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how does Jeff Fisher keep his job? 14-16-1 as Rams HC? In a 22 yr head coaching career, he's had just 6 winning seasons ( by that I mean seasons above .500) ..He's clearly one of the worst coaches in the game..I dont understand why or how he keeps getting the benefit of the doubt.

Philbin has to go, and for pete's sake, when will coaches stop hiring Mike Sherman??

Does Chud's firing mean Norv is now unemployed?

Shanny deserves to be fired, he hasn't won anything since Elway was still around.

Schiano has to go.

Cowher works one day a week for a big paycheck why would he leave that? Gruden might consider coming back, he is still young..but Billick, Cowher, Fassel are finished..

 
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A lot of these recycled losers need to go away permanently. Their ideas are old and stale. Here we have McCoy elevating Rivers game and taking the Chargers to the playoffs. Then you have Chip Kelly coming in and changing things in Philly and on the verge of the playoffs. Teams need to hire OCs as head coaches now that you can't tackle the QBs. Points are needed. Playing Herminator won't cut it in today's NFL.

 
Jim Schwartz has got to go in my hometown, Detroit. I have never found his name easy to spell for me (not Jim, give me some credit) but that Lions team today was flat. They have been flat for weeks. His arguing with fans a couple weeks ago, his almost fight with Harbaugh, the guy is in over his head. The division was the Lions to take, Rodgers out 1/2 a season, Cutler in and out, Minnesota no good. It' been 5 years, time to move on. Yes, they paid him too much money and extended his contract but that's just bad management, something the Lions specialize in.

I would like to see Whisenhunt as the next coach, I would promise to learn how to spell his name if he comes.

 
Bri said:
Phenix said:
Deamon said:
Surprised Schwartz and Ryan are looking like they're coming back.
If Schwartz comes back, Detroit will revolt.
This is so fascinating and I've enjoyed so many that share similar thoughts. Schwartz has completely turned that franchise around in such a short time and they were perennial losers with an all-time low of fan interest before he got there.
Bad NFL teams are supposed to get better. With the draft and the cap, that's how the league is set up. Once they got the historically bad Matt Millen out of the way, the Lions were able to start accumulating talent like a normal team. Schwartz doesn't really deserve a lot of credit for that.
He absolutely does. You're just in bitter mode after the season or somesuch...cmon

 
Woody gave Rex "a pass" for another year.

Articles N Tweets have them forcing him to make defensive staff changes.

 
A lot of these recycled losers need to go away permanently. Their ideas are old and stale. Here we have McCoy elevating Rivers game and taking the Chargers to the playoffs. Then you have Chip Kelly coming in and changing things in Philly and on the verge of the playoffs. Teams need to hire OCs as head coaches now that you can't tackle the QBs. Points are needed. Playing Herminator won't cut it in today's NFL.
I disagree. Defense is still key. You can make the playoffs with offense. But the elite teams have the good defenses. Just a year ago, the Super Bowl teams were defensive teams built to run the ball with Ray Rice / Frank Gore. Neither one of Kapernick or Flacco are projected to go to the hall.

 
Is Whisenhunt credited with the Cards winning or losing? They just finished 10-6 a record many thought they'd never make in preseason.

 
Are there any "my guy" type candidates out there? Like a GM always loved this coach type scenario?

 
Bri said:
Phenix said:
Deamon said:
Surprised Schwartz and Ryan are looking like they're coming back.
If Schwartz comes back, Detroit will revolt.
This is so fascinating and I've enjoyed so many that share similar thoughts. Schwartz has completely turned that franchise around in such a short time and they were perennial losers with an all-time low of fan interest before he got there.
Bad NFL teams are supposed to get better. With the draft and the cap, that's how the league is set up. Once they got the historically bad Matt Millen out of the way, the Lions were able to start accumulating talent like a normal team. Schwartz doesn't really deserve a lot of credit for that.
He absolutely does. You're just in bitter mode after the season or somesuch...cmon
Calling out your fans, fake kick against Pittsburgh, epic late season collapse, thinks his QB does not need to be coached, benching star player with everything on the line... thats just this year. Yet he should get credit for Calvin being a monster and winning a few games?

