The STUPIDEST Press Conference in Detroit Lions HISTORY

In week 2 of the 1976 NFL season, the Detroit Lions defeated the Atlanta Falcons. Moments after the game, Lions owner William Clay Ford announced that he was about to fire head coach Rick Forzano... despite the fact that the Lions won the game. This is the story behind the incredibly awkward, bizarre, and stupid press conference
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Members of the 1976 Lions:
Benny Ricardo
Ian Sunter
Greg Landry
Errol Mann
Joe Reed
Gary Danielson
Herman Weaver
Lem Barney
Levi Johnson
Dexter Bussey
Horace King
Dick Jauron
Maurice Tyler
Reggie Pierson
James Hunter
Ben Davis
Jim Hooks
Bobby Thompson
Lawrence Gaines
Leonard Thompson
Charlie West
Andy Bolton
Bob Picard
Ray Jarvis
Larry Walton
Paul Naumoff
Jim Laslavic
Ed O'Neil
Garth Ten Napel
Charlie Weaver
Lynn Boden
Jon Morris
Ken Long
Bob Kowalkowski
Mark Markovich
Billy Howard
Craig Hertwig
Ernie Price
Russ Bolinger
Larry Hand
Jim Yarbrough
Rocky Freitas
John Woodcock
Doug English
Don Croft
Herb Orvis
Davis Hill
Ken Sanders
Jim Mitchell
JD Hill
Charlie Sanders
Dennis Franklin
William Clay Ford (owner)
Rick Forzano (head coach)
Tommy Hudspeth (interim head coach)

[@saubergt2390]

William Clay Ford was the owner of a big-city NFL team, and yet he did what a regular Madden player would do, except to real people instead of virtual people.

[@DolFan316]

Since my first reply got deleted I'll repeat it. It's no worse than modern teams running their franchises the same way 13-year olds run theirs in Madden with making trades left and right at the drop of a hat.

[@rd-pd8xb]

This is the best version of the Lions uniform.

[@bdup680]

William Clay Ford was probably drunk when he had threatened to fire Forzano. He was known to down several martinis and scotches.

[@derekjtaylor]

William Clay Ford should have just spiked the ball at the press conference.

[@deansch6089]

It would have been intercepted.

[@stuartmartin2615]

But wha would his passer rating be?

[@deansch6089]

@@stuartmartin2615 39.6

[@chrisuncleahmad]

The stupidest press conference in Lions history..... and remarkably it did not involve Matt Millen, Marty Mornhinweg, or Matt Patricia.

[@Nhamp2000]

Darryl Ford was the best. What does a guy have to do to get fired around here? Classic.

[@macmacmac4622]

Sad part is that this is the exact same organization today as it was back then.

[@mangrove]

Those old-school uniforms were beauts.

[@nunestunes]

They should really go back to them

[@DolFan316]

I'll try to comment again since YT wants to erase everything I say today for some odd reason. Pretty much every team's old unis look much better than the fashion faux pas they trot out today.

[@stephaniegormley9982]

6:57 The trademark. BTW This team also had a newbie assistant coach named Bill Belichick. And the Lions coaches and players have never really been the problem. It's the front office and ownership.

[@cdjhyoung]

I think they also had an assistant coach named Don Shula.

[@denisceballos9745]

Rick Forzano never coached again after that debacle with the despotic owner of the Lions. Forzano had exceeded expectations after the tragic demise of Coach McCafferty. But that’s the thanks he got. He deserved better.

[@derekcabanaw1789]

As bad as William Clay Ford was, GM Russ Thomas was 1000 times worse.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@derekcabanaw1789 matt millen says 'what about me?

[@derekcabanaw1789]

@@stevenbauer4799 Millen was incompetent, while Russ Thomas was incompetent and extremely cheap. Monte Clark had somewhat decent seasons in spite of him. You also have to remember that the Packers and Bears (until they got Walter Payton) were mostly terrible.

[@gregoryfilar1783]

No Lions head coach has ever become head coach again after leaving the Lions. Impressive in an odd way

[@DolFan316]

Forzano was the same age I am now that season, and his mom was just a year younger than mine is now, but in this video he looks at least 15 years older than I do. Must be all that stress from coaching. And it turns out he only died 2 years ago at age 90 so getting away from the Fords clearly did him a lot of good.

