Broncos fire HC Vic Fangio: Makes Complete Sense
Vic Fangio is a great defensive-minded coach who never really had a chance to succeed as a head coach in the NFL. His defenses have been great, but he was ridden with pedestrian quarterbacks like Teddy Bridgewater and Drew Lock throughout his tenure. It's no wonder that Denver never made the playoffs with Fangio as its head coach. That said, Fangio doesn't seem like he's suited to be a head coach. We've seen this with other defensive masterminds like Wade Phillips and Dick LeBeau. Fangio's in-game management wasn't great, and he usually lost the close games. Perhaps that was a byproduct of quarterbacking, but such maneuvers like kicking a field goal while down seven with four minutes remaining is why Fangio should probably just be a defensive coordinator. Dolphins fire HC Brian Flores: F. As in what the fuck were they thinking? What!? When I saw this news posted this morning, I thought it was a joke. Like, "Haha, Brian Flores is fired, just kidding, let's get to the real coaches who got fired like Matt Nagy and Joe Judge." Instead, the news was real, somehow. I don't understand it. Flores, in my opinion, is one of the better coaches in the NFL. He's a defensive mastermind, and players try hard for him. They rallied back from 1-7 and nearly made the playoffs. Miami didn't quite get there, but the team still finished with a winning record. This was the first time the Dolphins had consecutive winning seasons since the Dave Wannstedt era. You'd think this would warrant an extension of sorts. Instead, Miami let Flores go. I don't understand Stephen Ross' mindset regarding this move other than this is an attack by Grier to try to buy another year. Any coach he hires is likely to be a downgrade from Flores. The only reason the Dolphins didn't make the playoffs under Flores' watch is because the front office selected Tua Tagovailoa over Justin Herbert, and yet Ross didn't fire Grier. Nothing Ross is doing makes any sense, so why should this be any different? Bears fire HC Matt Nagy and GM Ryan Pace: HTH (Had to happen) It's no surprise that the Bears have fired both their head coach and general manager. The duo of Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace greatly disappointed following a promising 2018 season that concluded with the double doink. Since then, the Bears are 22-27. Nagy proved to be an incompetent head coach who needed to be fired. He failed to develop the No. 2 overall pick in the draft and then seemed to be making the same mistakes with Justin Fields. It was telling that Fields had one of his best games when Nagy had to sit out with a minor illness. Chicago needed to make sure that Fields would be appropriately developed, and that wouldn't happen under Nagy's watch. As for Pace, he proved himself to be an incompetent general manager. He made some nice moves here and there, but the mistakes greatly outweighed the positive decisions. The worst blunder was trading up for Mitchell Trubisky rather than selecting either Patrick Mahomes or Deshaun Watson. There were also other things like paying big bucks to Trey Burton, Taylor Gabriel, Buster Skrine and Jimmy Graham. The Bears could obtain a better general manager by hiring some college kid playing Madden, so firing Pace was a no-brainer. Vikings fire HC Mike Zimmer and GM Rick Spielman: Meh / Yup The Dolphins made an idiotic decision to let go of Brian Flores. The Bears firing Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy was a no-brainer. This, on the other hand, is more nuanced. I think Mike Zimmer is a good coach. He has his flaws, like being too conservative at times, but he's a defensive mastermind, and his players try hard for him. He didn't have much playoff success outside of advancing to the NFC Championship in 2017, but he never finished with a record worse than 7-9 either. That said, Zimmer turns 66 this summer, so I don't blame the Vikings for wanting a younger, more offensive-minded coach. Spielman, on the other hand, made a horrible decision that cost him his job. The egregious mistake, of course, was giving Kirk Cousins a fully guaranteed contract. This sapped much of the talent on the roster, as the Vikings had to get rid of some key players because Cousins commanded much of the salary cap. Spielman made some great draft choices, like selecting Stefon Diggs in the fifth round, but the Cousins signing was horrible, and anyone with half a brain knew it at the time. Giants GM David Gettlemen Retires: CFMIQ. Can't fire me, I quit There are some times when you just need to pack your stuff and walk away. The Giants were awful this year and Gettlemen's mismanagement is a huge reason for it. When you have the highest paid free agent WR and a 1st round pick WR and neither gets a touchdown that you have some serious issues. Judge gets another year to prove his worth but I'm not sure they can do enough to save him from being sacked next year. Giants fire HC Joe Judge: Makes Sense The Giants didn't fire Joe Judge on Black Monday, leading some to speculate that they would retain him for another year. This may have started a revolt among Giants fans, so this makes a lot of sense Judge's tenure with New York was a disaster. The Giants went 10-23 under his watch, and they weren't remotely competitive in many of their losses. They were blown out in every game down the stretch of the 2021 season, and they drew the ire of the fans when they made asinine play calls like running a quarterback sneak on a third-and-8. Furthermore, players had gotten worse under Judge. Daniel Jones, Saquon Barkley and Kenny Golladay are some of the players who regressed under Judge's watch and the axe tends to fall in the coach, even if players regress The Giants have had a lot of issues and I don't think Judge was the right guy to solve them. Judge may be the right guy years down the road for a team but he needs a ton more experience than he has right now.
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