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You would have to think Mike McCarthy of GB would be on the onseat.....
You take a 13-3 team and go to 6-10?
You don't see 7 game turnarounds (in the wrong direction) happen very often.....
I'm sure he'll stick another year - hopefully it is Ted Thompson that is canned!
You take a 13-3 team and go to 6-10?
You don't see 7 game turnarounds (in the wrong direction) happen very often.....
I'm sure he'll stick another year - hopefully it is Ted Thompson that is canned!
Bring back Kubiak please, you can have him
I think Shanahan gets the axe after tonights performance
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Worthless writers and tv dopes drove the Bears to sign this guy to big money and long term.
Bear owners will allow Lovie to finish this contract. He would almost have to kick Virginia McCaskey in the crotch to lose his job. I think he's still got 4 more years. This ownership will never eat money to bring in new.
Lerner, who's been expected to make a run at former Steelers coach Bill Cowher, said Monday that Cowher told him he was not interested in joining the Browns.
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Magenius got the ax in an attempt to get Wrangler boy to come back next year, and not cry back into retirement.
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he has not made his decision yet..
replacement is already part of the staff.
the decision is Dungy's as to when.
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and you are probably correct..
The Cleveland Browns fired coach Romeo Crennel following a 4-12 season.
The decision came one day after general manager Phil Savage was dismissed. Owner Randy Lerner met with Crennel on Monday morning and the team announced the coach's firing moments before a news conference began.
Lerner, who's been expected to make a run at former Steelers coach Bill Cowher, said Monday that Cowher told him he was not interested in joining the Browns.
A source told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that although Cowher told the Browns he is not interested in their job, he has not ruled out a return to coaching somewhere in 2009. The source also said Cowher could still listen to opportunities to coach elsewhere next season.
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refused the BROWNS JOB..
The Cleveland Browns fired coach Romeo Crennel following a 4-12 season.
The decision came one day after general manager Phil Savage was dismissed. Owner Randy Lerner met with Crennel on Monday morning and the team announced the coach's firing moments before a news conference began.
Lerner, who's been expected to make a run at former Steelers coach Bill Cowher, said Monday that Cowher told him he was not interested in joining the Browns.
A source told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that although Cowher told the Browns he is not interested in their job, he has not ruled out a return to coaching somewhere in 2009. The source also said Cowher could still listen to opportunities to coach elsewhere next season.
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[and he ain't getting the Panther job anytime soon.
that is for sure..]
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Mangini fired after 3 seasons with Jets
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets fired coach Eric Mangini on Monday, a day after a team that harbored Super Bowl hopes with five games left failed to make the playoffs.
The Jets started the season 8-3 under quarterback Brett Favre, beating New England and Tennessee on the road in consecutive weeks and raising visions among fans of the team's first Super Bowl trip since 1969.
But they went 1-4 in their final five games, losing to Denver, San Francisco, Seattle and Miami and barely beating Buffalo. They did not reach the postseason for the second straight year despite an offseason spending spree that included a trade for Favre after his retirement and return at Green Bay.
The 39-year-old Favre had just two touchdown passes and nine interceptions in those final five games. He led the league in interceptions with 22 and complained after Sunday's 24-17 loss to Miami of pain in his right shoulder and neck.
Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said Monday the organization wants the 39-year-old Favre to return for 2009 and fulfill the final year of his contract.
Some of Favre's Jets teammates agree.
"I would love to see him back next year," receiver Jerricho Cotchery said after Sunday's game. "You don't learn the ins and outs of this offense in a couple of months so I would love to see him come back and get the chance to learn the [offense] ... and get an offseason of [preparation] in so we can turn some things around."
The win gave the Dolphins the AFC East title under Chad Pennington, the Jets' longtime quarterback who was cut when the team obtained Favre.
The 37-year-old Mangini was called by owner Woody Johnson one of the league's up-and-coming coaches, but went 23-26 in three seasons in his first head-coaching job. He had another year remaining on his contract.
