Comments on: Detroit Lions 2013 calendar is the worst holiday gift ever

By: mungman69

mungman69 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:41:16 +0000

It’s so bad that you think that they did this on purpose.

By: umrguy42

umrguy42 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:15:31 +0000

Best part is the 4-star review left by “slugbait”:

“If you are a die-hard Lions fan, someone who clearly recalls the fortitude and intelligence of Lions greats like Matt Millen, then put this calendar on your Wish List. It truly reflects everything the Detroit Lions have been over the years, all encapsulated into twelve intriguing months.

There is no potential for the so-called Madden Curse when it comes to the cover. Mathew Stafford or Calvin Johnson? Nope! Instead, the cover has a shot of Titus Young, who had already been ordered to stay away from the team due to repeated insubordination, before the calendar was published. Whew!

The player used for the first month is defensive back Aaron Berry. It shows him wearing the wrong uniform, though. The only uniform he wore in a game during the 2012 season is green: he’s a New York Jet. But that’s a minor quibble, so it only docks off one star.

Jahvid Best is in there! It’s great to finally see a picture of him wearing a uniform again!

There’s also information in this calendar about the Detroit Lions’ Super Bowl history! It’s very short and to the point, but like any great mystery book, it has a surprise ending…I don’t want to spoil it for anybody, so I won’t post their Super Bowl history here. You’ll have to buy the calendar to find out!

The best part: all 365 days are here!”

By: juanhughjazz

juanhughjazz — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:58:42 +0000

mgmac says:

does anyone with a brain live/work in the cesspool state they call michigan?

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you mean the cesspool with 20% of the world’s fresh water, more shoreline, national forests and golfcourses than any other state. what an ignoramus.

By: jaggedmark

jaggedmark — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:53:34 +0000

Maybe there’s a Lions Calendar Cover curse to go along with the Madden and Sports Illustrated cover curses.
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Madden curse? Megatron leads both leagues in receiving, dope.

By: modellforprez

modellforprez — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:48:55 +0000

paul howard is that you????

By: ripster65

ripster65 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:41:18 +0000

Are they just plain jealous of the Jets organization or something?

By: joeylongarm

joeylongarm — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:37:33 +0000

Funny as it may seem this is a accurate commentary on why the lions are the lions. This doesn’t happen in a REAL organization.

By: itscompton

itscompton — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:22:53 +0000

@ Chipwade
The difference is Seattle was in full rebuild mode with a new coach, Detroit is a year removed from being a playoff team with the same coach and a roster that was supposed to compete and take the next step around a stable core of players such as Berry and Young, who have turned out to be huge disappointments.

By: beerbudsnbevo

beerbudsnbevo — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:16:30 +0000

does anyone with a brain live/work in the cesspool state they call michigan?

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Are all 49 of the “Thumbs down” on this comment coming from the people in Detroit that still have a job?

Or all 49 of the people that haven’t been shot at?

Hmmmmm….

By: randallflagg52

randallflagg52 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:14:17 +0000

Wow, good thing they have the Tigers, because every single other facet of Detroit is dysfunctional.

By: goldenghost129

goldenghost129 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:10:12 +0000

Epic fail this is so funny!

By: thetooloftools

thetooloftools — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:06:39 +0000

Seriously. This is Detroit. Home of the screwed up one car funeral.

By: urcrap

urcrap — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:06:13 +0000

I’d order a bunch of them for any Lion fan I know. Problem is there about as rare as an albino unicorn.

By: beedubyatoo

beedubyatoo — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:59:25 +0000

You just can’t make this stuff up.

By: mkesfinest

mkesfinest — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:42:00 +0000

Pure Michigan

By: eatitatbothends

eatitatbothends — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:27:50 +0000

You realize that when you’re making fun of a Lions Fan, you’re making fun of a person who refuses to be a bandwagoner right?

You don’t know what it is to be a fan of a team, until you root for them when the rest of the world (you) criticize them.

By: citizenstrange

citizenstrange — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:05:14 +0000

“It’s what the fans want.” — R. Goodell

By: honolulubluekoolaid

honolulubluekoolaid — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:53:45 +0000

I took a friend who was a Colts fan to the game last Sunday.
Even he felt bad for me…..he asked me how have Lions fans been able to watch the yearly implosion most years….I told him the truth….we have become numb to this stuff and expect it as the norm.
This year we have migrated back to the mean.
Water finds its level.

By: donnymacjack

donnymacjack — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:11:35 +0000

Sorry…NFL Championships might have been around before the 60′s, but the Superbowl most definitely was not.

By: glac1

glac1 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:11:29 +0000

good point thelastpieceofcheese….. Titles were indeed won before the Superbowl….

By: hyzers

hyzers — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:09:49 +0000

I’m a Lions fan and a proud owner of the 2008 Pre Season Champs shirt. At least I’m not a bandwagon fan.

Also, to the Chiefs fan saying he and his buddy are glad they aren’t Lions fans….. I bet you are, especially after that 45 point beatdown last year!

By: thelastpieceofcheese

thelastpieceofcheese — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:05:20 +0000

This could become a collector’s item.

By the way, the Lions won the Superbowl in 1935, 1952, 1953 and 1957.

And if you think championships before 1966 don’t count, you area…

By: manningbowl88

manningbowl88 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:04:09 +0000

you know a franchise is in trouble when they cant even make the calendars right

By: gosuhgo

gosuhgo — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:52:37 +0000

I’m buying one for myself and the rest of my Lions fan friends. This is hilarious. This has got to be the greatest marketing gag ever pulled off by a franchise.

By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:48:10 +0000

There are so many trash talking fans from last year that have disappeared this season

Where’s Soulman? Stanfordsyear?

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:44:55 +0000

on april cover has Fairley and Leshoure on the 20th… 4-20

By: indywilson40

indywilson40 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:34:37 +0000

The Colts 2013 calendar has Chris Rucker and Brody Eldridge. I’m not kidding.

By: TheWizard

TheWizard — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:31:16 +0000

Wife got me a Patriots 2012 calendar, same problem.
Had Tully Banta-Cain and a couple other guys that were no longer on the team.
Sent that to file 13.

By: fruitcovejag

fruitcovejag — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:25:51 +0000

LOL!

By: jziii

jziii — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:23:12 +0000

This may ruin the comedic effect of this story for some, but I used to work for a company that publishes calendars and edited many of them over the years. The problem is that they are created months ahead of time so they can be printed in China and shipped via slow boat to the U.S. by June/July. This calendar was probably made in Jan/Feb, so all of the photos and players for a 2013 calendar would be from the 2011 season. That’s why my 2012 Vikings calendar includes former Vikings greats Steve Hutchinson, Asher Allen, E.J. Henderson, Sidney Rice, Visanthe Shiancoe, and Madieu Williams and has pictures from the Vikings’ historic Tuesday night game against the Eagles and the outdoor game they played at TCF Bank Stadium after the Metrodome roof collapsed.

The reference to the Lions’ Super Bowl history is probably some boilerplate text that they used for all of the calendars, which was probably edited by some rube who knew nothing about football or not edited at all. Sloppy.

Lastly, calendars go on sale in the fall, so the 2012 schedule would have been relevant to those who bought it as soon as it came out. (Although who ever buys/looks at a calendar three months before they can start using it?)

So, uh, I’m glad y’all asked.