Why I want the Detroit Lions to go 0-16

I will be rooting against the Detroit Lions this weekend when they play the Green Bay Packers. A loss would make them 0-16 and that's what I'd like to see. Why, you ask? Isn't it cruel and unkind to root against someone, rather than for someone? In the spirit of the Holiday Season, shouldn't we be more generous, good will toward man and all that?

Sure. And I'll be all that in most instances. But Detroit must got 0-16 to please me. Here's why...

1--There's something to like about extremes, both good and bad. Getting snow? If you're going to get 6", you might as well get 26"; make it something worth talking about, something worth remembering.

2--No team has ever gone 0-16. Combine point #1 with the fact that last year, for the first time ever, a team went 16-0 for the first time and you've got a nice little back-to-backer. It would've been better if they happened in the same year, but consecutive years is close enough.

3--Any franchise that keeps Matt Millen as their GM despite years of declining performance and stacks of bad drafts and personnel decisions deserves the worst. They only got rid of him earlier this year. It's a shame to see what one of the older franchises in the NFL has become. To paraphrase Jack Nicholson's Joker, that franchise needs an enema. An 0-16 season will finish the job started when Millen was finally let go.

4--The only thing worse than Rod Marinelli's coaching ability may be his sense of humor. His defense is maybe the worst in the game. His defensive coordinator is his son-in-law. After the team's 15th loss of the season--a 42-7 disgrace AT HOME against the so-so Saints--a local columnist asked Marinelli if he wished his daughter had married a better defensive coordinator. Not bad, eh? Not only did Marinelli miss the humor, he refused to just ignore the obvious joke of a question. On Monday, he accused the reporter of "attacking" his daughter. Wow. Must be a barrel of laughs at the Marinelli family Christmas dinner, eh?

Go, Pack, Go!