Lions Vice Chair Bill Ford Jr. Says He Would Have Fired Millen

Ford Jr. Feels Lions President Should Resign

WRITING IS ON THE WALL? ESPN's Chris Mortensen said Lions Owner William Clay Ford Sr. is "very loyal to his employees to the detriment of the organization and obviously, Matt Millen has not been willing to fall on his sword, so to speak” ("Monday Night Countdown," ESPN, 9/22). In Detroit, Michael Rosenberg writes Ford Jr. is "putting pressure" on Millen and Ford Sr. to end their seven-plus-year relationship, and it "just might work." In looking at the Lions organization, "there is a perception that nobody cares." Rosenberg: "Well Bill Ford Jr. cares. Other prominent people in the Lions organization would like to see Millen fired, too." And though Millen is "incompetent, he isn't stupid -- he knows Ford Jr. and others want him gone." Rosenberg: "It's time, Matt. Time to acknowledge that Bill Ford Jr. is right. Time to give William Clay Ford Sr. an easy, painless way out of your relationship" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 9/23). Also in Detroit, Bob Wojnowski writes Millen "should do the honorable thing and walk away, today, tomorrow, soon." Ford Sr. "has been too loyal (or gutless) to fire him, so Millen should resign, for the good of all involved." (DETROIT NEWS, 9/23). But in Detroit, Mitch Albom writes while Ford Jr. is "being hailed now for finally stating what fans have been saying for years, he should be chided for only saying half of it. The part he left out was this: 'Oh, and my Dad should go as well'" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 9/23).

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