[@wolverineeagle]

Coaches dying in offseason, players dying on field, players getting killed in weird accidents, players crippled…Lions have seen a lot of tragedy since 1970.

[@macmacmac4622]

add... 2 of the best players in history quit the team ......

[@justinpettit3432]

@@macmacmac4622 And their only legit franchise QB in that time gets traded after 12 seasons

[@JoseGomez-cj1tq]

Who died on the field?

[@anthonybrooks5040]

@@JoseGomez-cj1tq Chuck Hughes.

[@JoseGomez-cj1tq]

@@anthonybrooks5040 Oh wow never heard of that incident. What happen to Chuck Hughes to die on the football field during a game. ?

[@poem2self]

Fired after winning? Jim Caldwell moment

[@marcdaley]

Forzano had an eclectic staff. Belichick, Joe Bugel, Jerry Glanville, Fritz Shurmur, Floyd Reese....and Bob "The last play I called was Pisarcik's fumble in the Meadowlands" Gibson

[@stevenbauer4799]

haha only gibson and pisarcik knew the hand-off was coming. csonka, rest of offense-even the h c did not know that was coming.

[@cdjhyoung]

Jerry Glanville is the name that makes me insane. He put together one of the great passing schemes in league history: the Lions almost couldn't be stopped. But Ford didn't like passing: he wanted smash mouth, old time football. So the Lions got rid of Glanville and most of the receiving talent he had accumulated. And lost, again, and again, and again.

[@jasonking7386]

We may need the top 100,0000 moments in bad Lions history.

[@larrysamhat5862]

What do you expect from a team "rebuilding" since 1957.

[@Busch22Fan]

I forget exactly when, but I remember Larry the Cable Guy once made a Thanksgiving-related joke about this franchise: "We put the turkey in front of the Detroit Lions game, and watched the turkey kill ITSELF this year."

[@dodge96neon]

since the ford family that owns the lions also owns ford motor company; i'm surprised that general motors or chevrolet doesn't do an ad campaign that focuses on the poor job the fords have done in running the lions so why should you think that it would be any different on the quality of vehicles that ford makes

[@baileyfrazier2635]

Thats why I never bought a Ford before Ever now I bought 2.I always figured if you couldn't run a football team your other products were crap.To be be fair my Dad was a GM retiree so I was a legacy buyer and bought GMs.But giving ford a chance now.

[@tedkijeski339]

Imagine an NFL head coach today mowing his own lawn.

[@jamesbowman8138]

Brett Favre loved mowing his lawn

[@tedkijeski339]

@@jamesbowman8138 He mowed his lawn mower? Dude -- that is really hard-core!

[@jamesbowman8138]

@@tedkijeski339 what do u expect its mississippi

[@tedkijeski339]

@@jamesbowman8138 I'm in Alabama -- I promise not to tell anyone.

[@briantracy5529]

Bill Belichick was on the Lions staff at the time. His first NFL position.

[@cdjhyoung]

@@DolFan316 I was a working adult in 1976, but I'm now retired for 4 years.

[@DolFan316]

@@cdjhyoung My mom was too, but retired last year because of the virus.

[@gregoryfilar1783]

They had Don Shula on staff in the 1960s and let him get away too

[@briantracy5529]

@@gregoryfilar1783 I didn’t know that. Thanks for the comment. I have a new Lions mistake to bring up.

[@tedkijeski339]

Belichick was actually on the Colts' staff in 1975 -- you can see him for 1.5 seconds in the NFL Films' retrospective on that Colts' season. He may have been an unpaid intern, however (I can't remember)

[@scottconner7930]

45 Years Ago

[@jewsco]

The Ford family really has screwed over the lions franchise . I don’t know how those poor people can still be fans of that team after all they have been thru. One playoff win since 1957 one

[@joeylawn36111]

IMO if a team is bad for that long, blame ownership/management (and not some silly curse).

[@averydaymond1560]

@@joeylawn36111 Matt Millen was a part of the lions management & he said the team losing wasn’t his fault. Millen’s time there will never be forgotten, he was something else. He deserves a KZbin upload chronicling his time there.

