Lions fire Martz

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The Detroit Lions have fired offensive coordinator Mike Martz and promoted offensive line coach Jim Colleto and wide receivers coach Kippy Brown to run the offense in his place, a source in the organization told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

Colleto will be named offensive coordinator and remain as the offensive line coach, while Brown is being promoted to assistant head coach and passing game coordinator, and will also serve as running backs coach.

In other changes, the Lions promoted Shawn Jefferson from offensive assistant to wide receivers coach. and fired Martz's son, Tim Martz, as an offensive assistant.

On Sunday, after their season ended with a loss to the Green Bay Packers, members of the Lions offense said the blame should be on them.

"You can keep changing coaches, but every time you change them that's a new system,'' said quarterback Jon Kitna. "The reality is, the games that we lost, the majority, the times that things didn't go right, it was self-inflicted stuff.

"It wasn't a coaching thing where you were outcoached or they weren't putting you in a position to be successful. There were plays to be made, and we didn't make them for whatever reason that is.''

However, Martz is not expected to be out of work for long. According to media reports, the San Francisco 49ers will seek him out as a replacement for current offensive coordinator Jim Hostler.

Martz led the St. Louis Rams to the playoffs in four of his five full seasons as a head coach, including a Super Bowl after the 2001 season, and helped the franchise win the 2000 Super Bowl as offensive coordinator. The Rams went 51-29 in the regular season and 54-33 overall during his five full seasons as coach.

ESPN NFL reporter Chris Mortensen contributed to this report, which contains information from The Associated Press.

[drewshow]

Cause he is the root of our problems....

[MidTennWiley]

huge mistake imo

[Bisket]

lmao @ the lions

[westcoastO]

not martz fault his D gives up 50 point games like they are going out of style though is it?

[pwherr]

MooMoo sucks

[drewshow]

Originally Posted by westcoastO

not martz fault his D gives up 50 point games like they are going out of style though is it?

Exactly. You have the worst D in the leauge, a QB that should be a backup, but it is the the OC's fault. FIRE MILLEN!!

[westcoastO]

Originally Posted by drewshow

Exactly. You have the worst D in the leauge, a QB that should be a backup, but it is the the OC's fault. FIRE MILLEN!!

kitna started off pretty good, but again not so much his fault that he gets sacked and knocked on his ass around 15 times a game... Millen, its time to go buddy

[TTB]

How about some o-line help?

[Keith]

Originally Posted by westcoastO

not martz fault his D gives up 50 point games like they are going out of style though is it?

actually Martz does bear some responsibility for that. If he knew how to manage a clock and develop a running game, then the defense wouldn't be out on the field so much.

[westcoastO]

Originally Posted by Keith

actually Martz does bear some responsibility for that. If he knew how to manage a clock and develop a running game, then the defense wouldn't be out on the field so much.

lol none the less...... a professional team shouldnt be THAT bad on defense..... how about millen builds a defense instead of drafting 14 WRs in his tenure?

[TTB]

Originally Posted by westcoastO

lol none the less...... a professional team shouldnt be THAT bad on defense..... how about millen builds a defense instead of drafting 14 WRs in his tenure?

[Hoosiercatdaddy]

Millen is still there and Martz is gone already LMAO. Whose dick does Millen have pics of him sucking?

[drewshow]

Originally Posted by Hoosiercatdaddy

Millen is still there and Martz is gone already LMAO. Whose dick does Millen have pics of him sucking?

I dont know but I wish they would surface so we could fire him!!

[Will]

Originally Posted by Hoosiercatdaddy

Millen is still there and Martz is gone already LMAO. Whose dick does Millen have pics of him sucking?

lol good point