Mid-year Coaches Jobs

On your list I don't think Whisenhunt is in danger but you never know.

Their problem is no QB. It's not a lack of quality coaching

Guys that I think are gone for sure...

Jason Garrett
Andy Reid
Ron Rivera (new GM)
Pat Shurmur (New Owners)

Who knows what's going on in San Diego. Norv is like the cat with 9 lives or a cockroach. They Never die.

Pat Shurmur and Romeo Crennel have to be at the top of the list. Since it's a combination of poor execution and poor coaching I doubt a midseason firing would help either team. At least the Browns play decent defense and Weeden is showing some signs of life.

There's almost nothing positive about Crennel's club. He and Pioli (who is wildly overrated) need to be canned at seasons end. Crennel seems to be a slightly above average coordinator and seems like a good guy, but he's a two time failure as a HC.

My guess for who is fired first though, Jerry Jones is just impulsive enough to fire his HC if they get embarrassed again this season. Garrett is nothing more than an easily replaced company man anyway so I doubt there would be a serious drop off. They had such a promising start to the season and now they look like a team that lacks the motivation to be really good. IMO, Romo is what is wrong with that team, he doesn't have the heart to win a championship. They will keep going through HCs and keep underachieving as long as Romo is the HC. Jerry Jones has given them some talented players on defense, some talented players on offense, but none of that means anything if the coach and QB can't get the job done. If Jerry is serious about winning a championship, he needs to draft Matt Barkley, get him an OC and a QB coach that know how to develop a QB, and move on from Romo as soon as possible.

Reid has been told he's getting broomed unless he makes the playoffs. He's getting fired.

Out of all those names, Whisenhunt, Cheat Carroll, and Gailey would be the guys I think are pretty safe.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if anyone else on the list was shown the door after the season.

Most of those coaches don't have the talent to make the playoffs, let alone make a run. They're handicapped by poor drafts, poor ownership or both. That said:

-Garrett has underachieved in Dallas with a talent team and deep pocket owner;

-Reid has lost that team and has also underachieved;

-Turner is probably a winner at coordinator and a loser as HC

-The Foot Doctor will never win with Sanchez, and he's had some bad luck with injuries.

I think Reid is gone. His time is just up there. Will be interesting to see where he ends up next. Methinks he should take a year off and tend to family issues but my big prediction is he is on the sideline in Big D next season. Mark it down!

If Buffalo misses the playoffs, Gailey will be let go, and so might the GM.

Reid/Turner, I can see them making a comeback and losing in the Wild Card round in the playoffs, just to mess with the fans some more.

The Card FO is too cheap to fire Whisenhunt. I wish they would make him fire our HOF OL coach, Grimm.

Ron Rivera. Cam Newton will be the new GM/HC/Star player.

Kansas City shuffle

Speaking of Pioli, how many that have been associated with Belichik have gone on to be successful? I can only think of Nick Saban and Kirk Ferentz. All of the coaches and front office people associated with Belichik have failed everywhere they have gone, Pioli being the most overrated of the bunch. The same thing has happened with Nick Saban, any Nick Saban assistant that has left as failed elsewhere (Jimbo Fisher being the closes to an exception you can get).

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My guess for who is fired first though, Jerry Jones is just impulsive enough to fire his HC if they get embarrassed again this season. Garrett is nothing more than an easily replaced company man anyway so I doubt there would be a serious drop off.

that was my first impulse as well. jerrah should fire himself but he'll keep on scapegoating.

Marvin Lewis won't be fired. He's actually a good coach, but the Bengals are a complete joke in the front office. The fact that he made the playoffs at all is impressive. I've heard that their scouting department is practically non-existent and Mike Brown (son of Paul Brown) tries to run the team like his dad, only Mike knows nothing about football whereas Paul was a hall of fame coach.

I don't think any coaches will be fired during this season, but I do think that there could be as many as 6 looking for work after the season ends.

