2019 NFL: Hot Seat Coaching Carousel

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You can't fire someone after they face BB. That's just unfair. They had a great 1st half too.
 

8slim

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This will give Snyder ample time to find another lousy coach to hire. In all seriousness, firing him after losing to the Pats seems silly. *This* was the last straw?
 

JerBear

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I think that they were going to fire him last week but didn't want to new coach to have to face the Patriots game 1.
 

Hoya81

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Washington has to be considered the least desirable coaching situation in the league. Gruden wasn’t the answer long term but the franchise has much bigger problems than him:

-Inept ownership
-Terrible front office culture (the release of the Gruden videos, the McCloughan affair and let’s not forget getting slapped for 36 million in cap space)
-declining fan base (see yesterday’s Pats heavy crowd)
-aging stadium

When’s the last time they signed a big name free agent?
 

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PedroKsBambino

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I recognize there are only 32 NFL head coaching jobs. Even so, why would anyone with a realistic path to another one of those 32 ever take the Washington job? Not even Joe Gibbs could succeed there---Aren’t you basically left looking at guys willing to take a huge gamble?
 

loshjott

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I recognize there are only 32 NFL head coaching jobs. Even so, why would anyone with a realistic path to another one of those 32 ever take the Washington job? Not even Joe Gibbs could succeed there---Aren’t you basically left looking at guys willing to take a huge gamble?
They need a Parcells to New England moment. And the critical 2nd part: the lousy owner selling the team.
 

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This will give Snyder ample time to find another lousy coach to hire. In all seriousness, firing him after losing to the Pats seems silly. *This* was the last straw?
There was also a video of him that circulated before the Pats game showing him smoking weed with a lady that was not his wife. While I don't think it matters, it makes a convenient excuse for them - they ran a similar smear campaign against Scot McCloughan.
 

bosockboy

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There was also a video of him that circulated before the Pats game showing him smoking weed with a lady that was not his wife. While I don't think it matters, it makes a convenient excuse for them - they ran a similar smear campaign against Scot McCloughan.
It’s money related. Firing for cause.
 

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Not even Joe Gibbs could succeed there
Joe was like 90 years old when he took that job and the game had changed about seven times over since he’d last coached.

Also, your unnecessary reminder that this is a classless organization top to, well, top:

View: https://twitter.com/barrysvrluga/status/1181188089382871047?s=21


The sad part here is that the team has (had?) some of the best fans in the NFL who really need Snyder to sell ... but he never will and the league will never force him to.
 
Very disappointed that Dan Quinn didn't win the "first coach fired" sweepstakes. He's surely gone at the end of the year...and is it just me, or would the Falcons not be among the more attractive coaching openings this winter? A top 10 QB with quite a few years left, and plenty of talent on both sides of the ball (yes, even on defense) that simply isn't being used properly - that's certainly my persepctive, anyway. I'm hoping for Lincoln Riley or another smart offensive mind.
 

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Someone has to win next week’s Washington-Miami matchup.
I mean, not necessarily. How hilarious would it be to have the year finish with two 0-15-1 teams?

edit: dammit OGG

Very disappointed that Dan Quinn didn't win the "first coach fired" sweepstakes. He's surely gone at the end of the year...and is it just me, or would the Falcons not be among the more attractive coaching openings this winter? A top 10 QB with quite a few years left, and plenty of talent on both sides of the ball (yes, even on defense) that simply isn't being used properly - that's certainly my persepctive, anyway. I'm hoping for Lincoln Riley or another smart offensive mind.
Among the jobs likely to be open, I'd certainly pick the Falcons' first, or maybe second if the Texans can BO'B.

Washington
Houston
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Carolina?
Jets?

The only two I'd consider "good ownership situations", defined by a lack of meddling or general incompetence, are Atlanta and Houston. Throw in Jacksonville if they fall apart and shitcan Marrone.
 
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bosockboy

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I mean, not necessarily. How hilarious would it be to have the year finish with two 0-15-1 teams?

edit: dammit OGG


Among the jobs likely to be open, I'd certainly pick the Falcons' first, or maybe second if the Texans can BO'B.

Washington
Houston
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Carolina?
Jets?

The only two I'd consider "good ownership situations", defined by a lack of meddling or general incompetence, are Atlanta and Houston. Throw in Jacksonville if they fall apart and shitcan Marrone.
Cincinnati won’t cut bait after one season nor will the Jets. At least IMO.

The one to watch is Dallas. Any playoff one and done and Garrett is gone. Jones would give Lincoln Riley a blank check with his proclivity for the TX/OK/AR tri state area.
 

PedroKsBambino

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Cincinnati won’t cut bait after one season nor will the Jets. At least IMO.

The one to watch is Dallas. Any playoff one and done and Garrett is gone. Jones would give Lincoln Riley a blank check with his proclivity for the TX/OK/AR tri state area.
Yes, but this doesn't change the 'most desireable situation' rankings does it? Dallas has talent but remains a bad ownership/management situation.
 

Hoya81

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Very disappointed that Dan Quinn didn't win the "first coach fired" sweepstakes. He's surely gone at the end of the year...and is it just me, or would the Falcons not be among the more attractive coaching openings this winter? A top 10 QB with quite a few years left, and plenty of talent on both sides of the ball (yes, even on defense) that simply isn't being used properly - that's certainly my persepctive, anyway. I'm hoping for Lincoln Riley or another smart offensive mind.
Depends. Blank might decide to clean house and dump Dimitroff along with Quinn and start all over.
 

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Peter King notes that both the Dolphins and Washington are 16-point underdogs next week
 

luckiestman

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Joe was like 90 years old when he took that job and the game had changed about seven times over since he’d last coached.

Also, your unnecessary reminder that this is a classless organization top to, well, top:

View: https://twitter.com/barrysvrluga/status/1181188089382871047?s=21


The sad part here is that the team has (had?) some of the best fans in the NFL who really need Snyder to sell ... but he never will and the league will never force him to.

Gibbs did fine, imo. He made the playoffs twice with a zero at QB. The Redskins personnel department seems like it has been really bad for decades.

Gruden seems like a decent coach, he was ok with QBs like Smith and Cousins. He will catch on as an OC somewhere quick I imagine.
 

DanoooME

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Well, if Leftwich sounds like a great hire, you just know Washington won't hire him then. My money's on Caldwell.
 

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Gibbs did fine, imo. He made the playoffs twice with a zero at QB. The Redskins personnel department seems like it has been really bad for decades.
Agreed, with the caveat that Gibbs was the one who picked Brunell in an offseason where Kurt Warner was on the market. But he's still easily the best coach they've had since his first run.