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NFL Week #17

#142
The 49ers fire Mike Martz. Hmm.

This has been rumored for the last week or two, but I'm still not sure what to make of it.

Singletary wants a ball control offense which is the antithesis of what Martz does, but I thought they worked pretty well together down the stretch.

Still, Martz wants to be a head coach again so either next year the team would struggle again or it would do well and he'd leave so hopefully Singletary follows through on his statement that he wants to establish some consistency at OC.

I just don't know who that guy would be. Brian Billick?

Wow. I just heard Mike Shanahan is out in Denver. He's too good to not get a head coaching job again, but wouldn't that be a great pairing? Plus he'd be close enough to spit in Al Davis' eye.
 
#143
mrpackerguy said:
Here I am at Lambeau on Sunday with my bro and in front of a guy we know's Packer van. Fun times.

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aw man, i'm jealous. -that's- what football's all about man.
 
#146
MJ5150 said:
From an ESPN.com article I just read....

"Last weekend, Cowher met with Browns owner Randy Lerner, who asked him what it would take financially for him to be the Browns' head coach. Having a close relationship with the Rooney family in Pittsburgh and still wanting more time with family, Cowher didn't give Lerner a price, and said no."

Here is a link to the article it came from: Source: Cowher, Jets still to talk.

-Mike
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I was listening to ESPN radio this morning and they mentioned that the Steelers put a clause in Cowher's contract that stated he would not be able to go an AFC North Team after he left the Steelers. Perhaps they were mistaken, but I thought it was interesting.
 
#148
MingusBass said:
I was listening to ESPN radio this morning and they mentioned that the Steelers put a clause in Cowher's contract that stated he would not be able to go an AFC North Team after he left the Steelers. Perhaps they were mistaken, but I thought it was interesting.
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There is not a clause like that in Cowhers Steelers contract.

I do know that when Cowher left Pittsburgh, he had one year remaining on his contract. So if the Steelers wanted to, they could demand and receive compensation from any team that signs him this offseason. Dan Rooney has already publicly stated that the Steelers organization will not stop Bill from coaching in 2009, and will not demand any kind of compensation if he accepts a job.

I think he wants the Carolina job. He was on course to get it this year until Fox got his teams act together. Now he'll have to sit another year and hope Fox implodes next season.

-Mike
 
#150
TheBigO said:
Wow. I just heard Mike Shanahan is out in Denver. He's too good to not get a head coaching job again, but wouldn't that be a great pairing? Plus he'd be close enough to spit in Al Davis' eye.
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Holy Cow! My wife (huge Denver fan) is going to flip! I don't think I want to break the news to her but I better before she hears it during the Colts game! :eek:
 
#151
Quote from an article on ESPN.com: "After reaching out to coach Cowher's representatives, we were informed tonight that he is not a candidate for the position," Jets spokesman Bruce Speight told The Associated Press on Tuesday night."

Just what I thought.

-Mike
 
#153
The Golden Boy said:
They were forgettable:

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From the above linked article:

Card Pitt was the name for the team created by the temporary merger of two National Football League (NFL) teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chicago Cardinals, during the 1944 season. The teams were forced to merge because both had lost many players to military service due to World War II. After the season the merger was dissolved, and with the war over by the start of the following season traditional operations resumed for both teams. The two teams together did poorly as the combined team finished with a 0-10 record in the Western Division. Sportswriters called the team the "Car-Pitts" (carpets).[1] The Steelers had previously combined with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1943 as the "Steagles".

0-10 Wow. Sounds like they were the Detroit Lions of 1944!

Thanks for the link. :)
 

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