Matt Millen goes hunting with Terry Bradshaw
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Hey, Matt, do you remember that dog you had named Max? Whatever happened to him?
This story may not be true, but this is what your gallivanting author overheard.
Matt Millen was going quail hunting and he wanted to impress his friends, like Terry Bradshaw and other NFL guys.
So, Matt goes to this specialized dog hunting store and explains his plight to the store owner and insists that money is no object.
The store owner winks and says, “We have just the thing you want. Come out back.”
Once they go out back, the owner looks at this ordinary dog and says, “Max, find some quail.”
The dog immediately points towards a bush and paws the ground twice and barks 3 times.
“What does that mean?” asks Matt.
The store owner explains pawing twice and barking 3 times means there are 5 quail in the bush. The owner then threw a stone at the bush and, sure enough, 5 quail flew out.
Matt smiles, pays for the dog, and embarks on his hunting trip.
The first morning in the hunting camp, Matt brags about his special dog and looks over to Max and says, “Max, find some quail.”
The dog starts humping Matt’s leg, runs around in circles, and picks up a stick and shakes it. Matt Millen is horrified. He does not want to look like a fool!
“Max, find some quail.”
Again the dog starts humping Matt’s leg again, runs in circles again, and picks up a stick and shakes it.
Matt is so embarrassed that he takes Max, leaves the camp, and heads directly for the specialized dog hunting store.
When Matt gets there and explains his story, the store owner just laughs and laughs.
“You stupid fool, Max was just trying to tell you there was more frickin quail around than you can shake a stick at!”
Max is played by Coach Rod Marinelli
Well, it appears that Marinelli has a lot of input in the draft and is very happy with all the top prospects and trying to help Matt sort out what to do.
It appears that the Lions will be the team shaping the top of the draft.
Fortunately, there are more frickin opportunities around the 2nd pick than you can shake a stick at.
This will be a hard draft for Matt to screw up. In fact, look for Millen to do something great here.
NFL Football Fan Question If you were Matt, what would you do with the 2nd pick?
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2 opinions for Matt Millen goes hunting with Terry Bradshaw
Ron B Free
Apr 8, 2007 at 7:43 am
Don’t tell me you are becoming a Matt Millon fan? I may have to send a Cylon to terminate you (or maybe you are a Cylon impersonating the Squibster). Actually, I just took 10 days off from work to spend time bonding with the family over Spring Break. After the first ten minutes of bonding (the wife said that was quite enough…I think she was worried about the kids being overexposed to my less than normal brain waves and thought patterns) I was free to spend my time thinking about what else….sports. Ok, I said to myself. What is so different about the major sports teams in Detroit and their levels of success (during my lifetime)? The Lions (frightfully bad almost every year, never in the playoffs). The Tigers (went from worst to best in American League in 3 short years, World Champions in 68,84, contenders last year and probably again this year). The Pistons (3 NBA crowns and in the playoffs almost every year). The Wings (several Stanley Cups and a threat to win it again this year). All four teams have very rich owners who are willing to spend money on facilites, team planes, nice hotels, plenty of bling for the players when they produce, big contracts to free agents every year etc etc. What makes these teams different is that the Tiger’s, Wing’s and Piston’s owners hire experienced, well respected, smart, level headed general managers who know how to acquired the right players, hire the right managers and build their organization from within, so that they can compete year in and year out. Good players from around the league want to come to Detroit to play for these teams. When guality players come to Detroit they see enjoy playing on these teams, they repect the managers and want to stay here. Sports is about winning and winning is fun. Good players want to end each season by contending for a title. Loosing year after year sucks the life out of a player and the fans who follow the team. The Ford family that owns the Lions have all the money in the world but run their football team the same way they run their automobile company. Not investing in the right people to run the organization, they fail to deliver a quality product. Though they have and old established product line (Ford vehicles, Lions football) they have been passed by by younger companies that are smarter, more aggressive and produce a better product. It all starts at the top and the ability to hire quality people that have the right vision and have the ability to implement it. Matt Millin is arguably the worst GM in the NFL. The Fords hird a guy with no front office experience and made him one of the best paid GMs in the NFL. After several years to prove his incompetence on the job they even gave him a 5 year contract extension. As long as the Fords own this team and continue to hire guys like Millon the team is doomed. It’s sad too because the Detroit fans deserve more. That being said, Ford runs his team like a business and the fans are getting what they deserve. As long as the public buys his mediocre cars and trucks, as long as his fans continue filling up Ford Field every NFL sunday and continue to buy his $6.00 beers and $10.00 nachos, nothing will change in Detroit. In the business world money talks and until the public quits buying what the Fords are selling they (the Fords) have no reason to do anything different than they have done every year the last 51 years of my life. Sad but true.
James
Apr 8, 2007 at 5:26 pm
The price of the beer went down? Woo hoo!
Squibster is Cylon. Cylon root for Lions. Cylon root for Lions. Can’t change programming.
No really, only 6 buck beers?
Millen is a joke, certifiable.
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