"For the current New York Jets organization, we've made the decision to move on," Johnson said at a news conference Monday. "It's a judgment call.
"I don't think it was one thing," he added. "We had to go in a different direction. There's nothing specific. It's just a call we made. Hopefully, it's correct."
As a rookie coach, Mangini took a team that had been 4-12 the previous year to the playoffs with a 10-6 record in 2006 and earned the nickname "Mangenius" from the local tabloids.
Johnson said the final decision was made Sunday night, but the process had been going on a long time. He met with the coach Monday morning.
"We thanked him for all the good things he had done for us," Johnson said. "We thanked him for his dedication and his loyalty. But he understood."
Tannenbaum praised Mangini, saying he did not think he had lost the team.
"One way to answer that, if you look at the way the team played [Sunday] night, I thought they played hard," Tannenbaum said. "Saw a lot of guys running hard to the ball and I thought special teams, they played with a lot of energy."
The Jets, 4-12 a year ago, began the offseason by spending $140 million on veterans, notably offensive linemen Alan Faneca and Damien Woody and linebacker Calvin Pace. They also traded linebacker Jonathan Vilma, a young standout, because he did not fit Mangini's 3-4 scheme and traded for Kris Jenkins, a 350-pound defensive tackle with a history of back problems.
Jenkins was dominant early on but tailed off toward the end of the season, as did the rest of the defense.
"Hopefully, we'll be better in all those areas," Johnson said.
Before joining the Jets, Mangini served as New England's defensive coordinator under Bill Belichick for a season after five years as the Patriots' defensive backs coach. He quickly became regarded as one of the game's top young coaching minds.
After the Jets traded the rights to coach Herm Edwards to the Kansas City Chiefs for a fourth-round pick in the 2006 draft, they replaced him with Mangini.
With a workmanlike and tight-lipped approach, Mangini drew instant comparisons to Belichick. And they appeared warranted, especially after a quick turnaround season.
When Mangini came to the Jets, it was believed Belichick was annoyed his young assistant left him, marking the beginning of a rift. There also was talk that Belichick was angry Mangini was speaking to Patriots players and coaches about joining him in New York. That was capped by New England filing a tampering charge against the Jets in connection with New York's trade talks with wide receiver Deion Branch. The Jets were cleared of the charges and Branch ended up in Seattle.
The dispute came to a head last year when the Jets reported the Patriots illegally used videotape to steal New York's defensive signals during the season opener. Belichick was fined $500,000 and the team docked $250,000 and a draft pick.
Still, Mangini couldn't lead the Jets out of the Patriots' shadow -- even with Tom Brady sidelined for the year -- and New York was surpassed in the division by the Miami Dolphins.
"He did a great job for us for three years and he helped lay a great foundation," Tannenbaum said. "We felt, in our judgment, we want to build on that and go in a different direction."
Mangini fired after 3 seasons with Jets
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets fired coach Eric Mangini on Monday, a day after a team that harbored Super Bowl hopes with five games left failed to make the playoffs.
The Jets started the season 8-3 under quarterback Brett Favre, beating New England and Tennessee on the road in consecutive weeks and raising visions among fans of the team's first Super Bowl trip since 1969.
But they went 1-4 in their final five games, losing to Denver, San Francisco, Seattle and Miami and barely beating Buffalo. They did not reach the postseason for the second straight year despite an offseason spending spree that included a trade for Favre after his retirement and return at Green Bay.
The 39-year-old Favre had just two touchdown passes and nine interceptions in those final five games. He led the league in interceptions with 22 and complained after Sunday's 24-17 loss to Miami of pain in his right shoulder and neck.
Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said Monday the organization wants the 39-year-old Favre to return for 2009 and fulfill the final year of his contract.
Some of Favre's Jets teammates agree.
"I would love to see him back next year," receiver Jerricho Cotchery said after Sunday's game. "You don't learn the ins and outs of this offense in a couple of months so I would love to see him come back and get the chance to learn the [offense] ... and get an offseason of [preparation] in so we can turn some things around."