Reid will be at the top of the list. I feel sorry for Andy, and I hope he can have time with his family that's sorely missing. Lurie can go straight to hell, however, and I hope they will become doormats for years to come.
Shurmer will be a close second. I don't know much about his coaching skills, but with the FO changes, I expect a new broom to make a clean sweep.
Rivera will likely suffer the same "new broom" effect.
Crenell, Gailey, and Lewis should be fired, but who knows what those messes of a franchise are thinking?
Garrett is just more of the same in DallAss, and only a damnfool would ever take the HC position as long as Jerruh "runs" that team.
Rex Ryan deserves whatever he's got coming.
Norv Turner is a cockroach; they just can't kill him. Should've been gone a long time ago.
Frazier, I think, won't be going anywhere until the team becomes 'settled' in their post-MetroDump era.
Whisenhunt should be safe; he's been dealt a bad hand by management and injuries, but he's done a good job with what he's had to work with, IMO.
Munchak was hamstrung with all the BS that happened before the season even started. He is about 50/50 on getting the pink slip.

The worst thing about the coaching rumors is listening to idots clamor for their teams to get Gruden, Cowher, or the other usual suspects. When as many as 1/4 of the coaches in the league could be getting the axe, I guess that's to be expected.

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Originally posted by Grave Digger:
Speaking of Pioli, how many that have been associated with Belichik have gone on to be successful? I can only think of Nick Saban and Kirk Ferentz. All of the coaches and front office people associated with Belichik have failed everywhere they have gone, Pioli being the most overrated of the bunch.

Thomas Dimitroff and Ozzie Newsome have been very successful but they are the exception to the BB rule of mediocrity.

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Originally posted by Boris:
Norv is like the cat with 9 lives or a cockroach. They Never die.

Marvin Lewis shouldn't even be on that list in that case. I'm pretty sure he would have to murder Mike Brown's wife and place her bloody head on a spit at the 50 yard line for there to be consideration of him being fired.

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Originally posted by Grave Digger:
Romo is what is wrong with that team, he doesn't have the heart to win a championship.

I think Romo has all the talent but he needs a butt kicker to coach him. He's one of those guys you have to challenge to get the most out of and everyone in the organization seems more interested in singing his praises and making excuses instead of corrections.

MM really really really really really needs to look at upgrading his offensive line coach. I know he loves the develop from within mentality but if a guy like Munchak is available do yourself a favor and upgrade the coaching talent. This is Campen's sixth year of being the offensive line coach and it's never going to get better if they don't upgrade. Have little hope he'll ever do it.

Romo's problem, IMHO, is that he styles himself after a certain gunslinger; he's admitted that. If he were himself and played up to his own strengths, he'd be pretty doggone good. I don't know if he can change now, but he picked a lousy role model.

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Originally posted by CUPackFan:
Marvin Lewis won't be fired. He's actually a good coach, but the Bengals are a complete joke in the front office. The fact that he made the playoffs at all is impressive. I've heard that their scouting department is practically non-existent and Mike Brown (son of Paul Brown) tries to run the team like his dad, only Mike knows nothing about football whereas Paul was a hall of fame coach.

3 straight home losses. There is too much talent on the team for that to occur. He should have been fired years ago.

Romo doesn't have the heart to be a great QB. He is a talented QB, but he's on par with Jay Cutler in terms of mental toughness, Romo just doesn't express it so outwardly like Cutler. He can't handle the pressure, I'm not talking about 2 min drive pressure, I'm talking about the pressure of being able to carry the team when asked. He comes up short every time.

Chuckie wants to coach again

Reid will be the first to go. It just seems like his time has come and gone. Really what has he done over his time? One super bowl appearance and I think 4 straight NFC title games but that has been some time ago.

The Chefs are a mess but I wonder if Crenell will go since you always hear how much the players love him.

Garrett to me is a dead man walking. Jerruh will can him to cover up for his short comings as a GM. just my humble opinion.

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Originally posted by Hungry5:
Chuckie wants to coach again

Gruden to Philly could be a good place for him. Pieces are there (QB being the exception), he just needs to get them on the same page and improve the BFI.

Gruden will be on the sidelines at the U of Tennessee next season. Jimmy Haslam will pay whatever it takes to get Gruden to Knoxvillle.