Who's Getting Fired Today?
With the teams making their midweek decisions in the NFL, all was mostly quiet on the firing front. Maddeningly, the Lane Kiffin situation in Oakland continues to drag on. And on. The guy has been on thin ice for such a long time now. The wait-and-see approach with him has run its course though, and he needed a strong start this year to save his head. He will almost certainly be fired. Unfortunately, when you're in Oakland, the one thing that is certain is that nothing is certain -- at least as long as Al Davis is running things. The man operates as if a random number generator is making decisions for him. He's unsolvable. So, until Kiffin's number comes up, he is still safe from the time being.
Another man who can breathe easy for at least one more week is Rams' coach Scott Linehan. At 0-3, St. Louis is in panic mode, and they did pull the trigger on a number of roster moves, continuing to shuffle their depth chart around. Marc Bulger even got the axe; the team announced they'll put their hopes in the hands of 38-year-old QB Trent Green for their Week 4 bout with Buffalo. The decision comes after watching the offense just writhe in agonizing pain for three weeks. They scored just two touchdowns in that span and rank dead last in total productivity. This current state of affairs foreshadows a number of long-term problems for the Rams. You may remember they just put a good chunk of money into Bulger, signing him to a contract worth $65 million last year. Now that offense is in shambles, and the front office is running out of people to blame. Linehan is just 11-24 since taking the job, and he may not be around long enough to add too many more numbers to either side of that tally. He too is safe for now though.
The week won't pass without someone losing their job though, dammit! Thank god for Matt Millen. If there were one single person in the entire league who least deserves to have his job -- to be in a decision-making role for a major NFL franchise -- it would have to be Matt Millen. His firing was way overdue four years ago. And that was when they were getting close to having a winning record. They never got there though. The best they could muster under Millen's oversight was last year's unremarkable 7-9 run. That doesn't mean they're getting better as time goes on though. They too have yet to pick up a win this year, and have looked miserable on both sides of the ball. It really is about time that Millen was called to account for his team's long-stading suckiness. His record: 31-84. Yikes. Millen can't draft, he can't run a team, and he won't ever have another job in the NFL.
For now, the Lions' head coach Rod Marinelli has been allowed to keep his office though. I am glad that the owners fired the right guy in Millen, and I am anxious to see how long a leash they give Marinelli now. He might be the best coach in the NFL, and that's no exaggeration. At the least, he is unanimously reknowned for his football knowledge among coaches in the league. Even for a guy like him though, it may be a futile effort in Detroit.
Another man who can breathe easy for at least one more week is Rams' coach Scott Linehan. At 0-3, St. Louis is in panic mode, and they did pull the trigger on a number of roster moves, continuing to shuffle their depth chart around. Marc Bulger even got the axe; the team announced they'll put their hopes in the hands of 38-year-old QB Trent Green for their Week 4 bout with Buffalo. The decision comes after watching the offense just writhe in agonizing pain for three weeks. They scored just two touchdowns in that span and rank dead last in total productivity. This current state of affairs foreshadows a number of long-term problems for the Rams. You may remember they just put a good chunk of money into Bulger, signing him to a contract worth $65 million last year. Now that offense is in shambles, and the front office is running out of people to blame. Linehan is just 11-24 since taking the job, and he may not be around long enough to add too many more numbers to either side of that tally. He too is safe for now though.
The week won't pass without someone losing their job though, dammit! Thank god for Matt Millen. If there were one single person in the entire league who least deserves to have his job -- to be in a decision-making role for a major NFL franchise -- it would have to be Matt Millen. His firing was way overdue four years ago. And that was when they were getting close to having a winning record. They never got there though. The best they could muster under Millen's oversight was last year's unremarkable 7-9 run. That doesn't mean they're getting better as time goes on though. They too have yet to pick up a win this year, and have looked miserable on both sides of the ball. It really is about time that Millen was called to account for his team's long-stading suckiness. His record: 31-84. Yikes. Millen can't draft, he can't run a team, and he won't ever have another job in the NFL.
For now, the Lions' head coach Rod Marinelli has been allowed to keep his office though. I am glad that the owners fired the right guy in Millen, and I am anxious to see how long a leash they give Marinelli now. He might be the best coach in the NFL, and that's no exaggeration. At the least, he is unanimously reknowned for his football knowledge among coaches in the league. Even for a guy like him though, it may be a futile effort in Detroit.
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