How often does firing an NFL coach make things better?

[MTK]

If you're bad enough to get your coach fired during the season, chances are it's not going to help. If anything it just fans the flames of the disaster at hand.

[jgalecpa]

I have a friend who was head of an incredibly large government agency. He is famous for firing people at the highest levels for not living up to the needs of the job. It was amazingly effective at getting the people below the 'firee' motivated. I remember him once telling someone "the hardest thing I have to do is fire someone for merely being very good". I think Gruden needs to fire someone, not be fired. Haslett is the obvious choice, in my opinion, since he had no control over his being there in the first place.

[Lotus]

All of this talk about firing coaches is making me Horny for Zorny.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Lotus

All of this talk about firing coaches is making me Horny for Zorny.

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Originally Posted by WillH

Talking about firing Gruden at this point is absurd, really.

It's his first year. He lost his starting QB. The backup turned out to be a turnover machine. The team has been decimated by injuries, and had many holes to begin with.

I'm on board with letting Haslett go though. I never understood why we kept him anyway.

I was surprised to learn that we were 10th in the league in total defense. Still at this rate I long for the days of Greg Blache's ultra bland defense. A scheme that was bland that Lovie Smith's Tampa 2 looked like Rex Ryan's scheme by comparison.