[@DMS-pq8]

@@averydaymond1560 I think Millen just drafted another WR

[@gregoryfilar1783]

Lions record WITH Barry Sanders: 78 and 82. ‘Nuff said?

[@averydaymond1560]

@@DMS-pq8 Well good, he clearly knows what he’s doing.

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

What an awful thing to do to not just the coach, but the players. Can you even begin to imagine the anxiety the players felt knowing that them losing could possibly cost their beloved coach his job?

[@drbonesshow1]

Rick Forzano (1928 - 2019) was a mentor to Bill Belichick and Bill didn't do too bad.

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

@11:12 is when the Lions FINALLY beat the Vikings 20-16 on October 20, 1974 after 13 straight losses to them.

[@Rockhound6165]

In 1993 Bill Bidwill gave head coach Joe Bugel an ultimatum: have a winning season or your fired. Of course Bidwill did nothing to help him have a winner. Ultimately Bugel gets fired, Buddy Ryan comes in and sets the team back 4 years, and the rest is history.

[@matthewdaley746]

Joe Gibbs was a lot like Bill Belichick, phenomenally successful as a head coach, but, no head coaching tree, whatsoever.

[@derekcabanaw1789]

@@matthewdaley746 The funny thing about your comment is that Forzano hired Belichick as WR/TE coach that year before he got fired. In fact, he still runs 2TE packages that he designed in Detroit 45 years ago.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

I think JG9 actually made a video on this! At least on the '93 season where Bugel was made fun of in the paper and I think the players got mad or something like that lol; I think the ultimatum was mentioned at least.

[@chriswahl4139]

Jimmy Johnson had a pretty lousy coaching tree as well, Dave Wandstedt, Norv Turner, Butch Davis, Dave Campo, Dave Shula

[@matthewdaley746]

@@derekcabanaw1789 Reality truly is unrealistic.

[@nasetvideos]

Excellent video. Your ability to tell a story is phenomenal. Another great one today

[@l_Live_In_Oregon]

I was waiting for the "spike the ball to the ground on every single play"!

[@tedkijeski339]

DRINK!

[@nicoleknight9412]

I think that's his favorite expression

[@FatalWarGhost]

Yay Lions content thank you!

[@chadwickwhite6107]

This video is AWESOME!!! It is WAY BETTER than SPIKING the BALL into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!!!

[@rrickydanby]

Must’ve a big Gregg Easterbrook guy. I always think of Gregg when he drops that fact.

[@ConstitutionalRepublic00]

Ford was a terrible owner.

[@vacman91001]

Is their any questions of why the Detroit Loins have only had 1 playoff win since the 1950s? They have really bad owners. I think the NFL will come to an end before the Detroit Loins ever play in a Superbowl!

[@luisreyes1963]

Loins? 🤨

[@worldgovernor2080]

Man, I love this channel!

[@cdjhyoung]

Another great video, but it doesn't go far enough. You really need to do a stand alone video about all the boneheaded decisions William Clay Ford was involved in over his half century of owning the Lions. Fired coaches. Rotten trades. Interfering in play calling. Firing offensive coordinators. Wasted draft picks. What the Lions needed, and still need, is new ownership.

[@matthewdaley746]

They'd need to do a specific video on each member of The Ford Family, some of them might even have multiple parts.

[@cdjhyoung]

@@matthewdaley746 Agreed. Bill Ford wasn't terrible, but he still wasn't up to the task.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@cdjhyoung Indeed, none are ready.

[@joeylawn36111]

....and Matt Millen....

[@matthewdaley746]

@@joeylawn36111 People forgot how swell a player he was because of this association.

[@d0nKsTaH]

There it is.... 6:52 .... there it is. :D

[@anthonyberardi3611]

This was a great video. I'm really in Detroit Lions' history. I love learning about pass coaches.

[@SteelerFanInRI]

The Lions going 13-6 in any given stretch seems like a miracle in modern society.

[@stevenbauer4799]

they won seven in a row to finish '95 season at 10-6.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@DolFan316 yep. barry and the silverdome days. and fontes the hugging coach was entertaining. he could at least get lions up for games. unlike that dud caldwell.

