Coaching Carousel May Leave Heads Spinning
By CHASE STUART, NYT
Last season, seven N.F.L. coaches were fired on the day after the regular season ended, also known as Black Monday, with Jacksonville dismissing Mike Mularkey a couple of weeks later. This season, Houston has already dismissed Gary Kubiak, and as many as 10 more coaches could be fired Monday.
Likely to Be Fired
After an 0-8 start, it seemed inevitable that GREG SCHIANO would not coach the Buccaneers in 2014. Then Tampa Bay won four of its next five games, becoming the third team since 1978 to start both 0-8 and 4-9. But with two straight losses, Tampa Bay has lost any late-season momentum, and any seeming justification for retaining Schiano.
After trading for Darrelle Revis and signing Dashon Goldson, the Bucs were a popular pick to win 10 games and contend for the Super Bowl. But with the Panthers and the Saints on the rise, and the Falcons a year removed from an N.F.C. championship game appearance, Tampa Bay has quickly become an afterthought in the N.F.C. South. The Buccaneers have won 5 of their last 21 games.
When the Lions hired JIM SCHWARTZ, the team had finished an 0-16 season. Expectations were low, and patience was high. Schwartz won 2, then 6, then 10 games in his first three years in Detroit, but the team has fallen apart since a playoff appearance in 2011.
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Last season, seven N.F.L. coaches were fired on the day after the regular season ended, also known as Black Monday, with Jacksonville dismissing Mike Mularkey a couple of weeks later. This season, Houston has already dismissed Gary Kubiak, and as many as 10 more coaches could be fired Monday.
Likely to Be Fired
After an 0-8 start, it seemed inevitable that GREG SCHIANO would not coach the Buccaneers in 2014. Then Tampa Bay won four of its next five games, becoming the third team since 1978 to start both 0-8 and 4-9. But with two straight losses, Tampa Bay has lost any late-season momentum, and any seeming justification for retaining Schiano.
After trading for Darrelle Revis and signing Dashon Goldson, the Bucs were a popular pick to win 10 games and contend for the Super Bowl. But with the Panthers and the Saints on the rise, and the Falcons a year removed from an N.F.C. championship game appearance, Tampa Bay has quickly become an afterthought in the N.F.C. South. The Buccaneers have won 5 of their last 21 games.
When the Lions hired JIM SCHWARTZ, the team had finished an 0-16 season. Expectations were low, and patience was high. Schwartz won 2, then 6, then 10 games in his first three years in Detroit, but the team has fallen apart since a playoff appearance in 2011.
(More here.)
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