The win gave the Dolphins the AFC East title under Chad Pennington, the Jets' longtime quarterback who was cut when the team obtained Favre.
The 37-year-old Mangini was called by owner Woody Johnson one of the league's up-and-coming coaches, but went 23-26 in three seasons in his first head-coaching job. He had another year remaining on his contract.
"For the current New York Jets organization, we've made the decision to move on," Johnson said at a news conference Monday. "It's a judgment call.
"I don't think it was one thing," he added. "We had to go in a different direction. There's nothing specific. It's just a call we made. Hopefully, it's correct."
As a rookie coach, Mangini took a team that had been 4-12 the previous year to the playoffs with a 10-6 record in 2006 and earned the nickname "Mangenius" from the local tabloids.
Johnson said the final decision was made Sunday night, but the process had been going on a long time. He met with the coach Monday morning.
"We thanked him for all the good things he had done for us," Johnson said. "We thanked him for his dedication and his loyalty. But he understood."
Tannenbaum praised Mangini, saying he did not think he had lost the team.
"One way to answer that, if you look at the way the team played [Sunday] night, I thought they played hard," Tannenbaum said. "Saw a lot of guys running hard to the ball and I thought special teams, they played with a lot of energy."
The Jets, 4-12 a year ago, began the offseason by spending $140 million on veterans, notably offensive linemen Alan Faneca and Damien Woody and linebacker Calvin Pace. They also traded linebacker Jonathan Vilma, a young standout, because he did not fit Mangini's 3-4 scheme and traded for Kris Jenkins, a 350-pound defensive tackle with a history of back problems.
Jenkins was dominant early on but tailed off toward the end of the season, as did the rest of the defense.
"Hopefully, we'll be better in all those areas," Johnson said.
Before joining the Jets, Mangini served as New England's defensive coordinator under Bill Belichick for a season after five years as the Patriots' defensive backs coach. He quickly became regarded as one of the game's top young coaching minds.
After the Jets traded the rights to coach Herm Edwards to the Kansas City Chiefs for a fourth-round pick in the 2006 draft, they replaced him with Mangini.
With a workmanlike and tight-lipped approach, Mangini drew instant comparisons to Belichick. And they appeared warranted, especially after a quick turnaround season.
When Mangini came to the Jets, it was believed Belichick was annoyed his young assistant left him, marking the beginning of a rift. There also was talk that Belichick was angry Mangini was speaking to Patriots players and coaches about joining him in New York. That was capped by New England filing a tampering charge against the Jets in connection with New York's trade talks with wide receiver Deion Branch. The Jets were cleared of the charges and Branch ended up in Seattle.
The dispute came to a head last year when the Jets reported the Patriots illegally used videotape to steal New York's defensive signals during the season opener. Belichick was fined $500,000 and the team docked $250,000 and a draft pick.
Still, Mangini couldn't lead the Jets out of the Patriots' shadow -- even with Tom Brady sidelined for the year -- and New York was surpassed in the division by the Miami Dolphins.
"He did a great job for us for three years and he helped lay a great foundation," Tannenbaum said. "We felt, in our judgment, we want to build on that and go in a different direction."
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Lions fire Marinelli after winless year
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AP - Dec 29, 11:29 am EST NFL Gallery ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP)?The Detroit Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli on Monday, a day after the team became the first in NFL history to finish with an 0-16 record.
?You can?t go 0-16 and expect to keep your job,? Marinelli said at a news conference.
The Lions completed their winless season with a loss to Green Bay on Sunday, pushing aside Tampa Bay?s 1976 season of 0-14 as the league?s worst.
Marinelli, though, said the team was not the worst ever in his opinion because the players didn?t quit, pout or point fingers.
Lions owner William Clay Ford also dismissed defensive coordinator Joe Barry, Marinelli?s son-in-law, assistant offensive line coach Mike Barry, his son-in-law?s dad, and secondary coach Jimmy Lake.:mj07:
Defensive line coach Joe Cullen?s contract was not renewed and offensive coordinator Jim Colletto was demoted to offensive line coach.
