (isn't that how the internet works?).
December 4th, 2020 at 3:23 PM ^
Ben Franklin did write a letter to the Royal Academy about farting, so the founding fathers were clearly not immune to the writing of stupid letters.
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/to-the-royal-academy-of-farting/
December 4th, 2020 at 11:21 AM ^
I petition the Lions to hire Kwame Kilpatrick to be the GM from federal prison. Solid football experience and the ability to make deals.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:02 PM ^
I petition the Lions to hire Guliani to run the game clock and scoreboard. #SuperBowlBound
December 4th, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
"I have tons of evidence that Chicago didn't really score a touchdown. The Lions won easily."
This came from a Guliani press conference at Cheetah's of Windsor.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:13 PM ^
GREAT IDEA! When the Lions lose in the last minute Giuliani can claim the game was...
- stolen by leftist referees and/or
- clock malfunction and/or
- the opponents got five downs during the winning drive and/or
- the TV networks are biased and have their thumb on the scale and/or
- whatever the hell else he can think of.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:14 PM ^
Drunk chick as play by play announcer?
December 4th, 2020 at 12:17 PM ^
Stormy Daniels with the color commentary.
December 4th, 2020 at 1:25 PM ^
Not sure about Stormy, think she might suck!!!!!
December 4th, 2020 at 4:07 PM ^
Not without getting paid.
December 4th, 2020 at 5:19 PM ^
I think that’s a picture of Britney Spears.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:15 PM ^
I worry that his hair dye would short circuit the control board...
December 4th, 2020 at 11:23 AM ^
Politicians can do important things. Why such a blatant grab for publicity, when they know it will have no effect, except to make them look foolish?
December 4th, 2020 at 11:30 AM ^
Rhetorical.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:34 AM ^
Politicians don't see 'foolish', they see attention and free press on something the public actually cares about. Saleh is a really good candidate, comes from Dearborn, and is a minority. From a politicians viewpoint all the boxes are checked for a good news cycle.
If they endorsed Harbaugh half the electorate would cringe...
December 4th, 2020 at 12:01 PM ^
His Dearborn roots and Lebanese heritage might be relevant to the state representative that proposed this, but I'm not sure what it matters to the other 35 reps that signed on.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:14 PM ^
They believe it puts them on the side of goodness and righteousness.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:24 AM ^
This is just weird
December 4th, 2020 at 11:27 AM ^
He may be a qualified candidate but this makes it really weird and awkward. If he were hired it would look like the state legislature is calling the shots.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:29 AM ^
Need a “State of Michigan man” to understand the NFC North rivalries and Lions’ culture.
December 4th, 2020 at 12:11 PM ^
Matt LeFleur is already taken.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:33 AM ^
Politicians are the worst. I can’t think of another group of individuals opinion that I would care less about.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:34 AM ^
FWIW as ridiculous as this request seems on the surface they are actually spot-on in their recommendation. Last year my Browns had the HC vacancy down to three candidates: Saleh, McDaniels and Stefanski so as an avid Browns fan I spent quite a bit of time trying to find out about all three. And as good as Stefanski as done this year for the Browns (amazing what happens when you hire an intelligent HC and pair him with an equally intelligent GM) I think Saleh would have also succeeded.
He's the real deal IMO. Perhaps the Lions should consider adding the legislators as their de-facto GM. They would do better than whatever process led them to pick Patricia.
December 4th, 2020 at 11:34 AM ^
Can't work together for COVID aid to vulnerable people and businesses, but can work together to tell the Lions what to do. I thought it would be just a handful of idiots, but 36? Jesus Christ. I get it for the guy from Dearborn's district - promote your area and I'm assuming Saleh has an Arab background due to name and area he's from. But everybody else?
December 4th, 2020 at 11:38 AM ^
But shouldn't we laud the bipartisan spirit?
/s
December 4th, 2020 at 11:43 AM ^
Agree this just exposes the disfunction and ridiculousness of todays political environment. The only reason this has "bipartisan" support is because neither side will lose any support/money from constituents. Actually helping people or fixing things always seems to piss off certain people so they can't possibly work on those things together, but FOOTBAW!!!!! everyone can get behind that right!!!!!