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| 25th November, 2005 - 3:46 pm |  ESPN - Steve Mariucci remains the Detroit Lions' coach.
While Detroit media reported that the team might fire Mariucci the day after a 27-7 home loss to Atlanta on national television, a decision is not likely Friday, ESPN's John Clayton reported.
Team sources told Clayton that the Ford family, which owns the team, is in Florida. Players were in for an hour for routine film review, then were released until Monday.
Mariucci and team president Matt Millen met, but not in an official situation, merely a regular day-after-game meeting.
"Nothing's happening today. Reports of a power confab are unfounded," a team public relations representative said.
The Detroit Free Press and on WJBK-TV in Detroit reported late Thursday that the Lions were in discussions that could lead to the firing of Mariucci as early as Friday. After two and a half disappointing years with Mariucci at the helm, the loss to the Falcons on Thanksgiving may have been the final straw.
"I don't know what's going to happen or anything like that, but nobody's stupid in here," offensive lineman Damien Woody told the Free Press. "People know that, hey, things didn't go right. It was a pretty bad loss on national television. We'll see what happens." [READ] |
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