Stop it, just stop it. You sound as if you do not know anything about football. McCoy got San Diego there in his first season. Trestman almost got Chicago there and he has never coached in the league before. With the roster Detroit has he couldnt do it.... he MUST go.

Again, just stop. Has nothing to do with bitter, just the truth.

 
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A lot of these recycled losers need to go away permanently. Their ideas are old and stale. Here we have McCoy elevating Rivers game and taking the Chargers to the playoffs. Then you have Chip Kelly coming in and changing things in Philly and on the verge of the playoffs. Teams need to hire OCs as head coaches now that you can't tackle the QBs. Points are needed. Playing Herminator won't cut it in today's NFL.
I disagree. Defense is still key. You can make the playoffs with offense. But the elite teams have the good defenses. Just a year ago, the Super Bowl teams were defensive teams built to run the ball with Ray Rice / Frank Gore. Neither one of Kapernick or Flacco are projected to go to the hall.
That was last year. Right now if Manning doesn't choke, it will be the most prolific offense ever winning the superbowl.

 
Is Whisenhunt credited with the Cards winning or losing? They just finished 10-6 a record many thought they'd never make in preseason.
Whisenhut got dealt a bs hand. Remember who his QBs were last year? Palmer is infinitely better.
 
A lot of these recycled losers need to go away permanently. Their ideas are old and stale. Here we have McCoy elevating Rivers game and taking the Chargers to the playoffs. Then you have Chip Kelly coming in and changing things in Philly and on the verge of the playoffs. Teams need to hire OCs as head coaches now that you can't tackle the QBs. Points are needed. Playing Herminator won't cut it in today's NFL.
I disagree. Defense is still key. You can make the playoffs with offense. But the elite teams have the good defenses. Just a year ago, the Super Bowl teams were defensive teams built to run the ball with Ray Rice / Frank Gore. Neither one of Kapernick or Flacco are projected to go to the hall.
That was last year. Right now if Manning doesn't choke, it will be the most prolific offense ever winning the superbowl.
The top 5 scoring offenses in NFL history all failed to win the Super Bowl heading into this season.

 
Chud officially fired. He deservedbetter
If that means Turner is also gone, I wonder what happens to Jordan Cameron's targets. May have to ship him off to an unsuspecting owner if they bring in a guy that doesn't use the TE.

 
Bri said:
Phenix said:
Deamon said:
Surprised Schwartz and Ryan are looking like they're coming back.
If Schwartz comes back, Detroit will revolt.
This is so fascinating and I've enjoyed so many that share similar thoughts. Schwartz has completely turned that franchise around in such a short time and they were perennial losers with an all-time low of fan interest before he got there.
Bad NFL teams are supposed to get better. With the draft and the cap, that's how the league is set up. Once they got the historically bad Matt Millen out of the way, the Lions were able to start accumulating talent like a normal team. Schwartz doesn't really deserve a lot of credit for that.
He absolutely does. You're just in bitter mode after the season or somesuch...cmon
Calling out your fans, fake kick against Pittsburgh, epic late season collapse, thinks his QB does not need to be coached, benching star player with everything on the line... thats just this year. Yet he should get credit for Calvin being a monster and winning a few games?

Stop it, just stop it. You sound as if you do not know anything about football. McCoy got San Diego there in his first season. Trestman almost got Chicago there and he has never coached in the league before. With the roster Detroit has he couldnt do it.... he MUST go.

Again, just stop. Has nothing to do with bitter, just the truth.
were we talking about this year or crediting him with turning a team around?

