Friday, December 31, 2010

Here Today...Gone Tomorrow?

With coaching shuffles this year in the NFL; which coaches are feeling the heat, which coaches will be wearing a new uniform, and which coaches will be unemployed?

This year NFL fans have seen several changes in coaching staffs across the NFL; coaches like Wade Phillips, Brad Childress, and most recently Mike Singletary, have all been given their walking papers, and many of us wonder Who's Next?

Marvin Lewis (Bengals), Lovie Smith (Bears), John Fox (Panthers), and Tom Coughlin (Giants) have all been put in situations where their jobs have seemed in trouble. Coughlin may have bought himself a few more years with his Super Bowl win; however, the What Have You Done For Me Lately mentality that we have, leads many of us to believe that Coach Coughlin may be on his way out.

John Fox may possibly lead the voting in coaches on their way out; Fox will be a free agent in 2011 and some speculate that he will takeover as coach in New York if the Giants decide to make a coaching change.

Eric Mangini (Browns) is a coach, who like Josh McDaniels (ex-Broncos coach), learned from Bill Belichick; unfortunately, they may have taken away with them the attitude that they can make drastic changes and still win, or that, as coaches, they do not have to show feelings towards their players, or that every team should already have the mentality of the New England Patriots.

Learning form Belichick should be an inspiring and very useful resource to have in your arsenal; sometimes though, underlings can walk away with the wrong message. When the wrong message is applied, things can go sour fast; Mangini and McDaniels may be two examples of how things can go wrong.

Jeff Fisher (Titans) is another coach that may be on his way out; Tennessee may have added Randy Moss to their roster but with his handling (past and present) of Vince Young, and the Titans' ownership (Bud Adams) wanting Young to stay, Coach Fisher may soon have a change of scenery.

The list only gets longer as you dig into the NFL; however, some coaches' jobs may be saved by the fact that there are not an ample amount of replacements waiting in the wings to take over these NFL coaching jobs; there may be coaches willing to take-over, but is the talent there?

Teams like Dallas and Minnesota will face an interesting dilemma next year; more so for Dallas, their interim coach Jason Garrett has done a fantastic job since taking over as head coach and we'll have to wait and see how the Dallas organization handles it.

In addition, with coaches like Bill Cowher and John Gruden being tossed into the conversation, regardless if any of the rumored-talk is true, some owners may be willing to dismiss the coaching staff they presently have in order to upgrade their system.

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  1. Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

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