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Detroit Lions: I Got a Question for You

February 14, 2011   ·     ·   Jump to comments

I've been seeing replays of the excellent commercial that was put out by Chrysler that played in the third quarter of the Super Bowl.  It's revised version, with a different voice than Eminem, is getting a lot of play here in Seattle.
I give a lot of credit to Chrysler for telling the the rest of the country that "this is what we do."  Sent chills down my spine and I have never been prouder to be from Detroit every time I see the ad.
The symmetry between the City of Detroit and it's football team, the Lions, began to strike a nerve within me. 
While Detroit has been rocked with unemployment and it's future uncertain and magnified by the financial crisis in 2008, the Lions have been rocked with bad management making poor choices of talent both in the player and coaching areas. 
Truly both have been to "hell and back", wouldn't you say?
The commercials displays Detroit in it's true form: gritty, but determined.
There is no sugarcoating it...

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