Stop it, just stop and actually read the post you're quoting

 
Is Whisenhunt credited with the Cards winning or losing? They just finished 10-6 a record many thought they'd never make in preseason.
Whisenhut got dealt a bs hand. Remember who his QBs were last year? Palmer is infinitely better.
I can see that. It's interesting. He sure did well once he made up his mind between Leinart and Warner. Does this mean he needs "a name" at QB on his new team?

 
Bri said:
Phenix said:
Deamon said:
Surprised Schwartz and Ryan are looking like they're coming back.
If Schwartz comes back, Detroit will revolt.
This is so fascinating and I've enjoyed so many that share similar thoughts. Schwartz has completely turned that franchise around in such a short time and they were perennial losers with an all-time low of fan interest before he got there.
Bad NFL teams are supposed to get better. With the draft and the cap, that's how the league is set up. Once they got the historically bad Matt Millen out of the way, the Lions were able to start accumulating talent like a normal team. Schwartz doesn't really deserve a lot of credit for that.
He absolutely does. You're just in bitter mode after the season or somesuch...cmon
Calling out your fans, fake kick against Pittsburgh, epic late season collapse, thinks his QB does not need to be coached, benching star player with everything on the line... thats just this year. Yet he should get credit for Calvin being a monster and winning a few games?

Stop it, just stop it. You sound as if you do not know anything about football. McCoy got San Diego there in his first season. Trestman almost got Chicago there and he has never coached in the league before. With the roster Detroit has he couldnt do it.... he MUST go.

Again, just stop. Has nothing to do with bitter, just the truth.
were we talking about this year or crediting him with turning a team around?

Stop it, just stop and actually read the post you're quoting
Your defending Schwartz, what more needs to be read?

 
Is Whisenhunt credited with the Cards winning or losing? They just finished 10-6 a record many thought they'd never make in preseason.
Whisenhut got dealt a bs hand. Remember who his QBs were last year? Palmer is infinitely better.
I can see that. It's interesting. He sure did well once he made up his mind between Leinart and Warner. Does this mean he needs "a name" at QB on his new team?
No one could have won with the trash Arizona had at QB last year. Not Belicheck, not Bill Walsh, not Vince Lombardi.Whisenhut should be able to choose the team he wants to go to this time.

 
There has to be something else behind the Chud firing.
I can only think that they interviewed whisenhunt last year, see what has happened in San Diego and are going after him. Of course, they could just be a bunch of idiots.

 
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I wouldn't mind Pep Hamilton being moved elsewhere in the Indy organization and bringing Norv in if he is let go in Cleveland.

 
There has to be something else behind the Chud firing.
I can only think that they interviewed whisenhunt last year, see what has happened in San Diego and are going after him. Of course, they could just be a bunch of idiots.
Wasnt their GM Lombardi brough in late last year? I am thinking after chud was hired.

I knownLombardi has ties tothe Raiders, maybe Gruden is gonna be lured back in.....

 
There has to be something else behind the Chud firing.
I can only think that they interviewed whisenhunt last year, see what has happened in San Diego and are going after him. Of course, they could just be a bunch of idiots.
Wasnt their GM Lombardi brough in late last year? I am thinking after chud was hired.

I knownLombardi has ties tothe Raiders, maybe Gruden is gonna be lured back in.....
Jesus, more recycling garbage.
 
There has to be something else behind the Chud firing.
I can only think that they interviewed whisenhunt last year, see what has happened in San Diego and are going after him. Of course, they could just be a bunch of idiots.
Wasnt their GM Lombardi brough in late last year? I am thinking after chud was hired.

I knownLombardi has ties tothe Raiders, maybe Gruden is gonna be lured back in.....
Lombardi was hired as VP of player personnel on Jan. 18th. Was given a different title of GM in March. (Source: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000147107/article/michael-lombardi-named-browns-gm-farmer-is-assistant-gm)

Chudzinski was hired on Jan. 11th. (Source: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8833956/cleveland-browns-hire-rob-chudzinski-head-coach)

 
There has to be something else behind the Chud firing.
I can only think that they interviewed whisenhunt last year, see what has happened in San Diego and are going after him. Of course, they could just be a bunch of idiots.
Wasnt their GM Lombardi brough in late last year? I am thinking after chud was hired.

