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Matt Millen Should Not be on TV

Posted on October 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM.

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Matt Millen was once considered a great announcer. I used to love listening to him and valued his opinions. His views on the game were so respected he was able to land the general manager’s job with the Detroit Lions. And over the next eight years he went on to prove that he knew nothing about how to build a team and build a winner. In fact, he proved the exact opposite en route to becoming the worst general manager of any sports franchise in the history of professional sports.

So why were TV networks in such a rush to hire this guy? He WAS a great announcer. But that was because people trusted and valued his input as a former player and talking football head. The credibility he once had with viewers is gone. While Millen may still make relevant points while working on college of NFL games, how can anyone take him seriously? When he talks about how great a player is should I believe him or laugh since he proved in his time in Detroit that he knew nothing about what makes a player great? When he talks about what a team needs to do in order to win, should I take that advice as better than mine or just hit the mute button as his dismal winning percentage with the Lions proved he doesn’t know what it takes to win?

SI’s Peter King feels Millen’s past reputation as a great announcer should be maintained despite what he did in Detroit but that’s foolish. If you thought your financial advisor was great and he went bankrupt, would you keep listening to his advice? Absolutely not. You’d pull your money and move on. Matt Millen is a not a football genius. He’s just another talking head without a shred of credibility. I can no longer stand listening to him.

Comments

# 1 DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ @ Oct 14

Yeah, I feel the same way. Everytime I see the guy on TV, I am thinking, "Loser." But, I guess anything is an improvement over Emmitt Smith.

# 2 rudyjuly2 @ Oct 14

Pete Fiutak just wrote something similar on CFN (http://cfn.scout.com/2/908564.html).

Those who can’t do, teach, and those who can’t general manage, analyze … Matt Millen gets a bit of a bad rap (who wouldn’t have drafted Charles Rogers?) and he really is a pretty decent analyst, but at least five times per broadcast I can’t help but think, “man, the Lions are still really, really bad.” Hearing him criticize is like getting diet tips from Oprah.

# 3 wheelman990 @ Oct 14

I stopped listening to Matt Millen in 99, when he couldnt get Barry Sanders on the field. From the video I saw, he was even a little rude and forceful with Sanders. Millen should have taken note when Art Moddel pushed a little, and Jim Brown left the game.