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Belichick would have been 6th on my list. I gave Harbough the nod because he has done a great job with a 4-12 team that has had a rookie QB starting all season.
whether he does or doesn't win the award, and whether you love him or hate him, he is the best coach in the nfl, and maybe in nfl history. i can't imagine there are any doubters left after this year.
Some would say it's easier to win with low expectations.And a coach that wins when expectations are high (especially if they're high because the expectation is the coach will be great) shouldn't be penalized for that.
That is why you gotta give Tom Coughlin mad props for the job he is doing. Defending champs and they are 10-1, and look awesome.
This Broncos team is driving me nuts, but with a terrible defense and their top 3 RBs all out, they are 6-5 right now, so you gotta give Shanahan some credit for that. But I understand that it is hard time to do it, coming off a terrible home loss to the Raiders.
Maybe, but what Smith and Sparano have done are way beyond just exceeding low expectations - they've turned their teams into bona fide playoff contenders that not many teams want to face.Fair point on high expectation coaches, but at least they have tend to have many of the pieces already in place.
Or Mangini?ETA: If the Falcons make the playoffs, I think Smith will win it. But these lists could flip-flop a bunch of times in the next month.
I give Shanahan plenty of credit for building that defense.
Pfft. The Cardinals are not a well-coached team. Did you see that game against SF two weeks ago? Very poor discipline. I think just about any coach in the NFL could have them at 7-4, with that passing game and QB, and that division.
6-5 is still 6-5. Most were predicting Denver to be no better than 7-9 or 8-8 this year, so despite many, many problems, Shanny does have them above .500 in late November.
I would have said yes if they had played better against the Giants.
Come on guys...at around 4 EST yesterday we knew who the worst coach of the year was....ANDY REID.To have the talent this team has and to lose and play the way they are, clearly with his decision and the way he went about it yesterday this guy is the worst.
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Got to go with the best team in the AFC J E T JETS JETS JETS he should easily make the top 5
And if not for Ed Hochuli, they'd be 5-6 and right on pace for 7-9 or worse. I'm not sure how that is a credit to Shanahan.
I think it is wrong to assume that everything else plays out the way it did had they lost that game. For example, at 3-0, they went into the KC game with zero sense of urgency, and got beat. Had they been 2-1, they might have played with more urgency. Same things goes for yesterday's game, had they been 5-5 going into it, instead of 6-4. We will never know. I am just saying, it is never safe to assume that everything else would play out exactly the same, if you change something as significant as a win to a loss. Either way, given the state of their defense, and how their backfield has been killed by injuries, the fact that they are still contending is pretty amazing.
Zorn has done a good job, but Coach of the Year consideration? I don't think so. Odds are they will finish 10-6 this year. Last year they were 9-7 and in the playoffs. I don't see that as particularly compelling.
get back to me when you lose your mvp qb, start a practice squad rb, have half your team on ir, and still stay in contention for the division.
I always thought Belichick was a bit overrated but not anymore. I wondered what his record of genius would really look like if Tom Brady never fell into his lap. Well now we know. I still hate the guy, but he gets my vote for Coach of the Year at this point. Jeff Fisher would be my other choice.
i wonder what tom brady's resume would look like if he never fell into belichick's lap.
Your still talking about a team with 6-7 Pro-Bowlers. That's what elite players do, they step up when one of their best go down. Gruden has 3 loses this season with a team most analyst had as the 3rd best team in the division. The 3 losses, Den, Dal, and NO were all on the road and came down to the last drive.
I don't even think it's close. I'd put Belichick, Smith, Fisher, & Harbaugh behind him INPO, but Coughlin has kept this team focused and dominate in the (allegedly) best division in football. Not only that, he has mastefrully handled a toxic situation in Plaxico, and I think that him changing his coaching style and temperament last year was a huge part of their success, and rewarding him this year for that (along with coaching the best team in football) would be fitting.A lot of people overlook that Coughlin went from decades of being a hardass disciplinarian to evolving his style to the 21st century NFL & player. This is NOT an easy feat.
Adding Chad was a coup for the Fins. He is worlds better than anyone they had on the roster last year. Long is also a tremendous boost to that o-line and having a healthy Ronnie Brown doesn't hurt either.
