Comments on: Lions tales: Bentley here, then gone and Roy notes the obvious http://sidelionreport.com/2008/08/14/lions-tales-bentley-here-then-gone-and-roy-notes-the-obvious/ A Detroit Lions Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:52:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davedallasfan http://sidelionreport.com/2008/08/14/lions-tales-bentley-here-then-gone-and-roy-notes-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-235 davedallasfan Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:25:17 +0000 http://sidelionreport.com/?p=188#comment-235 your right about hooker, he was drafted, i think, by the browns. i always thought that the lions had traded for him, but i guess i was wrong. who were the lion wrs back in those days? those are the days when i came into my own in the football world too. and being from the midwest, the lions of that era hold a special place in my memory banks. i just hate the vikes and da pack though. and piss on chicago. i do repect payton, ditka, sayers, butkus, and hell i even laugh at mcman's shit once in awhile. but otherwise, hateem. but detroit's always had to live in the shadow of the big M, and there always a hell of a fight when you play em.( like last year when we pulled that bitch out of our ass.) sorry. we should have lost it.  but hey nice remminising with ya your right about hooker, he was drafted, i think, by the browns. i always thought that the lions had traded for him, but i guess i was wrong. who were the lion wrs back in those days? those are the days when i came into my own in the football world too. and being from the midwest, the lions of that era hold a special place in my memory banks. i just hate the vikes and da pack though. and piss on chicago. i do repect payton, ditka, sayers, butkus, and hell i even laugh at mcman’s shit once in awhile. but otherwise, hateem. but detroit’s always had to live in the shadow of the big M, and there always a hell of a fight when you play em.( like last year when we pulled that bitch out of our ass.) sorry. we should have lost it.  but hey nice remminising with ya

]]> By: davedallasfan http://sidelionreport.com/2008/08/14/lions-tales-bentley-here-then-gone-and-roy-notes-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-234 davedallasfan Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:12:31 +0000 http://sidelionreport.com/?p=188#comment-234 a'men to the 40. i think BA got a bad rapp in the movie though? the tom landry charactor. landry was a good player coach, and i think the stab was at tex schram, the little GM character that was with the team owner as his side kick. as history shows, landry was schrams personell puppet. schram would go find these guys and tell landry to make a football player out of him. landry always felt that he was pulled in a 100 different directions. (i read his auto-biography) guys like gent, and duane thomas, got shit from schram, and they felt as if tom did'nt take the stand he should have for them, and thus got the rep as being a distant coach. landry was worried about his job and failures just like anyone else back in their early years. the pressure on him in dallas was emmence. but landry was a stone, and came thru. he won some and oh well, lost a few too. but gent was a bitter son of a bitch, and as history shows, was'nt as good as his charactor protrays in the movie. when gent got cut he could'nt catch on with another squad, and faded. merideth left shortly thereafter too. i guess scrhamm was a tough bitch as a GM, but he helped make the cowboys a champion. love the history. interesting about the lions too. you are right. that franchise qb is the guy you build it around, no doubt. a’men to the 40. i think BA got a bad rapp in the movie though? the tom landry charactor. landry was a good player coach, and i think the stab was at tex schram, the little GM character that was with the team owner as his side kick. as history shows, landry was schrams personell puppet. schram would go find these guys and tell landry to make a football player out of him. landry always felt that he was pulled in a 100 different directions. (i read his auto-biography) guys like gent, and duane thomas, got shit from schram, and they felt as if tom did’nt take the stand he should have for them, and thus got the rep as being a distant coach. landry was worried about his job and failures just like anyone else back in their early years. the pressure on him in dallas was emmence. but landry was a stone, and came thru. he won some and oh well, lost a few too. but gent was a bitter son of a bitch, and as history shows, was’nt as good as his charactor protrays in the movie. when gent got cut he could’nt catch on with another squad, and faded. merideth left shortly thereafter too. i guess scrhamm was a tough bitch as a GM, but he helped make the cowboys a champion. love the history. interesting about the lions too. you are right. that franchise qb is the guy you build it around, no doubt.

]]> By: Big Al http://sidelionreport.com/2008/08/14/lions-tales-bentley-here-then-gone-and-roy-notes-the-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Big Al Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:26:46 +0000 http://sidelionreport.com/?p=188#comment-233 That funny, 2DF. 1970 was when I really started to get into football and the Lions. I actually cried (Cut me some slack, I was 9 years old!) in front of the TV when the Lions lost to Dallas 5-0 (I STILL can't believe that score) in the '70 wild card game. I learned a long time ago being a Lions fan required having a sense of humor about the team. Otherwise I'd be pulling my hair out in clumps. You're right about the Lions of the early-mid 70's. They were usually pretty good, but there were 2 issues. They could never beat the Vikings, and they never had that big time QB. I swear the Lions lost to the Vikings EVERY time they played throughout the 70's.  The QB thing still stands to this day, they've NEVER had a franchise QB in my lifetime. The Lions haven't had a Pro Bowl QB since Greg Landry back in the early 70's. For the last franchise QB, you have to go back to Bobby Layne in the 50's. I don't think it's a coincidence the Lions haven't won a title since Layne left. Fair Hooker? I haven't heard that name in decades!  lol I don't believe he was ever a Lion, though. By the way, I knew we were kindred spirits when you brought up North Dallas 40 in that <a href="http://boltbeat.com/2008/08/14/top-5-favorite-fake-quarterbacks/" rel="nofollow">best fictional QB</a>'s post! The kids around these parts need to see that film, I think it's the most true to life football film ever made... That funny, 2DF. 1970 was when I really started to get into football and the Lions. I actually cried (Cut me some slack, I was 9 years old!) in front of the TV when the Lions lost to Dallas 5-0 (I STILL can’t believe that score) in the ’70 wild card game.

I learned a long time ago being a Lions fan required having a sense of humor about the team. Otherwise I’d be pulling my hair out in clumps.

You’re right about the Lions of the early-mid 70′s. They were usually pretty good, but there were 2 issues. They could never beat the Vikings, and they never had that big time QB. I swear the Lions lost to the Vikings EVERY time they played throughout the 70′s. 

The QB thing still stands to this day, they’ve NEVER had a franchise QB in my lifetime. The Lions haven’t had a Pro Bowl QB since Greg Landry back in the early 70′s. For the last franchise QB, you have to go back to Bobby Layne in the 50′s. I don’t think it’s a coincidence the Lions haven’t won a title since Layne left.

Fair Hooker? I haven’t heard that name in decades!  lol I don’t believe he was ever a Lion, though.

By the way, I knew we were kindred spirits when you brought up North Dallas 40 in that best fictional QB‘s post! The kids around these parts need to see that film, I think it’s the most true to life football film ever made…

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