I knownLombardi has ties tothe Raiders, maybe Gruden is gonna be lured back in.....
Lombardi was hired as VP of player personnel on Jan. 18th. Was given a different title of GM in March. (Source: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000147107/article/michael-lombardi-named-browns-gm-farmer-is-assistant-gm)

Chudzinski was hired on Jan. 11th. (Source: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8833956/cleveland-browns-hire-rob-chudzinski-head-coach)
So this Lombardi clown may want some buddy at the helm? One thing we do know. You can be a billionaire and still be as dumb as a box of rocks.

 
There has to be something else behind the Chud firing.
I can only think that they interviewed whisenhunt last year, see what has happened in San Diego and are going after him. Of course, they could just be a bunch of idiots.
That would be funny.

Browns: We'd like to interview Whisenhunt immediately. We already fired Chud to get the ball rolling.

Chargers: Uh, you can't. We made the playoffs.

Doh!

 
There has to be something else behind the Chud firing.
I can only think that they interviewed whisenhunt last year, see what has happened in San Diego and are going after him. Of course, they could just be a bunch of idiots.
Wasnt their GM Lombardi brough in late last year? I am thinking after chud was hired.

I knownLombardi has ties tothe Raiders, maybe Gruden is gonna be lured back in.....
Lombardi was hired as VP of player personnel on Jan. 18th. Was given a different title of GM in March. (Source: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000147107/article/michael-lombardi-named-browns-gm-farmer-is-assistant-gm)

Chudzinski was hired on Jan. 11th. (Source: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8833956/cleveland-browns-hire-rob-chudzinski-head-coach)
So this Lombardi clown may want some buddy at the helm? One thing we do know. You can be a billionaire and still be as dumb as a box of rocks.
or start nationalfootballpost.com and know a thing or two

 
A lot of these recycled losers need to go away permanently. Their ideas are old and stale. Here we have McCoy elevating Rivers game and taking the Chargers to the playoffs. Then you have Chip Kelly coming in and changing things in Philly and on the verge of the playoffs. Teams need to hire OCs as head coaches now that you can't tackle the QBs. Points are needed. Playing Herminator won't cut it in today's NFL.
I disagree. Defense is still key. You can make the playoffs with offense. But the elite teams have the good defenses. Just a year ago, the Super Bowl teams were defensive teams built to run the ball with Ray Rice / Frank Gore. Neither one of Kapernick or Flacco are projected to go to the hall.
I'm with Lod - the league has been changing and it's all about offense - and that's why offensive guys are going to get most/all of the openings this year.

 
Leslie Frazier is a good man and will win in the NFL. But not with the Vikings. He has been loyal beyond belief to Ponder. Had he gone with Cassel or even Freeman he would have kept his job. This team has ADP and needs a couple guards. I wish him luck but the Vikings need a strong head coach. The Vikings are a creative mind, a qb (maybe Cassel is good enough) and two guards from being top 5 on offense. The defense has major issues dt, de, MLB, olb, safety, and cb.

The Browns seemed to be in most games. I don't understand why they only gave him one year. He had no talent. Weird.

 
A lot of these recycled losers need to go away permanently. Their ideas are old and stale. Here we have McCoy elevating Rivers game and taking the Chargers to the playoffs. Then you have Chip Kelly coming in and changing things in Philly and on the verge of the playoffs. Teams need to hire OCs as head coaches now that you can't tackle the QBs. Points are needed. Playing Herminator won't cut it in today's NFL.
I disagree. Defense is still key. You can make the playoffs with offense. But the elite teams have the good defenses. Just a year ago, the Super Bowl teams were defensive teams built to run the ball with Ray Rice / Frank Gore. Neither one of Kapernick or Flacco are projected to go to the hall.
I'm with Lod - the league has been changing and it's all about offense - and that's why offensive guys are going to get most/all of the openings this year.
I've been hearing the same argument for years, and then every year it seems like some defensive ball control team winds up lifting the lombardi.

