The Explorers Club
Question No. 3: A troika from the Vietnam War: the Battle of Ia Drang, the Siege of Khe Sanh, and the Son Tay raid.





Fire Millen & Marinelli
23-70, Mr. Millen, 2-11 on the year. Have you no decency? Also, Jon Kitna, whom Rod Marinelli regards as Dan Marino, Bob Griese, Dan Fouts, and Jim Kelly rolled into one man, threw three interceptions and extended his streak of having thrown at least one interception per game to eleven consecutive games. Fire Millen above all else, but Marinelli should also be fired.

Addendum: Rod Marinelli's essentially first act as head coach of the Lions was to get rid of Joey Harrington. Marinelli was convinced that the Lions could never win with Joey as the starting quarterback. After Harrington's replacement, the goonish Jon Kitna, threw three interceptions and gave up a fumble during last week's fall-from-ahead loss to the New England Patriots, Marinelli declared Kitna the starting QB for not just the rest of this season, but next year as well. Today, Kitna threw three interceptions and gave up a fumble; deja vu all over again. Harrington, coincidentally both the quarterback Marinelli was certain could never lead the Lions to victory and the quarterback who thoroughly outplayed Kitna on Thanksgiving Day, spent his afternoon engineering a three-touchdown victory over Tom Brady and the Patriots.

I want Matt Millen to be fired, but the reality is that he isn't going to be fired, not for years and years and years. But head coaches come and go. In the short term, the best way to improve the Lions is to fire Rod Marinelli and his man-crush Jon Kitna. Fire Marinelli!

BTW South Song of the Day
Less Than Jake, "We, the Uninspired" from the Absolution for Idiots and Addicts EP (Mt. Love)