hikeNbike
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Honestly it's time. Good coach but has not got it done in a long time. Terrible coaching by him this year.
2025/26 HC and GM Hot seat
- Thread starter Phicinfan
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Not sure we have seen the last firing - but lets grade how I did....
AFC
AFC East:
Buffalo - WARM - Bills won wild card match up, have #1 seed Denver this week.
New England - SAFE - #2 seed - and won in wild card weekend - the rest of this playoff season is gravy
Miami - FIRED - McDaniel fired, as was GM - Nailed this one.
NY Jets - WARM - Glenn is still in charge, but not convinced he is safe yet. I will add another year like this and he is gone.
AFC North:
Pittsburgh - WARM - IMO, he has to win this week vs. Texans. I believe the firing of Harbaugh leaves Pittsburgh the space to do the same with Mike Tomlin.
Cincinnati - WARM - Any other team and he would be gone. Mike Brown and kids won't pay a coach to go elsewhere. But Joe Burrow forcing the issue could be another matter......
Baltimore - FIRED - As I suspected, 18 years was enough with only one Superbowl with that talent. But he will make a great HC for one of these currently open teams. - Nailed this.
Cleveland - FIRED - Again, had this one on hot alert and Nailed it. Time for change, but the irony is I am hearing Harbaugh is favored to go here....that would be hilarious.
AFC South:
Indianapolis - HOT - New owner has made this clear - QB injuries hurt this team, but that won't protect them next year....
Jacksonville - SAFE - Liam Coen is safe. Has done very well with this team turning things around. GM late moves also made a difference.
Houston - SAFE - Took the division. But he needs to get the Offense to match the Defense.
Tennessee - Fired- Callahan is gone - Nailed this one
AFC West:
Los Angeles Chargers - SAFE - Harbaugh is all set, but he has to fix the offense here...STAT
Kansas City - SAFE - Reid will retire when he is ready
Denver - SAFE - #1 seed in playoffs and the Kings of ugly winning....
Las Vegas - FIRED - Carroll gone after one year - and deserved it. Tom Brady will fix things.......bwahahahaha
NFC
NFC East:
Philadelphia - WARM - The offense Jeckyl and Hyde issues caused the loss last night. Fight on sideline with A.J. Brown though.....not good
Washington - HOT - OC left, DC fired as well as a bunch of other coaches. So he is the last one left and bad year next year means he is gone.
Dallas - WARM - Jerry doesn't like missing the playoffs. I would not be shocked to see him reach for Harbaugh or Tomlin if they are both free.
Giants - FIRED - Daboll is goner - Nailed this one
NFC North:
Detroit - SAFE - Dan needs new OC
Green Bay - WARM - Bad loss as Chicago made major game plan changes at the half, and LaFluer couldn't do the same.
Minnesota - SAFE - O'Connell is safe, but he has to figure out QB, if for no other reason than they are wasting Jefferson and Addison.
Chicago - SAFE - Johnson has made the offense relevant again. He is also making Caleb Williams look good as well.
NFC South:
Tampa Bay - WARM- Second half of the season was bad. Change could be coming if this repeats.
Atlanta - FIRED - Raheem Morris gets fired, GM gets fired - and they hire Matt Ryan as President of football operations to take control. - Nailed this one
Carolina - WARM - After this weekend I am a fan of Canales. He is getting a ton from young talent. But his owner is trying to be Jerry Jones II - and he has no patience. i would NOT be surprised if he makes overtures to Harbaugh or Stefanski.
New Orleans - SAFE - He turned team around and had Shough playing pretty well.
NFC West:
San Francisco - SAFE - Win in WC with the injuries he has had, deserves safety.
Seattle - SAFE - #1 seed, even with Darnold at QB - yeah I am a hater - sue me.
Los Angeles Rams - SAFE - McVay is safe. He has the team humming and Stafford has found the fountain of youth.
Arizona - FIRED- Gannon is gone. Nailed this one as well
Overall, I had those that were fired pretty correct. I also think we still could see at least one more firing before next season. Just have to wait and see.
AFC
AFC East:
Buffalo - WARM - Bills won wild card match up, have #1 seed Denver this week.
New England - SAFE - #2 seed - and won in wild card weekend - the rest of this playoff season is gravy
Miami - FIRED - McDaniel fired, as was GM - Nailed this one.
