Another case of the wrong guy getting fired

Today the Detroit Lions fired coach Steve Mariucci. In my opinion this is just another case of the wrong guy being fired. I'm not contending that Mariucci did a great job but rather that Matt Millen should have been fired a long time ago. Matt Millen is generally regarded as the worst general manager in the NFL. Millen hired Mariucci (and his predecessor Marty Mornhinweg) and drafted the lousy players Mariucci was unable to lead to victory enough to keep his job. This situation happens often in baseball and football. A general manager senses the heat is getting turned up so he pushes the manager or head coach under the bus to buy more time. When Millen was hired the Lions were coming off a 9 win season. Since then they have the worst record in all of football. Inexplicably, Millen was given a five year contract extension earlier this year.