[@cdjhyoung]

@@stevenbauer4799 Wayne Fontes is still the winningest coach in Lions history. He has a better record than even the Championship teams of the 1950's. And he got fired.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@cdjhyoungyep. i think barry liked playing for fontes. then ross came in and tried to run a different offense featuring a fb. like barry needed a blocker in front of him. probably why he bailed on lions after two seasons of ross.

[@DolFan316]

Why are my comments being deleted by YT? I've done nothing wrong.

[@wewin03]

Which is worse than if you spiked the ball into the ground on every single play. It’s a catchphrase at this point.

[@jeromemurphy2572]

Good video and again fair even though I am a lifelong Detroit Lions fan, you did another bang up job sir. Being a Lions fan has not been easy over the years. I appreciate your honesty and factual synopsis of this unfortunate chapter in Lions history. Mr. Forzano gave us great hope with his win at Minnesota. I remember that game. He seemed like a very likeable fellow who really did give it his all.

[@DolFan316]

The '76 Lions' D allowed the 3rd fewest yards, second fewest first downs, and was tied for 3rd in INTs, so at least they were doing something right.

[@stevenbauer4799]

lem barney and james hunter db's, doug english up front. o'neill at lb. the d had some talent.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@Matt Joseph greg landry, j d hill, c. sanders, bussey, altie taylor, freddie scott. It wasn't good enough.

[@chrisjamesr77]

Kinda cool to see old footage of the Lions playing at Tiger Stadium!

[@JoeBobTarheel]

1976 Lions would the season, 6-8 (3rd in NFC Central)

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

_You mean to tell me Matt Patricia never had the worst press conference in Lions history?!?!?!?_

[@lsmftymf]

The words of advice at the end sounds so Captain Obvious.

[@AdamJ617]

Forzano deserved better.

[@levikatriel]

Here are two other disastrous press conferences. 1. In 1969, the patriots coach got injured in a press conference while wrapping up a microphone. 2. In 2001, a press conference caused Payton Manning to feud with Jim Morra.

[@ALTAIR2]

Was that the Playoffs press conference on referring to the Jim Mora one

[@levikatriel]

@@ALTAIR2 Yes. Payton Manning feuded in its aftermath.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The then-Boston Patriots hired Clive Rush as their new head coach after Mike Holovak resigned after nine seasons (1961-68). Rush was the offensive coordinator of the Super Bowl Champion New York Jets. Rush was electrocuted whilst rapping the microphone just he was about to speak at the press conference in 1969. This was the start of the bad times ahead in Pats history.

[@sofaking8228]

I remember when Drunky Bob fired Ted Marchibroda. The Colt players sat out and refused to play until Irsay reinstated Marchibroda. The Lions players should have done the same.

[@matthewdaley746]

They played for the Lions, they, likely, feared this was their last possible stop.

[@tommclain8893]

Always learning from you, footage is fantastic. Thx #OnePride

[@joeylawn36111]

He should have resigned immediately after that IMO.

[@lionsfan7500]

Bill Fords daughter took over the team a couple years ago and I really believe she is doing a fine job and doing way better than her parents did. The culture in the locker room is totally different now and the Lions have a lot of young players that are going to be really good in the next season or two. Also the Lions have 2 number 1 picks in the draft #2 and either #31/32 depending on what the Rams do in the Superbowl. Our GM Brad Holmes had a great first draft and also John Dorsey is a advisor to him and Dorsey has some great drafts in the past. I really believe in the next season or two the Lions will be perennial playoff contender!

[@kekkomartin5848]

Thanks. When you talked about William Clay Ford, and his knowledge and experience, I was drinking. Now I've gotta clean milk off my screen

[@stuartmartin2615]

Do theLions ever not get it wrong?

[@rd-pd8xb]

21 was a QB? No wonder the Lions were winning. They were playing vs college teams.

[@mclohan]

It’s crazy this is the team that drafted Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson.. arguably the best players at their respective positions.

[@nujeru99]

This situation is a microcosm of why the Lions have never even been to a Super Bowl, and haven’t won an NFL title since 1957-their ownership is the absolute PITS, and has been for DECADES

[@rjgoniea]

And it seems that WCF overcompensated for this blunder in his later years. The last 20 years or so fans have been mystified when coaches and GMs with bad records were kept on longer than one would expect. In a more sane franchise, Matt Millen would have been fired as GM long before the Lions finally canned him. How bad was he? During Steve Mariucci's stint as HC in Detroit under Matt's tenure, got word that Drew Brees had interest in the Lions when one of his Chargers contracts was ending. Steve went in to Matt Millen's office and gave him the news. Matt, without any hesitation said "We're set with Joey Harrington at QB." Joey was traded to Miami by the end of Mariucci's stay in Detroit and was out of the league by 2009.