 
Rob Chudzinski fired by Cleveland Browns

By Marc Sessler

Around the League Writer

The Cleveland Browns are starting over. Again.

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported Sunday that coach Rob Chudzinski was fired after only one season with the team, according to a Browns source. The firing happened Sunday night. The Browns quickly confirmed the news.

"We appreciate Chud's passion for the Browns, and we have great respect for him both personally and professionally," the team said in a statement. "We needed to see progress with this football team. We needed to see development and improvement as the season evolved and, unfortunately, we took a concerning step backward in the second half of the year.

"Our fans deserve to see a consistently competitive team. We have high standards, and there's an urgency for success. When we believed we were not positioned to achieve significant progress in 2014, we knew we had to admit that a change was needed, and move forward."

It's a move nobody saw coming as recently as a few days ago, when it was assumed that Chudzinski was part of a front-office plan to restore a sense of continuity to a franchise that has chewed through coaches like cotton candy since returning to the league in 1999.

Rapoport reported, per a team source, that the Browns are retaining their assistants for now, and will search for a head coach with them in place.

Rapoport was told earlier Sunday that team brass had soured on Chudzinski down the stretch because of a lack of effort and accountability on the part of his players. A seven-game losing streak, including a 20-7 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday to cap a 4-12 season, didn't help.

Rapoport notes that the front office approached the coaching staff with issues late in the season, but the coaches did not acknowledge the problems. The Browns coaches kept saying they were "close" but the team's performance continued to trend downward.

NFL Media's Albert Breer believes that Penn State's Bill O'Brien and New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels likely would top Cleveland's wish list as candidates to become the team's seventh head coach since '99.

The Browns interviewed O'Brien last offseason, but the former Patriots assistant has become a hot name since taking an interview with the Houston Texans earlier this month. McDaniels worked his way out of a coaching job in Denver, but he comes from the Bill Belichick coaching tree, like Browns general manager Michael Lombardi.

"You look at the great franchises," Browns left tackle Joe Thomas told the Akron Beacon Journal. "They don't fire your coach after the first season. You can't do it."

We break down all the Week 17 games on the latest "Around The League Podcast."
 
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Browns players unhappy with turnover in ClevelandBy Marc Sessler

Around the League Writer

Browns coach Rob Chudzinski was fired Sunday night after just one season in Cleveland. When news leaked of Chud's possible dismissal earlier in the day, Browns players were not enthused.

"It's just absurd to me that a report would be out like that, about a good coach like that. It's crazy, and that (ticked) me off when I heard that," Browns linebacker D'Qwell Jackson said Sunday afternoon via the Associated Press.

"We are so dysfunctional," one Browns player told NFL Media columnist Michael Silver on Sunday. "These billionaires need to pick somebody and stay with them. These aren't girlfriends. You can't dump them if they (fail to please you) one time."

"I'm on the wrong bus and very happy I don't have to sit on bus (No. 1, with Chudzinski) in awkwardness," another member of the team told Silver.

NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport said via a team source that the Browns front office believed the club was getting worse every week.

"More time wasn't going to help," said the source.

The front office and eventual head coach will have some smoothing over to do with veterans when the team reconvenes this offseason.

"You look at the great franchises," Browns left tackle Joe Thomas told the Akron Beacon Journal. "They don't fire your coach after the first season. You can't do it."

It's especially painful for longtime Cleveland players who have watched the ultra-consistent Steelers, Ravens and Bengals reach the playoffs for years on end, while the Browns -- once again -- can't get out of their own way.

