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Ford Sr.

tazmac

tazmac

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It is being reported that William Clay Ford Sr. has passed away today. Condolences to the Ford family.
 
the curse is broken?


umm, i mean, R.I.P. Mr. Ford.
 
Damn. I thought whatever health problem he was dealing with would have been made a little more public. Shame he will never get the chance to see this team turn into a winning franchise.
 
RIP WCF, its unfortunate that you never witnessed a Lions team from your NFL franchise ever play in a Superbowl, but maybe now that you have passed on, you can make peace with Bobby Layne in the hereafter, and perhaps your death might soon end the loooong history of futility that your football club was still deeply mired in.. Can't imagine an owner of a professional football franchise who was more reviled by a fanbase outside of Art Modell of the Cleveland Browns. His half-century of stewardship of the Lions franchise was mundanely mediocre at best, or abjectly awful at worst, just like the teams that they have fielded
 
I feel for his family. As a fan, I can't say he was a great owner, but I also can't say he was a terrible one. Very good businessman who never really had a head for football.

Here is hoping his son turns the team around, and may he rest in peace.
 
inkfreq said:
I feel for his family. As a fan, I can't say he was a great owner, but I also can't say he was a terrible one. Very good businessman who never really had a head for football.

Here is hoping his son turns the team around, and may he rest in peace.
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Doesn't have a head for football so he hired millen and mayhew.....Doesn't have a head for business either id say. Why should he get to rest in peace when the rest of us have to live in agony!
 
coel73 said:
Damn. I thought whatever health problem he was dealing with would have been made a little more public. Shame he will never get the chance to see this team turn into a winning franchise.
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I'm 33 and this one of my most legitimate fears.
 
mhughes0021 said:
Doesn't have a head for football so he hired millen and mayhew.....Doesn't have a head for business either id say. Why should he get to rest in peace when the rest of us have to live in agony!
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And yet when the entire auto industry was begging on the steps of the Capital, Ford was the only one not to take a bailout. He has kept that company strong and profitable.

He had a head for business, it just didn't translate to hiring the right men to run a football team.
 
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...r-bridge-from-automaker-s-founding-its-future
William Clay Ford Sr. was bridge from automaker's founding to its future.
from the detnews

http://www.freep.com/article/20140309/BUSINESS0102/303090108/william-clay-ford-dies-detroit-lions
Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford has died at 88.
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2014/03/detroit_lions_owner_william_cl_3.html
Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford dies at age 88.
from Mlive

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...sr-passes-away
Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford Sr. passes away.
from nfl.com
 
inkfreq said:
I feel for his family. As a fan, I can't say he was a great owner, but I also can't say he was a terrible one. Very good businessman who never really had a head for football.

Here is hoping his son turns the team around, and may he rest in peace.
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Totally agree.
 
RIP, Mr. Ford. Condolences to the Ford family as well.

I was pretty surprised to read this since there wasn't any news out there in regards to him being so sick. Usually you hear about that stuff. We heard it w/ Mr. D, and we've heard it recently for Mr. I too.

I recently read an article about WCF and got a better appreciation for the guy. He used to spend lots of time w/ the players, had them over to his house to watch sports, gave them offseason jobs, gave them cars to drive, gave them plane rides for family/business reasons, etc. He sounded like a good, really engaged owner in the early days. It's kind of a shame that most of us never got to see that side of him, and just got stuck with the view of a disconnected to meddling owner who made increasingly poor decisions for the franchise.
 
His son had been running things the last couple of years anyway right? I don't expect any big changes in direction for lions football.

Seriously, the guy never had to work a day in his life. I will be lucky to live to be 88 years old. No mourning here.:cheers:
 
Cliff said:
His son had been running things the last couple of years anyway right? I don't expect any big changes in direction for lions football.

Seriously, the guy never had to work a day in his life. I will be lucky to live to be 88 years old. No mourning here.:cheers:
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I thought you were only an ass-hole on weekdays. 24-7 outstanding.
 
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