How often does firing an NFL coach make things better?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

Look at the 49ers they didn't have a winning season for 10 straight years with Nolan, Erickson and Singletary. Harbaugh gets hired when Singletary is fired going 6-10 in 2011. The very next year Harbaugh goes 13-3 with basically the same personnel that Singletary had.

Think we're talking about teams turning it around during the same season in which the HC is fired.

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Think we're talking about teams turning it around during the same season in which the HC is fired.

Matty is right, but i should have been more specific. Teams who've turned it around during the season when the HC has fired is worth a discussion, but i'm mostly wondering how ownership comes to the decision to fire a coach when there may be lots of problems beyond the HC, ie, players not playing well, other types of problems etc..

The best example i can think of is Andy Reid with Philly...all those NFC East Championships, Super Bowl appearance...then he had that one terrible year, and he was fired. Did he deserve to be fired? Thats the kind of things i wonder about.

The Jets have all kinds of problems, but is Rex Ryan really to blame? Does he deserve the firing that is coming??

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Matty is right, but i should have been more specific. Teams who've turned it around during the season when the HC has fired is worth a discussion, but i'm mostly wondering how ownership comes to the decision to fire a coach when there may be lots of problems beyond the HC, ie, players not playing well, other types of problems etc..

The best example i can think of is Andy Reid with Philly...all those NFC East Championships, Super Bowl appearance...then he had that one terrible year, and he was fired. Did he deserve to be fired? Thats the kind of things i wonder about.

The Jets have all kinds of problems, but is Rex Ryan really to blame? Does he deserve the firing that is coming??

IMO Reid was fired for not winning a Super Bowl. The crappy season was just the last straw. Of course, I'm not Jeff Lurie, so that's just my two cents.