NFL Black Monday: 7 Head Coaches and 6 General Manages Fired!

[IotaNet]

WOW! A bunch of NFL coaches and GMs were let go today. Here is the list ...

Head Coaches:

• Chicago Bears (Lovie Smith)
• Philadelphia Eagles (Andy Reid)
• Cleveland Browns (Pat Shurmur)
• Buffalo Bills (Chan Gailey)
• Kansas City Chiefs (Romeo Crennel)
• San Diego Chargers (Norv Turner)
• Arizona Cardinals (Ken Whisenhunt)

General Managers:

• New York Jets (Mike Tannenbaum)
• Jacksonville Jaguars (Gene Smith)
• Cleveland Browns (Tom Heckert)
• Carolina Panthers (Marty Hurney)
• San Diego Chargers (A.J. Smith)
• Arizona Cardinals (Rod Graves)

I love the Bears to the ends of the earth and I also think that Lovie was a good coach (as well as a decent man and class act) but it was time. I was bummed about the Bears missing the playoffs but the fact is, the Bears would have been one-and-done anyway.

There is an excellent core of talent in Chicago. Let's see Emery get a hotshot young coach, a REAL offensive line and go from there. (It's also time for some old players READ: Urlacher, Hester, et al. to be sent packing.)

BEAR DOWN!

[stratovani]

Not a terribly surprising list, but I am a bit surprised that Rex Ryan and Mike Mularkey are not on the list.

[Pilgrim]

I have a good friend in San Diego who has been praying to get rid of Norv Turner. I got an email from him quoting "Free at last...free at last (etc.)"

[TOOL460002]

Wow. Way to go Raiders. I for sure thought the coach firing tradition was gonna continue. Now it's time to plan out how to squander that #3 pick.

[Atoz]

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

I have a good friend in San Diego who has been praying to get rid of Norv Turner. I got an email from him quoting "Free at last...free at last (etc.)"

Yep... I think of all the coaches on that list, he deserved most to get the ax.

As a Pats fan, I'm happy to see Rex retained. The Jets shouldn't be a factor next season.