Martz Has Enough In Detroit To Keep Him Busy -- And Off The Market

When the Lions courted Mike Martz to be their offensive coordinator during Super Bowl week of 2006, I don't think many people would have given you a plugged nickel's chance that: a) Martz would come at all, or b) even if he did come, that he'd stay for any appreciable length of time -- like more than a year. Once a head coach ... But Martz is sounding, to me, like a guy who wouldn't mind sticking it out in Detroit for a few seasons. You have to have ego to be successful in professional sports. Nothing wrong with that. And there's a difference between having an ego and being egotistical. Egos need to be massaged and challenged frequently -- especially for the best savants. Martz, I think, has enough challenges and potential in certain players with the Lions that he'll shelve any plans of returning to the world of head coach anytime soon. S0me of this feeling is due to the fact that Martz wasn't a serious candidate for any of the openings that avai...