[@LBOOGIEDAMANN]

Do you have roots in Toledo, OH? I ask because I am from there and noticed that you use The Blade for reference a lot.

[@lionsfan7500]

The Lions were a powerhouse before the Ford's bought the team in the early 60's. Ever since awful.

[@joemamaluke]

Do you have a shirt that reads, "...which would be worse than if you spiked the ball every down."? Would totally rock that.

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

www.jg9shop.com We have shirts with that catchphrase along with the 39.6 passer rating. Hoping to have other designs with that phrase soon, but we have some on the store right now

[@jamesage24]

39.6 I bought the shirt last month. Fits perfectly!

[@joemamaluke]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 Thank you! Will order tonight. And thank you for your awesome content. You make vids about stories no one knows and that kinda history is the best kind of history. Keep it up and I hope you get 10 million viewers.

[@tygrkhat4087]

I created a point system to see which NFL teams gave the best bang for the buck. Starting in 1960; so many points are awarded for championships, division titles, wild card berths, etc.; and bonus points for winning seasons, but points deducted for losing seasons. The Cowboys are the number one team overall, with the Patriots a very close second. But 32nd of 32 teams are the Lions. All the expansion teams from 1960 until 2002 have been better than the Lions.

[@stevenbauer4799]

cards are 31. steelers must be high on the list.

[@cdjhyoung]

tygrkhat40 You are a very sick man for compiling such a system, and then broadcasting the results to we the poor Lions fans. We know they're bad. You didn't need to statistically prove it.

[@theecharmingbilly]

Those lion mascots are creepy!! Up there with Oskie the Cal Golden Bear mascot.

[@jaybrick8973]

I went to the last playoff win the lions won last season it was well worth it we don't get them often 😢

[@texasstadium]

Many years ago, Rick Forzano coached the Hower High School team in Akron, Ohio. He wanted my brother to play QB for the team. My Father said 'no, he's a baseball player'. Forzano visited the house and practically begged but the answer was no. The St. Louis baseball Cardinals tried to sign my brother because he was a top flight pitcher. My brother said no. His babe of a girlfriend didn't want him to leave. End of the story. And I have no idea why I am retelling this story now. Who would care?

[@theredscum4202]

So your brother let a girl ruin his future in pro sports?

[@texasstadium]

@@theredscum4202 Yes. And our Father was pissed off for the rest of his life.

[@mclohan]

“For any owners and GMs watching this” lol. Well now you guys know how to handle your Madden franchise!

[@luisvaldes1568]

What's with that little Lion mascot? I saw the vid of 1976 Falcons Tommy Nobis final year.

[@Earthshaker513]

Because of course it had to be the Lions to do something this idiotic.

[@brucedavis3816]

Man talk about being cursed Tommy Hudspeth coached utep to an 0 11.season including loses to Utah 82 6 and Colorado State 74 26!!! I was at the CSU game it was 50 3 at Halftime at Home!!!!

[@NuRm69]

Ford always had a knack for doing the wrong thing

[@PAGoTribe1963]

What's with the lion kid at 6:36?

[@marcus813]

It sounds like William Clay Ford doing William Clay Ford stuff. No wonder the Lions have only one playoff win since the merger.

[@Davepool-hs7vr]

Do a video on Mike Shanahan switching from Donovan McNabb to Rex Grossman?

[@christopherengel7436]

I immediately thought Shan was you. Lol. I love his mustache. Epic. Anyway thought that was you, talk about the face & vioce not matching. Best owner ever Norman Bramen. Ran Reggie White & his defensive partners out of town & wanted to move the Eagles to anywhere else really. Sorry. Let's get back to the video Mr. Shan. I don't doubt that the Ford family wants to win & bring a winner to Detroit but "Wow!". Talk about a lifetimes worth of bad decisions.

[@p47rr]

William Clay Ford is why the Lions have been so bad for so long.

