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GuRu
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 Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: Detroit Lions "Walk-Out" scheduled..... |
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Walk-Out Announced for Detroit Lions Game
Detroit, Michigan December 11, 2006: Numerous Lions forumite Herbert Nicholl Jr aka Honolulublue (www.geocities.com/lionsfan40/page5.html) has officially announced an "Walk-Out" as a means of protest of the Detroit Lions December 24, 2006 football game against the Chicago Bears. This protest is in direct response to the refusal of Team Owner and Chairman William Clay Ford to fire President and CEO Matt Millen. The Detroit Lions under President and CEO Matt Millen have failed to live up to the standards of a professional football team and have the worst record of any team in the National Football League since his hire on January 9, 2001.
As a means of protest, Herbert Nicholl Jr is asking fans to walk out or no show the December 24, 2006 Detroit Lions' home game. Walking out serves the following purposes.
Send the message that enough is enough and that change at the top is needed. President and CEO Matt Millen has had six seasons to turn the team around and promised that he wanted to win and wanted to win now, he has failed to do so. Has drafted multiple busts every season since taking over as President and CEO. Has hired/fired three different coaches, and none have shown success. The Detroit Lions under President and CEO Matt Millen are 23-70 overall and are 5-41 on the road. No General Manager in NFL history has been able to keep his job this long with a record of such futility as Millen has.
This protest calls for the fans of the Detroit Lions to "walk-out" of the Christmas Eve game with eight minutes and fifty seven seconds remaining in the second quarter. Everyone should meet in the main atrium by "The Roar and More" and with three minutes and fifty seven seconds remaining, everyone that is there start chanting in unison our rallying cry, "Fire Millen!" Then at halftime, everyone involved, orderly and politely walk out of the stadium to show Team Owner and Chairman William Clay Ford their disgust with his inaction. This action is directed at the management of the team and not the players on the field which I will continue to support.
For more information on the "Walk-Out," please contact me at lionsfan40@yahoo.com
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Lakerman JSJ
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, imagine if they were to get everyone out of the stadium and it's an NFL game played in front of an empty house.
Obviously since Detroit is in such close proximity to Chicago, they'll be plenty of Bears fans in the house that will obviously stick around for the entire game.
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bumrusherer
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Taking things too far 101.
Its just Sports...no need to be asking for a man to lose his job while a game is in progress.
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John3:16
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Boba101
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| If Raiders fans organized a walkout, Al Davis would assemble a winning team within 1 week just to ruin things. |
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westcoast21
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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great idea, spend money which goes to the organization, and then walk out.
So pretty much the fans lose out on watching a game and the organization still profits from the ticket sales. that will show them for sure 
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Frank The Tank
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| Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| bumrusherer wrote: |
Taking things too far 101.
Its just Sports...no need to be asking for a man to lose his job while a game is in progress. |
Why not? |
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bumrusherer
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| Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| bumrusherer wrote: |
Taking things too far 101.
Its just Sports...no need to be asking for a man to lose his job while a game is in progress. |
Why not? |
It cant wait until the end of the game..or the end of the season?
Support the players until the end and then do what you like.
Just my 2 pence/cents.
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Milton Enjoys Scrabble
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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I heard barely anybody walked out.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Milton Enjoys Scrabble wrote: |
| I heard barely anybody walked out. |
sounds detroit like
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Come on, Detroit fans. If you want to stage a protest, you need more than 100 people to get up out of their seats. The Millen Man March looked more like a giant men's room break. |
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GuRu
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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100 people.
Idiots.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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I see the team and fans are similar.....idiots.. 
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Matt Millen grew up not far from where I did (although he's my dad's age, not mine). My dad played against him in high school sports. Millent is a "local boy", but he is horrendous as a GM. He should be fired, and I applaud the effort. Sometimes you have to send a message even if it's a weak one.
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