Tuesday, January 06, 2009

More Matt Millen?

Maybe the Super Bowl will be worth watching after all. Why? ’Cause NBC went and hired Matt Millen as an expert commentator for the special event.

Matt who, you may be saying? Well, that would be the same Matt Millen -- former NFL player and TV analyst -- who was GM of the Detroit Lions for the past seven years.

And yes, during Millen’s mismanagement, the Lions went 31-84. That’s one of the worst records in football — in any sport — over that span. This year, of course, Millen’s misfits went 0-16. They’re the first team to lose all 16 games in a season since the NFL went to a 16-game season.

I guess if the Lions could’ve figured out a way to win one lousy game Millen would still be kicking around MoTown promising, “Wait’ll next year.”

Finally, even the lowly Lions had enough, and Matt was canned.

I don’t know what Mediocre Matt should do with the rest of his life, but it should not involve football — much less the mother-of-all football gigs like the Super Bowl.

Hiring Matt Millen as an expert commentator for the Big Bowl is like hiring Bernard Madoff as a financial planner.

Hiring Matt Millen as an expert commentator for the Big Bowl is like hiring Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich as an ethics advisor.

Hiring Matt Millen as an expert commentator for the Big Bowl is like hiring Amy Winehouse as a substance abuse counselor.

… The point I’m trying to make is, MATT MILLEN HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS TO EARN THIS HIGHLY COVETED SLOT! ... IN FACT, HE IS NOT QUALIFIED TO SELL HOT DOGS AT POP WARNER GAMES OR HOLD A SIDELINE FIRST-DOWN MARKER IN A REC LEAGUE!

Other than that, the game should be interesting.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Someone listened to ESPN radio this morning and found some material didn't they?

Anonymous said...

"Someone" is singular; "they" is plural. Further, a dependent clause and an independent clause should be set off with a comma. Thus, the sentence should read "Someone listened to ESPM radio this morning and found some material, didn't he?"

Unless specified otherwise, "he" is always gender-neutral.

-- The Phantom Grammarian