The Lions promoted Tom Lewand to team president and Martin Mayhew to general manager.
Marinelli won only one of his last 24 games and was 10-38 in three years after former team president Matt Millen gave the former Buccaneers assistant his first head coaching job.
Millen was fired as team president three months ago, but the players he left behind coupled with the former Tampa Bay players Marinelli wanted created the perfect storm for a historic season of futility.
?They don?t fire players, they fire coaches,? Marinelli said.
Marinelli was the third coach Millen hired?following Steve Mariucci and Marty Mornhinweg?in what has been the NFL?s worst eight-season stretch for a team since World War II.
Fans and reporters cut Marinelli some slack during a 3-13 first-year because of the Millen-created mess he inherited. Hopes rose when Detroit was 6-2 midway through last year but were quickly dashed when the team finished 7-9.
The Lions fired offensive coordinator Mike Martz after the 2007 season but retained Marinelli?s son-in-law to lead the defense.
That led to more scrutiny and an exchange with a columnist that made Marinelli a martyr of sorts.
Detroit News columnist Rob Parker asked Marinelli if he wished his daughter married a better defensive coordinator after a 42-7 loss to New Orleans.
Marinelli didn?t answer the question during his news conference, but lashed out the next day with anger he hid after his string of losses.
?Anytime you attack my daughter, I?ve got a problem with that,? Marinelli bristled.
Marinelli kept his composure for the most part in public and steadfastly stood by his one-snap-at-a-time mantra and choice of work ethic over talent.
?You don?t look for wishy-washy people, who give in when the press thinks you should do this or somebody is complaining about practicing in pads,? Marinelli said in a 2007 interview with The Associated Press. ?I have a belief. I state it very clearly. And I live it.?
The Vietnam veteran said he would never quit, saying he was insulted when a reporter asked about the option.
Marinelli waited for three decades to be a head coach. He finally got his chance with a team in the middle of one of the worst stretches of futility in NFL history.
?He was put in a really difficult situation,? quarterback Dan Orlovsky said.
Marinelli?s relentless ways helped him make a deliberate rise through life and the coaching ranks.
The 59-year-old of Italian descent grew up in Rosemead, Calif., a working-class town near Los Angeles.
He has fond childhood memories of hitchhiking to witness Sandy Koufax pitch during his incredible run for the Dodgers and watch the NFL?s best in the Pro Bowl at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Marinelli?s college career?starting at Utah in 1968 and ending at California Lutheran in 1972?was interrupted by a one-year tour in Vietnam. He knew some would be interested to hear his perspective of how serving in the war shaped his life and career, but he politely declined.
His career started in 1973 as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Rosemead High School, where the football field is named after him.
Marinelli went on to work on the staffs at Utah State, California, Arizona State and Southern California before Tony Dungy gave him a shot in 1996 to work in the NFL as defensive line coach in Tampa Bay.
A decade later, Detroit was desperately looking for a coach to turn around the laughingstock of the league. Millen hired Marinelli after an extensive search.
Now, the Lions are looking for another coach to take on the monumental task of turning them into a winner.
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AP - Dec 29, 11:29 am EST NFL Gallery ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP)?The Detroit Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli on Monday, a day after the team became the first in NFL history to finish with an 0-16 record.
?You can?t go 0-16 and expect to keep your job,? Marinelli said at a news conference.
The Lions completed their winless season with a loss to Green Bay on Sunday, pushing aside Tampa Bay?s 1976 season of 0-14 as the league?s worst.
Marinelli, though, said the team was not the worst ever in his opinion because the players didn?t quit, pout or point fingers.
Lions owner William Clay Ford also dismissed defensive coordinator Joe Barry, Marinelli?s son-in-law, assistant offensive line coach Mike Barry, his son-in-law?s dad, and secondary coach Jimmy Lake.:mj07:
Defensive line coach Joe Cullen?s contract was not renewed and offensive coordinator Jim Colletto was demoted to offensive line coach.