NY Jets - WARM - Glenn is still in charge, but not convinced he is safe yet. I will add another year like this and he is gone.
AFC North:
Pittsburgh - WARM - IMO, he has to win this week vs. Texans. I believe the firing of Harbaugh leaves Pittsburgh the space to do the same with Mike Tomlin.
Cincinnati - WARM - Any other team and he would be gone. Mike Brown and kids won't pay a coach to go elsewhere. But Joe Burrow forcing the issue could be another matter......
Baltimore - FIRED - As I suspected, 18 years was enough with only one Superbowl with that talent. But he will make a great HC for one of these currently open teams. - Nailed this.
Cleveland - FIRED - Again, had this one on hot alert and Nailed it. Time for change, but the irony is I am hearing Harbaugh is favored to go here....that would be hilarious.
AFC South:
Indianapolis - HOT - New owner has made this clear - QB injuries hurt this team, but that won't protect them next year....
Jacksonville - SAFE - Liam Coen is safe. Has done very well with this team turning things around. GM late moves also made a difference.
Houston - SAFE - Took the division. But he needs to get the Offense to match the Defense.
Tennessee - Fired- Callahan is gone - Nailed this one
AFC West:
Los Angeles Chargers - SAFE - Harbaugh is all set, but he has to fix the offense here...STAT
Kansas City - SAFE - Reid will retire when he is ready
Denver - SAFE - #1 seed in playoffs and the Kings of ugly winning....
Las Vegas - FIRED - Carroll gone after one year - and deserved it. Tom Brady will fix things.......bwahahahaha
NFC
NFC East:
Philadelphia - WARM - The offense Jeckyl and Hyde issues caused the loss last night. Fight on sideline with A.J. Brown though.....not good
Washington - HOT - OC left, DC fired as well as a bunch of other coaches. So he is the last one left and bad year next year means he is gone.
Dallas - WARM - Jerry doesn't like missing the playoffs. I would not be shocked to see him reach for Harbaugh or Tomlin if they are both free.
Giants - FIRED - Daboll is goner - Nailed this one
NFC North:
Detroit - SAFE - Dan needs new OC
Green Bay - WARM - Bad loss as Chicago made major game plan changes at the half, and LaFluer couldn't do the same.
Minnesota - SAFE - O'Connell is safe, but he has to figure out QB, if for no other reason than they are wasting Jefferson and Addison.
Chicago - SAFE - Johnson has made the offense relevant again. He is also making Caleb Williams look good as well.
NFC South:
Tampa Bay - WARM- Second half of the season was bad. Change could be coming if this repeats.
Atlanta - FIRED - Raheem Morris gets fired, GM gets fired - and they hire Matt Ryan as President of football operations to take control. - Nailed this one
Carolina - WARM - After this weekend I am a fan of Canales. He is getting a ton from young talent. But his owner is trying to be Jerry Jones II - and he has no patience. i would NOT be surprised if he makes overtures to Harbaugh or Stefanski.
New Orleans - SAFE - He turned team around and had Shough playing pretty well.
NFC West:
San Francisco - SAFE - Win in WC with the injuries he has had, deserves safety.
Seattle - SAFE - #1 seed, even with Darnold at QB - yeah I am a hater - sue me.
Los Angeles Rams - SAFE - McVay is safe. He has the team humming and Stafford has found the fountain of youth.
Arizona - FIRED- Gannon is gone. Nailed this one as well
Overall, I had those that were fired pretty correct. I also think we still could see at least one more firing before next season. Just have to wait and see.
efactor
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Any team that would fire a head coach that won the Super Bowl last year and was a play or two away from winning the year before that is mentally challenged (trying to be PC here).
Same goes for Green Bay. If you make that kind of move and you miss on the next hire, going to be ugly.
Same goes for Green Bay. If you make that kind of move and you miss on the next hire, going to be ugly.
I agree here, but he is so polarizing and he is having more and more issues with players. Philly fans have no patience either, which is silly.
Meh, not so sure here. He hasn't been all that, and he is locked into the Love choices. I would not be so shocked here.
again, the whole Harbaugh move gives some GMs and owners space IMO.
efactor
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Harbaugh is overrated (agree with Ravens superfan Beermutts). He did win a Super Bowl mainly because his brother coached possibly the worst game in Super Bowl history. Since then, he has had some amazing talent on both sides of the ball without a return to the big game. I am not one to 100 percent blame coaches for a teams failure, but we are talking coaches here. It's change for the sake of change. I don't follow the Packers so not sure if the culture is bad there, but seems a lot of Ravens players weren't upset about him being fired, so maybe their was a culture issue there.