[@ianross806]

What I find laughable about this video, is that he's taking a snapshot of 60 years of Ford family ownership.

[@SamFergusonNE]

I love your repeated catch phrase “…which is a worse QB rating than if the quarterback spiked it into the ground every single time.” What IS a QB rating if a quarterback spikes it into the ground every single time?

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

39.6

[@SamnissArandeen]

Is that how they run their car business? Jesus, you'd think after that level of ineptitude the NFL would step in somehow.

[@goalscorerlajon]

This video is worse than if all you did was spike the ball on every single play. 😉

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

And this is why William Clay Ford was by far the worst owner in not only the NFL but in professional sports. And the Ford family is keeping up that tradition.

[@stevenbauer4799]

At least lions won a few division titles and a playoff home under the hugging coach capt. wayne-0 fontes. lions were at least tuff in the silverdome and would put it together once thanksgiving game came around. Remember the red hot '95 team that won its last seven in a row after an 0-3 start going from 3-6 to 10-6. Then got whooped 58-37 at eagles as eagles score 31 pts. in second quarter, pick off scott mitchell 6 times as lions commit 7 turnovers as barry sanders is held to 40 yds. rushing. I gave up all hope after that season. Meanwhile capt. wayne-0 was out after '96 season. Then came bobby ross, the barry walk-out a day before '99 training camp, the ross walk out 9 games into '00 season, former um drunken coach moeller and the infamous stoney case in as starter for a crucial week 16 game for playoff vs bears, then matt millen and his array of m coaches, rod and 0-16, schwartzie and his throwing a challenge flag on an unchallegeble play, megatron walking out on lions in '16, caldwell sitting idly by and not challenging a key play late in bengal loss with lions still clinging to faintest of playoff hopes late '17 season, blah, blah, blah.... lions need to be nuked from the nfl landscape.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@DolFan316 haha and thanks. that would be like a urinating tree video. a history of lions #k ups.

[@cdjhyoung]

Damn Steve Bauer, your memory is just too good. I sometimes wonder if the Lions aren't controlled by some bookie playing crazy games with the over/under. The Lions can have great talent, and still not be able to win. And look at how many great players quit, not because of injury or not being at the top of their game, but because the front office screwed them over? Calvin Johnson and Barry Sanders are the two biggest ones on this list, but they are not alone.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@cdjhyoungthanks. I am not old like old man old but have been a fan...or at least know their sorry history going back to mid 70's. and unfortunately matt s. suffered for 12 seasons as well not seeing a div title, home playoff game, or playoff victory.

[@DolFan316]

My comments are being erased by YT and I have no idea why.

[@aarondersnah863]

Don't forget, the Eagles QB in the 58-37 playoff game was none other than former Lion, Rodney Peete.

[@davefairburn3298]

Bill Ford was one who was too good hearted to get a GM & Head Coach to bring out the best in a team. That is why they haven't been to the playoffs a regular basis & never been to the Super Bowl. I have no idea why he stayed with Wayne Fontes either, except he Barry Sanders. What team wouldn't look good with Barry Sanders. Now his daughter is running the show & hopefully results will cast a change for the good.

[@kevincrozier8625]

Only complaint I have is tired of hearing the phrase "it would like downing the ball on every play". Is there a reason that statement has to be in every video?

[@kennethprice8710]

Guess Jerry Jones isn't the worst NFL owner ever.lol

[@marcdaley]

Strange story with no recency bias! www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32018702/detroit-lions-rb-craig-reynolds-scores-first-career-td-day-tryout-introduced-huddle

[@johncanning731]

WCF has been the Best and Worst owner in the league.. all in the same breath..

[@buster60341]

The Detroit Lions are the worst organization in the NFL but that is why Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson retire in their prime

[@luisreyes1963]

So the Lions stank on ice since 1970, maybe the franchise is in need of an exorcism? 😝

[@stevenbauer4799]

wcf should have given up ownership of lions right then. And don't forget morningwig after bear ot loss in '03 when addressing why he gave bears the ball after winning ot coin toss and losing in ot. 'we didn't like the wind conditions' at soldier field. Just more curse of the #kn fords. I hope they sell to Gilbert one day.

