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It seems to be the "in thing." Throw the offensive and defensive coordinators under the bus, and keep the head coach. Seattle and Green Bay are the poster boys for how it's done this year. It's fairly common.
What I always question is why the head coach, who brought these guys in, is given a pass? Obviously he knew the talent level these guys had, and has lived with it, until it reached a breaking point, and he's usually forced to let them go. I wonder why they can't see how bad these guys are, much earlier?
I think any coach who hires, and keeps an assistant, who is not doing his job, is responsible for the results. Yet, they get passes. McCarthy stays in Green Bay but his staff is gutted because it stinks. Yet, does he really make changes, or just bring in more buddies so the "good old boy" mentality doesn't change one bit.
I have a friend who's the #2 man at a major corporation. We'll call it ABC Corp. The #1 man at ABC actually worked for my friend, who's #2, at XYZ Corp, until he was offered the CEO job at ABC. When my friend was sent packing by XYZ Corp, he had a golden parachute, and was then offered the #2 job at ABC. There's another guy, at the #2 level, who is about to leave ABC to take over another company, we'll call JKL. When my friend, and the #1 guy at ABC get shown the door, they'll leave with another golden parachute, and be hired by the third guy, who's getting the CEO job at JKL.
I think you get the picture. It's real, it's happening, and will continue to happen. It not only happens in the Corporate world, it happens in the NFL. It's the reason we keep seeing the same old coaches come back as retreads, time after time, surfacing in different positions all over the NFL.
So, when they do let these guys go, it's not the death knell for their careers, it just means they're going to set up somewhere else, in a new zip code, and it's business as usual.
No matter how much things change, they pretty much stay the same. Just the names and faces change, and if you don't do it from top down, it's going to be more of the same.
What I always question is why the head coach, who brought these guys in, is given a pass? Obviously he knew the talent level these guys had, and has lived with it, until it reached a breaking point, and he's usually forced to let them go. I wonder why they can't see how bad these guys are, much earlier?
I think any coach who hires, and keeps an assistant, who is not doing his job, is responsible for the results. Yet, they get passes. McCarthy stays in Green Bay but his staff is gutted because it stinks. Yet, does he really make changes, or just bring in more buddies so the "good old boy" mentality doesn't change one bit.
I have a friend who's the #2 man at a major corporation. We'll call it ABC Corp. The #1 man at ABC actually worked for my friend, who's #2, at XYZ Corp, until he was offered the CEO job at ABC. When my friend was sent packing by XYZ Corp, he had a golden parachute, and was then offered the #2 job at ABC. There's another guy, at the #2 level, who is about to leave ABC to take over another company, we'll call JKL. When my friend, and the #1 guy at ABC get shown the door, they'll leave with another golden parachute, and be hired by the third guy, who's getting the CEO job at JKL.
I think you get the picture. It's real, it's happening, and will continue to happen. It not only happens in the Corporate world, it happens in the NFL. It's the reason we keep seeing the same old coaches come back as retreads, time after time, surfacing in different positions all over the NFL.
So, when they do let these guys go, it's not the death knell for their careers, it just means they're going to set up somewhere else, in a new zip code, and it's business as usual.
No matter how much things change, they pretty much stay the same. Just the names and faces change, and if you don't do it from top down, it's going to be more of the same.