LaFleur is 76-40. If GB does decide to fire him, he won't be out of a job long, but my guess is they are not that stupid.
If LaFleur is under fire, then Dan Campbell should be too. He missed the playoffs with a stacked team. Guess Ben Johnson was the brains of that organization.
Oh, sorry, my bad. I thought you were talking Siriani. I am still a Harbaugh fan. I can think of at least 4 of the open jobs that he would immediately make more successful. But I get he seems limited in innovation, especially on offense. He and the team wasted Lamar Jackson's early period.
Campbell took a non-entity and made them NFC North champs last year. Yes team fell this year, but he wasn't the WHOLE issue. He does have to stop calling offenses though.
LeFluer is starting to show like a bad baby sitter(to quote Draft Day). He took over for McCarthy, bot them to a Superbowl and then nothing. He is as much a regular season warrior as Harbaugh.
I do agree if he IS let go, he will be in a new job very quickly. Same as Harbaugh.
efactor
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Sorry, I was talking Siriani. I just brought up Harbaugh as a point in replacing someone like LeFluer. Similar records. Harbaugh did win a Super Bowl but the difference between winning and losing the big game is often not determined by the coaches. In fact, it seldom is.
Sorry for the confusion.
Ah okay. Yeah he should not be fired yet. But my guess is if things don't calm down and he gets the team more offensively sound, He will have issues next year for sure. Howie isn't all that patient...
efactor
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While that did happen, the take that it helped one team over the other is far fetched. Teams come back all the time. It had nothing to do with the delay. Some even went as far to suggest the NFL turned the lights off
Jim's refusal to be aggressive on offense earlier is the reason they were down big early. After the big Gore catch/run to get them down to the 5 at the end of the game, they call a run to LaMichael James and then 3 straight fades despite the fact they had Frank Gore, an excellent OL, Kaepernick wasn't very good at that throw and Ngata was out of the game. Oh yeah, Ray Lewis was old. Run the damn ball. Of course, even if they had scored to take the lead, the Ravens still had time to win it. But still horrible play calling. Should have taken a time out so that Gore could be the ball carrier on 1st down. He was slightly better running inside than LaMichael James
Sf was the better team and Jim F-ed it up.
the better team yes but the best player on the field was Flacco. Never said the lights helped one team or the other. I said John went into turtle mode which he does all the timeWhile that did happen, the take that it helped one team over the other is far fetched. Teams come back all the time. It had nothing to do with the delay. Some even went as far to suggest the NFL turned the lights off
Jim's refusal to be aggressive on offense earlier is the reason they were down big early. After the big Gore catch/run to get them down to the 5 at the end of the game, they call a run to LaMichael James and then 3 straight fades despite the fact they had Frank Gore, an excellent OL, Kaepernick wasn't very good at that throw and Ngata was out of the game. Oh yeah, Ray Lewis was old. Run the damn ball. Of course, even if they had scored to take the lead, the Ravens still had time to win it. But still horrible play calling. Should have taken a time out so that Gore could be the ball carrier on 1st down. He was slightly better running inside than LaMichael James
Sf was the better team and Jim F-ed it up.
Mike Tomlin has now tied Marvin Lewis for the longest postseason losing streak with 7 straight losses.
How much longer is "a winning record" gonna get this dude by?
How much longer is "a winning record" gonna get this dude by?
So...
Per sources Packers are talking to LaFluer on an extension - however it isn't going smoothly. He is in the last year of his contract - so it isn't out of the possibility they fire him now rather than have him hang around without a long term deal.
Same for Tomlin, Tomlin is in the last year of his deal as well, and not sure he wants to be a lame duck, and just play out his existing deal.
Per sources Packers are talking to LaFluer on an extension - however it isn't going smoothly. He is in the last year of his contract - so it isn't out of the possibility they fire him now rather than have him hang around without a long term deal.
Same for Tomlin, Tomlin is in the last year of his deal as well, and not sure he wants to be a lame duck, and just play out his existing deal.
And he helped the team, by resigning, the team keeps his rights, so if anyone wants to hire him, the Steelers can demand compensation....