Comments on: Bills, Bears, Chargers, Chiefs, Browns, Eagles all fire head coaches

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:58:18 +0000

Of all of these, I was the most surprised at the name Lovie Smith. The Bears won 10 games and just missed a playoff birth.

By: slick3

slick3 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:30:22 +0000

@travishole25. If you thought thatNorv had 9 lives, you haven’t been following the Eagles. Reid had 14, as in FOURTEEN YEARS. Reid had more lives than the villain in a bad horror movie.

By: strokeytheclown

strokeytheclown — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:06:43 +0000

And down goes Whisenhunt! That’s 7.
Is this a good time the “Cowher or Gruden to whatever team” talk to commence?

By: necr0philia

necr0philia — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:54:53 +0000

Atlanta Falcons need to fire coach Mike Smith and there offense coordinator as well.

By: timbuttrum

timbuttrum — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:46:13 +0000

Feel for Crennell considering what he had to endure with the whole Belcher tragedy. Cannot believe Pioli, who hired Crennel, and put this team on the field has a job still though.

By: orndorf2

orndorf2 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:10:59 +0000

Bears fans are hilarious. How can they complain about Lovie? They criticize the lack of an offense?? Puh-leese!! When in the history of the Bears have they ever had an offense??? When? How many teams have both these days? Not many…. Way to break up a 10 win team….sad because the fans never liked Lovie…but why?

By: freshnsoclean

freshnsoclean — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:49:17 +0000

Why so much surprise for Lovie Smith? He is a great defense of mind and that’s it. He knows how to take advantage of teams that turn the ball over. Once he plays a good team that doesn’t make mistakes, he was clueless. It showed, and that’s why the Bears have been able to do nothing when it counts.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:31:17 +0000

packattack1967 says:Dec 31, 2012 12:28 PM

No one has done so little with so much as Jim Schwartz
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Funny but thanks to Mutt Millen, Schwartz had absolutely NOTHING to work with when he started. He isn’t going anywhere.

By: brianjoates

brianjoates — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:57:25 +0000

Its basically a lock that Chip gets an NFL HC job with this many jobs available.

By: immafubared

immafubared — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:49:47 +0000

Crennel and Smith are decent or were decent defensive coaches. The game changes and maybe these two aren’t what they used to be. Not to mention if you hire them, you as the head coach have to watch your own back because the GM’s are aware these guys could step in anytime and take over.
Personally if I was a GM I would want my own defensive guy from college or a few years with NFL experience and stay away from the power guys.
Smith and Crennel are set in their ways some and that could be a problem but they are good guys.

By: tothefellowshipofthemiserable

tothefellowshipofthemiserable — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:49:22 +0000

Crennel probably could go to the Patriots similar to what Josh McDaniel did.

By: immafubared

immafubared — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:45:10 +0000

I hope the Lions do not fire Schwartz. We need him to keep the Lions mediocre in the North Division.
Please let him stay!

By: selldannysell

selldannysell — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:41:58 +0000

Black Monday. More like Bloody Monday. Today is just ugly.

By: itsthemelman82

itsthemelman82 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:39:51 +0000

Bears fans might find out the grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Anyone other than Cowher and I think the Bears will have made a mistake.

By: hungbob

hungbob — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:29:23 +0000

Nix has got to be next in Buffalo, his draft picks have been horrible.

By: larryboodry

larryboodry — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:26:23 +0000

Bad day for coaches and GMs named Smith.

By: lakermetskins

lakermetskins — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:24:52 +0000

Lovie was too conservative. Even his defense (Tampa -2) waits for opponents to make mistakes. Problem is, sometimes the opponent won’t make mistakes and the D never adjusts (blitz) to cause mistakes. The offense has to be figured out and move to a 20th century attack.

He’s a good coach but i believe next year would bring the same thing for the bears if he’s there. This could be like Dungy preparing the Buc’s for Gruden to win it all.

By: Savoir-Faire

Savoir-Faire — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:24:31 +0000

Lovie Smith could only hire who the Bears were willing to pay for . Anyone who has followed the bears throughout there history knows they have always been reluctant to spend money on the offensive side of the ball .

What we saw the last 4 years is a direct result of Jerry Angelo trading for Cutler instead of fortifying his offensive line and other skill positions like the rest of the top teams now were doing 4 years ago.

By: grrsnronw

grrsnronw — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:20:19 +0000

I think Jerry Jones needs to hire a GM because he hasn’t got the job done. Fire Garrett and Ryan because they both aren’t getting it done. Bring in another QB because Romo makes to many mistakes to be the #1 QB. There are several QB’s coming out in this years draft not to draft 1 and groom one to take over. Get rid of Austin and Ogletree and Free and Jones. There just needs to be wholesale changes to the Cowboys team.

By: somekat

somekat — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:12:26 +0000

Obviously all of these guys won’t get jobs, but there are going to be some high level coordinators last year. You have to wonder if a guy like Gruden for example, who has known all year he was probably going to be coming back, hasn’t been in their ear about taking on a job with him if he makes a return.

A staff with Gruden at the top, Lovie or Crennel at D, and Norv or Andy at O would be sick (although I doubt Andy would take a coordinator job, I think he’s a HC or takes a year off). But still, Gruden Lovie/Crennel and Norv would be a very nice staff

By: raiderlyfe510

raiderlyfe510 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:11:54 +0000

Raiders should be added to the list. Greg Knapp is going to be scapegoat, but really he just installed the offense Dennis Allen wanted.

Raiders will be on that list next year if they’re not on it this year.

By: mannyicey

mannyicey — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:09:07 +0000

Out of all of these coaches, Lovie Smith should get a job in 2013. Look at his quarterbacks. Look at his linemen. And yet they kept being a perennial playoff team.

By: bobzilla1001

bobzilla1001 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:09:00 +0000

Worst day of the NFL year: Black Monday?
Wish someone would sign me to a multi-million-dollar, multi-year contract, then fire me so I can collect without having to lift a finger the rest of my life.
Yep.
Pretty rough.

By: punkyqb

punkyqb — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:08:16 +0000

@jprcox says:
The D wasn’t the problem.The offense was.The Bears offense was ranked real close to the bottom in the NFL. With a decent O they had a good chance to go all the way. Lovie is a nice guy but his offense sucked.Like Cutler or not he’s a decent QB, Brandon Marshall, Matt Forte and they still couldn’t score. It’s time for a change.

By: dt58

dt58 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:00:44 +0000

Really like Crennel and respect him as a man and a coordinator. Hope him all the best in his future endeavours

By: my2cents27

my2cents27 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:59:49 +0000

I think the Lions, Titans or Jaguars will be that surprise team that fires its Coach out nowhere! We shall see…

By: isuhuskie

isuhuskie — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:59:01 +0000

I don’t know why people say “Lovie was a nice guy.” What proof of there is that fact? More importantly why should that matter? Look at Smith’s record with the offense and the coordinators he’s hired. Look at Smith’s record the last 1/4 of the season (for his career – not just the last couple years).

By: jcdavey2011

jcdavey2011 — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:57:22 +0000

norv did better in sd than marty

that is a FACT.

By: princepluck

princepluck — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:54:42 +0000

And the GM firings… how are any of those in any way undeserved?

By: bpjensen

bpjensen — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:52:39 +0000

Surprised there has been little mention that Titans fired Mike Reinfeldt.