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***Official NFL 2011 Coach Deathwatch Thread***

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Patranus said:
Hue Jackson out in Oakland.
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I think they may have jumped the gun on this one. I thought they should have kept Tom Cable actually; bringing them from 5-11 to 8-8 (and sweeping the division) in his first full year as a head coach probably wasn't cause to fire him.

I guess with Jackson it comes from the Carson Palmer trade. Any coach who trades away two valuable draft picks for a washed up QB who hasn't played in years - and then defends it as the "Trade of the Century" - is probably delusional. So I can't entirely blame them. But it still seems like that organization is totally out of touch with reality and thinks that hiring guys for one year and firing them if they miss the playoffs that year is the way to succeed.

As for the Vikings, ugh. 6-10 last year and 3-13 this year and all they do is promote Rick Spielman to GM. They've hitched their wagon to Christian Ponder and I think their goal now is to build a good team around him, and we know how well that worked with Tarvaris Jackson. Vikings are going to suck next year, probably 7-9 at best.
 
I know that they werent head coaches but I am glad to see the OC and DC leave from Atlanta. I am hoping that whoever we bring in it might help in finally getting a playoff win.
 
IndyColtsFan said:
He is safe -- the owner released a statement saying both Turner and Smith will return.
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That is good news for the Broncos.

Oakland has no frickin clue what their doing.
KC keeps the Homeo.
San Diego keeps the Norv.

Good news indeed. I could see the Broncos being the favorite to win their division for the next couple years at least.
 
AMDZen said:
That is good news for the Broncos.

Oakland has no frickin clue what their doing.
KC keeps the Homeo.
San Diego keeps the Norv.

Good news indeed. I could see the Broncos being the favorite to win their division for the next couple years at least.
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I wouldn't count out the Chiefs just yet. Romeo is a good coach and Kyle Orton is apparently a giant slayer (defeated both Rodgers and Tebow late in the season!).

Agree on the other two teams though, Norv blew a huge window of opportunity with insane talent in a weak division and now the Chargers are slowing down. He still has Rivers so you never know what could happen but they don't seem like the same team that did so well just a few years ago. And the Raiders... well, they're the Raiders.
 
AstroManLuca said:
I wouldn't count out the Chiefs just yet. Romeo is a good coach and Kyle Orton is apparently a giant slayer (defeated both Rodgers and Tebow late in the season!).

Agree on the other two teams though, Norv blew a huge window of opportunity with insane talent in a weak division and now the Chargers are slowing down. He still has Rivers so you never know what could happen but they don't seem like the same team that did so well just a few years ago. And the Raiders... well, they're the Raiders.
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Matt Cassell will have his job back.

If Orton stays in KC, it will be as a backup.
 
AMDZen said:
That is good news for the Broncos.

Oakland has no frickin clue what their doing.
KC keeps the Homeo.
San Diego keeps the Norv.

Good news indeed. I could see the Broncos being the favorite to win their division for the next couple years at least.
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but will Elway believes in Tebow? or will he draft a franchise QB this april or trade for a QB in the offseason.
 
fustercluck said:
Really surprised Raiders fired their coach. Went 8-8 without his main QB and RB. Very bad move me thinks.
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Raiders biggest problem is decades of their "bad boy" mentality that Davis fostered and embraced. That came across in undisciplined players and years of highest penalized yards as a team. In 2011 they had they highest penalized yards in NFL history at 1,358 yards. That's over 130 first downs.
 
vi edit said:
Raiders biggest problem is decades of their "bad boy" mentality that Davis fostered and embraced. That came across in undisciplined players and years of highest penalized yards as a team. In 2011 they had they highest penalized yards in NFL history at 1,358 yards. That's over 130 first downs.
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I saw some graphic during the last game of the season, showing how not only were the Raiders highest total of penalties this year, but also set an NFL record for most penalties in a season (156, I think).

Then, the all-time top ten most-penalized teams in NFL history (by individual season). 6/10 = Raiders.

😀
 
Wow. Colts are idiots waiting this long to fire Caldwell. They just missed out on most of the best candidates they could have hired for the job.
 
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