[@the79]

Looks like Henry Ford's family line got dummer and dummer with every preceding generation.

[@mamaluigi2064]

Knowing the history of the Lion's since The Ford family bought the team I am not shocked about this at all Just a flat-out dysfunctional organization

[@stevenzimmerman4057]

Forzano deserved better....Ford is a buffoon! ( And I am a Vikings fan!)

[@strongereveryday2302]

Will you stop saying "which is worse than if he had spiked the ball to the ground on every single play.." in EVERY SINGLE VIDEO!

[@thereilneid2868]

Lions fan's please everyone STOP. The Ford's are NOT selling the team. Plenty of the Ford family to step in. If it happens, none of us will be around to see it. This video is just 1 of a million franchise f-up's. Made 2 HOF'ers quit, 1 playoff win in 60 yrs. But I love my Lions Sheila Ford & all the new hires have me feeling the best since I started watching in 1970.

[@stevenbauer4799]

sheila hemp ford is s#it. just another bottom line make a profit to he-ll with winning ford owner. Do you ever wonder why lions never get the top coaching candidates or gm's? they need the nfl's #kn help just to compile a list. Then they throw darts at a board when it comes time to pick one.

[@cdjhyoung]

There are only eleven Ford Family members left with a stake in the Ford fortune,. One of them might slip up and sell the Lions someday. You never know. But I doubt I'll live long enough to see it happen.

[@DolFan316]

Someone just needs to accuse the Ford of being bigots and the NFL would make them sell the team tomorrow.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@DolFan316 HAHA worked with sterling and marge schott. and that atl dream woman owner.

[@DolFan316]

@@stevenbauer4799 You forgot Jerry Richardson having to sell the Panthers after being accused of sexual misconduct, or maybe it was bigotry as well.

[@stevenbauer4799]

I blame dan marino for some of that '90's misery. If marino doesn't blow out his achilles in '93 season scott #kn mitchell never comes in as a starter and looks like an all pro a few games. Then lions never foolishly throw all of that $$$ at mitchell as a free agent to be their starter. mitchell had one big season before morphing into one of the nfl's biggest f a busts at qb (not albert hainseworth bad but bad enough). That was brock osweillereque stupid on lions behalf. I remember a game early in '98 season when mitchell threw two bone head picks that cost lions a game vs. bengals. Bobby ross planted him to the bench for the rest of the season. He never starts a game for lions ever again. Lions should have just kept erik kramer at qb. He may not have had the arm mitchell did but he was a more efficient qb who led lions to their only playoff victory in 60 + years. Wandstatt and bears took notice of that victory and gave kramer a free agent deal after lions went with mitchell based on kramer picking the boys apart in that '91 playoff win wandstatt the bear coach saw first hand as boys d coordinator.

[@matthewdaley746]

Most people remember AH for stepping on that player's head.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@matthewdaley746 Yep. That and stealing $100 million from snyder.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@stevenbauer4799 At least it was an owner that several people despise.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@matthewdaley746 True, i'm sure a lot of folks were glad danny boy got ripped off. Especially titans who didn't re-sign AH.

[@matthewdaley746]

@@stevenbauer4799 I read somewhere the NFL was going to suspend him two Games, with pay, the Titans suspended him five Games, without pay.

[@karlcooper8460]

The Lions are as much of a joke now as they were then I'm from Detriot nothing has changed and nothing will until the team is sold.

[@williamhild1793]

I feel so bad for The Lions. It seems like over the last 40 to 50 years that The Lions will string together 2-3-4 good seasons, then go into hibernation for 10-15 years. They just can't get any sustained momentum going.

[@karlcooper8460]

@@williamhild1793 they are cursed look up the history under the Ford ownership William Clay Ford became majority owner of the Lions on the day JFK was assassinated,Chuck Hughes dying....

[@deansch6089]

When the jest do stuff like this, it's hysterical. When the loins do it, somehow it's just sad. I mean, imagine the fans. It's bad enough living in detroit but then you have this. At least jest fans live in new york. Nevermind, that's just as bad. Maybe even worse.

[@alecmullaney7957]

Misspelling the Jets and Lions...

[@deansch6089]

@@alecmullaney7957 Thank you Captain Obvious.

[@GK-ev5rd]

Like anybody cares.It was 40 years ago