Chavez Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I think Millen's credibility as an analyst might be shot. Matt Millen, fired by the Detroit Lions in September after seven forgettable seasons as team president, served as an analyst during NBC’s Super Bowl pregame show on Sunday, and the local television station made the most of the appearance. Each time Millen showed up on-screen during the broadcast, WDIV in Detroit - the city’s NBC affiliate - ran the following crawl across the bottom of the screen: “Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the history of the NFL. Knowing his history with the team, is there a credibility issue as he now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports? ...” The offending clip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 “Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the history of the NFL. Knowing his history with the team, is there a credibility issue as he now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports? ...” Why wasn't NBC smart enough to figure this out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 The best part about it is that they ran it every time (at least that I saw) they went to the studio. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Pimp Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 The best part about it is that they ran it every time (at least that I saw) they went to the studio. Good times. I get the Detroit NBC feed up here in Winnipeg and noticed it too. After a few minutes of that I had to switch to my Seattle feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebdog Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) we get the Detroit feed where i'm at and everyone at our superbowl gathering thought it was hysterical. hey, if the Lions organization doesn't want to clean things up, then maybe embarrassing them until they do is called for. Edited February 5, 2009 by rebdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 “Matt Millen was president of the Lions for the worst eight-year run in the history of the NFL. Knowing his history with the team, is there a credibility issue as he now serves as an analyst for NBC Sports? ...” Why wasn't NBC smart enough to figure this out? and why did it take detroit so long?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 and why did it take detroit so long?!?!? It took Mr Ford a long time, not Detroit. Didn't he extend Millen's contract after several fan revolts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suture Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 on the one hand, I'm surprised that an affiliate would do that! on the other, it's rather reasonable. I was shocked that NBC would do that. When they introduced him, they talked about his playing career and I found it interesting that they didn't mention one word about him destroying a franchise. Sir I believe in our current society, there's not much to be shocked about anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thats a pretty ballsy call by the Exec Producer of WDIV. I've seen pink slips issued for less. PRetty freaken funny though I gotta give em that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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