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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: July 15, 2009
The first victim was team president and general manager Matt Millen, who was fired in September during his eighth season running football operations in Detroit. The Lions compiled a dismal 31-97 record since Millen was hired in 2001, which is the worst NFL franchise record over an eight-year period since World War II.
At the end of the season, the Lions also fired head coach Rod Marinelli and most of his staff. Marinelli was hired as the Lions' head coach in 2006 after spending 10 seasons as the defensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he had never been a head coach or even a defensive coordinator prior to his stint with Detroit.
In three seasons as the Lions head coach, Marinelli compiled a pathetic 10-38 recor...
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