The Lions promoted Tom Lewand to team president and Martin Mayhew to general manager.
Marinelli won only one of his last 24 games and was 10-38 in three years after former team president Matt Millen gave the former Buccaneers assistant his first head coaching job.
Millen was fired as team president three months ago, but the players he left behind coupled with the former Tampa Bay players Marinelli wanted created the perfect storm for a historic season of futility.
?They don?t fire players, they fire coaches,? Marinelli said.
Marinelli was the third coach Millen hired?following Steve Mariucci and Marty Mornhinweg?in what has been the NFL?s worst eight-season stretch for a team since World War II.
Fans and reporters cut Marinelli some slack during a 3-13 first-year because of the Millen-created mess he inherited. Hopes rose when Detroit was 6-2 midway through last year but were quickly dashed when the team finished 7-9.
The Lions fired offensive coordinator Mike Martz after the 2007 season but retained Marinelli?s son-in-law to lead the defense.
That led to more scrutiny and an exchange with a columnist that made Marinelli a martyr of sorts.
Detroit News columnist Rob Parker asked Marinelli if he wished his daughter married a better defensive coordinator after a 42-7 loss to New Orleans.
Marinelli didn?t answer the question during his news conference, but lashed out the next day with anger he hid after his string of losses.
?Anytime you attack my daughter, I?ve got a problem with that,? Marinelli bristled.
Marinelli kept his composure for the most part in public and steadfastly stood by his one-snap-at-a-time mantra and choice of work ethic over talent.
?You don?t look for wishy-washy people, who give in when the press thinks you should do this or somebody is complaining about practicing in pads,? Marinelli said in a 2007 interview with The Associated Press. ?I have a belief. I state it very clearly. And I live it.?
The Vietnam veteran said he would never quit, saying he was insulted when a reporter asked about the option.
Marinelli waited for three decades to be a head coach. He finally got his chance with a team in the middle of one of the worst stretches of futility in NFL history.
?He was put in a really difficult situation,? quarterback Dan Orlovsky said.
Marinelli?s relentless ways helped him make a deliberate rise through life and the coaching ranks.
The 59-year-old of Italian descent grew up in Rosemead, Calif., a working-class town near Los Angeles.
He has fond childhood memories of hitchhiking to witness Sandy Koufax pitch during his incredible run for the Dodgers and watch the NFL?s best in the Pro Bowl at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Marinelli?s college career?starting at Utah in 1968 and ending at California Lutheran in 1972?was interrupted by a one-year tour in Vietnam. He knew some would be interested to hear his perspective of how serving in the war shaped his life and career, but he politely declined.
His career started in 1973 as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Rosemead High School, where the football field is named after him.
Marinelli went on to work on the staffs at Utah State, California, Arizona State and Southern California before Tony Dungy gave him a shot in 1996 to work in the NFL as defensive line coach in Tampa Bay.
A decade later, Detroit was desperately looking for a coach to turn around the laughingstock of the league. Millen hired Marinelli after an extensive search.
Now, the Lions are looking for another coach to take on the monumental task of turning them into a winner.
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Tony Dungy was asked about the possibility that this was his final game at Lucas Oil Stadium. He smiled and mentioned that his wife and kids came onto the field and took a family photo. But, he quickly added, don't read anything into that. Sorry, Tony, but I'm reading a lot into that. He may not be sure what he's doing, but I sense he's leaning. This might be Dungy's most impressive coaching job during his Indianapolis tenure, keeping a 3-4 team headed in the right direction.
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Shan-wow...I am so glad Shanahan is gone he fucked me so many times on running backs in fantasy football:sadwave:
just got home from our cruise and did not know Gruden got fired until today, wow
sounds like they cleaned house in Tampa
sounds like they cleaned house in Tampa
Hopefully Herm Edwards is next... guy really has sucked the past 2 years losing 23 of 25 games... yes, he's winning at a nice .080 winning percentage over his last 25 games or 8%:scared
