Originally Posted by ILChief:
Has a coach ever been fired during their first season? Gase and Kitchens could both be in trouble
Bobby Petrino quit in the middle of the first season.
Looks like Pete McCulley was fired in the middle of his first season with the 49ers in 1978. That team went 2-14 and committed 63 turnovers. Their two QBs combined threw 9 TD and 36 INT. One of them was a rookie Steve DeBerg. Their starting RB was OJ Simpson. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tk13:
Bobby Petrino quit in the middle of the first season.
Looks like Pete McCulley was fired in the middle of his first season with the 49ers in 1978. That team went 2-14 and committed 63 turnovers. Their two QBs combined threw 9 TD and 36 INT. One of them was a rookie Steve DeBerg. Their starting RB was OJ Simpson.
So OJ was a coach killer but not a wife killer. Who'da thought? [Reply]
I've watched Gregg Williams for years, DC at Tennessee, head coach at Buffalo, DC with Joe Gibbs at Redskins, DC at Jacksonville, DC at New Orleans with Sean Payton where he was suspended for a year for bounty-gate, DC at St. Louis and now being wasted with the Jets. If anyone watched the Browns on Hard Knocks they know Williams is a no-non-sense guy that gets things done.
Last year the Browns fired Hugh Jackson with a 3-36-1 record after 2-1/2 years. Greg Williams takes over and finishes with a 5-3 record. As a Ravens fan, I saw the writing on the wall, the Browns would keep Williams and now be a decent team. To my surprise they promoted Kitchens. I even like the way Williams has changed his look at age 61, trying to look younger and fit in with the younger guys.
Originally Posted by DeepPurple:
I've watched Gregg Williams for years, DC at Tennessee, head coach at Buffalo, DC with Joe Gibbs at Redskins, DC at Jacksonville, DC at New Orleans with Sean Payton where he was suspended for a year for bounty-gate, DC at St. Louis and now being wasted with the Jets. If anyone watched the Browns on Hard Knocks they know Williams is a no-non-sense guy that gets things done.
Last year the Browns fired Hugh Jackson with a 3-36-1 record after 2-1/2 years. Greg Williams takes over and finishes with a 5-3 record. As a Ravens fan, I saw the writing on the wall, the Browns would keep Williams and now be a decent team. To my surprise they promoted Kitchens. I even like the way Williams has changed his look at age 61, trying to look younger and fit in with the younger guys.
So you leave Gase, a lame duck HC in there, with Darnold your 1st round QB. Of course they are going to try to win a game or two and stick it to the man! [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
First off, I didn’t make any bold predictions or say that Gase was going to be successful whatsoever. I was simply saying Gase was more of an unknown with some upside whereas McCarthy couldn’t fucking cut it with the best QB in the NFL.
Second, you’re welcome to bump this if McCarthy ever has success as a HC again. He won’t. He wouldn’t be much better in this absolutely awful situation.
Third, I never said make Gase the GM too. Of course that was an awful idea.
Well, joke's on you! McCarthy has the Cowboys in position to win their division in year one! [Reply]
Gase is a terrible coach. Why the hell did they hire him at all? Look at Tanny without him. Darnold has gotten worse and he made the roster worse. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hoover:
The Jets are fucking idiots.
So you leave Gase, a lame duck HC in there, with Darnold your 1st round QB. Of course they are going to try to win a game or two and stick it to the man!
Seems like interim coaches are just as likely if not more to fuck things up with a win. Best approach to ensure Lawrence is theirs would've been to outright release any player they didn't want next year. Claim it's to get playing time for players they haven't seen yet or something. [Reply]
