It turns out Mike Martz will be going to the Lions afterall

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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Lions hired Mike Martz after all.
The former Rams coach became Lions offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Wednesday, a week after he turned down the job for financial reasons.

Martz interviewed with new coach Rod Marinelli and team president Matt Millen nine days ago, but said last Thursday he wasn't taking the job because, "It just didn't work out with the money."
Contract terms weren't disclosed.

The Rams fired Martz on Jan. 2, the day after St. Louis finished 6-10. He sat out the last 11 games recovering from endocarditis, a bacterial infection of a heart valve, but has been cleared to return to coaching.
Martz led St. Louis to the playoffs in four of his five full seasons, including a Super Bowl after the 2001 season, and helped the franchise win the 2000 Super Bowl as offensive coordinator. The Rams went 51-29 in the regular season and 54-33 overall during his five full seasons as head coach.
 

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Probably a better fit as O Coordinator anyway, as he is a terrible clock mangaer /in game coach, just let him run the offense, this team has the weapons in place....

This is probably the best fit for Martz, if he cannot be a head coach....He has nothing to lose and the Lions can only get better on offense.
 

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Martz will do better as an O-coordinator...he's still very much a jackass though...
 

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Definitely like the move. Him concentrating on the offense with a defensive minded HC is just what the doctor ordered.
 

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