Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Coaching hot seat

The Jacksonville Jaguars have struck a month before "Black Monday". They have let Jack Del Rio go already. His Jags are 3-8 behind rookie QB Blaine Gabbart, he may not have deserved it, but its done.
Black Monday is the day after the season ends when we see most coaching jobs end.
At pre season I named a few coaches who are on the hot seat and Del Rio was one, there are shocking names on the list now.

Andy Reid Eagles 4-7; I don't think they will drop Reid. He has been the most successful coach in Philly, has been to 4 NFC Championships and 1 Super Bowl. No rings. Will the failing "Dream Team" finally cost him the job? I'd be shocked.

Tom Coughlin Giants 6-5; Unless the Giants pull a miracle run and beat the Packers en route to a NFC East title he is gone. You can't milk one miracle forever, except for 07/08 when they won 4 straight, the Giants have 0 playoff wins in 7 years of Coughlin, well in the other 6 anyway.

Jim Caldwell Colts 0-11; I don't like him. I thought he was a horrible choice to replace Dungy in the first place. I know Peyton is gone, but even Norv could have coached one win out of this team.

Norv Turner Chargers 4-7; Turner should have been fired 3 years ago. Marty Schottenheimer had a 14-2 team, failed to win in playoffs and was fired. Turner has done nothing in 5 years, nothing. Goodbye Norv.

Tony Sparano Dolphins 3-8; Sparano being fired is the worst kept secret in the NFL, he knew from Week 1 he was gone and so did we.

Will any of these guys go right into Head Coaching again? Yes. If Reid and Coughlin are let go they will. Well, Good Ol' Tom may retire he is the oldest coach in the NFL at 65 years old and he's been to the top already.
Reid? Well, I'd take him in NY but he may head to warmer weather like Miami or San Diego. Also look for Brian Billick, John Gruden and maybe Bill Cowher try to come back into the NFL with some great jobs opening up.
If Caldwell is let go and the Colts have Luck and Manning who wouldn't want that cushy job? Billick, Gruden, Cowher, and Coughlin all have Super Bowl rings, no coach has two with two different teams so one of these guys could try to achieve that by visiting Indy.
Things can get interesting very quickly this NFL offseason.
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