HäMMëR’s Top-10 Personnel Moves by Detroit Lions GM Martin Mayhew

July 27, 2010   ·   John Farrier   ·   Jump to comments

If you knew me on mlive when the Detroit Lions announced that Martin Mayhew had been promoted to general manager, and that an exhaustive search had not been completed, and yet the Villen’s deputy would be elevated, you know how improbable this article really is. Let’s face it, what Detroit Lions fans really wanted the ownership to announce that senior vice president Martin Mayhew, another front office hire with no general manager experience, the “No. 2” man behind former “OwenXVI Champions” construct Matt Millen, was being promoted to lead the future of the franchise? It sure as heck wasn’t me. Not surprising, Sir Winston Churchill has a timely quote for almost any occasion: “In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.” This is yet another one of those times during the early formation of this administration where I’m humbly glad to be…...

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