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Washington Redskins coaches expect to be firedBy Gregg Rosenthal

Around The League Editor

Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan will meet with owner Dan Snyder early Monday morning to discuss Shanahan's future with the team. Redskins coaches do not expect to be employed much longer.

NFL Media's Jeff Darlington reports that Redskins coaches are working under the assumption they will be fired, according to multiple team sources.

"Everybody knows it's done," one source told Darlington, despite no official word from the owner. "It's just a waiting game. We've all accepted it."

Darlington reports that coaches are so convinced they'll be fired that many of them quietly packed their belongings last week, copying film cut-ups to their personal hard drives.

"I'll get a chance to talk to Dan tomorrow. I'll first talk to Dan and hopefully I'll get a chance to talk to you guys," Shanahan told reporters. "You guys can ask me all those questions you've been wanting to ask me for a while and I'll get a chance to answer them."

On Sunday, Shanahan said this season was "right up there" with some of his most difficult years of coaching. Shanahan said he has been talking with Snyder for several weeks, although he did not specify the nature of their conversations. The coach was asked if he had coached his final game with Redskins. His answer: "Well, like I said, I'll talk to you about that tomorrow."

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Rob Chudzinski fired by Cleveland Browns

By Marc Sessler

Around the League Writer

Rapoport reported, per a team source, that the Browns are retaining their assistants for now, and will search for a head coach with them in place.
This seems like a good recipe for success. Especially since the same report said the coaching staff was approached about making changes but didn't do it. I know you follow the head coach, but the assumption in a move like this is that everyone agreed with the change except Chud. I don't get it.

 
how does Jeff Fisher keep his job? 14-16-1 as Rams HC? In a 22 yr head coaching career, he's had just 6 winning seasons ( by that I mean seasons above .500) ..He's clearly one of the worst coaches in the game..I dont understand why or how he keeps getting the benefit of the doubt.
you find thread after thread on this board suggesting (especially with the titans) that he was a top five coach in the NFL despite not having a better record than coaches like John fox and Lovie smith. People were never allowed bottomline him as the mediocore fraud that his output says he is. He will probably he safe again since Bradford got hurt (not his fault) . he never actually has had wear his averageness like the average coach that he is...I have never got it.

 
Bri said:
Spartans Rule said:
Bri said:
Phenix said:
Deamon said:
Surprised Schwartz and Ryan are looking like they're coming back.
If Schwartz comes back, Detroit will revolt.
This is so fascinating and I've enjoyed so many that share similar thoughts. Schwartz has completely turned that franchise around in such a short time and they were perennial losers with an all-time low of fan interest before he got there.
Bad NFL teams are supposed to get better. With the draft and the cap, that's how the league is set up. Once they got the historically bad Matt Millen out of the way, the Lions were able to start accumulating talent like a normal team. Schwartz doesn't really deserve a lot of credit for that.
He absolutely does. You're just in bitter mode after the season or somesuch...cmon
The Lions franchise hasn't turned around. It's not like Schwartz changed the culture. It's a still a losing organization with a losing mindset that has completely self-destructed in the second half of the past two seasons. The Lions are still a leaguewide joke. One playoff season sandwiched in the middle of four more years of losing doesn't change that.

What improvement the Lions have made in the past 5 years is due to improved talent more than anything. Credit for that goes to Martin Mayhew. Schwartz has taken that improved talent and underachieved with it. How good the Lions could be is debatable, but they should certainly have been better than 11-21 the past two seasons.

 
Absolutely, Schwartz stinks and the only reason he would stay is the Lions owe him 6 million the next two seasons.

It kills me a guy like that gets 6 million dollars a year, what a joke.

 
Absolutely, Schwartz stinks and the only reason he would stay is the Lions owe him 6 million the next two seasons.

It kills me a guy like that gets 6 million dollars a year, what a joke.
:goodposting: The talent they have on both sides of the football is good enough, especially this year, to win the division and yet they continue to shoot themselves in the foot with turnovers, penalties and just bad decision making.

 

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