Coaches on Hot Seat

[ArmyBengal]

This is my top five:

Jim Haslett (Saints)- Even though he got an extension, I think, he has to much talent on that team to not make a run at the playoffs.

Joe Gibbs (Redskins)- The offense has to do something this year to compliment their D or Gibbs could be gone.

Mike Holmgren (Seahawks)- Another team with the talent and had everyone calling them SB contenders last year, but Holmgren's time is running out.

Bill Parcells (Cowboys)- One decent year followed by crap. Better hope their defensive rookies step it up a notch or old Bill will be unemployed.

Jon Gruden (Buccaneers)- I use to like this guy, then they split up the team after winning it all. Not all his fault, but they have done nothing since then. Dungy could have done the same that year they won it all.

Agree or disagree, I don't care, I just wanted to see something besides the usual and give you all something else to think about... What do you think ???

WHODEY !!!

[Stripes]

Hot Seat: Haslett, Holmgren, and Gruden (maybe Gibbs, but I don't see the Skins dumping him before he'd just resign)

Warm Seat: Parcells, Coughlin, Sherman, Tice

Just Above Room Temperature Post-Fart Seat: Martz, Marriuchi (spelling?), Smith

[redsbengalsbucks]

Gruden Martz amd Mariucci all need to win this year or they will be looking for jobs by the end of the season.

[HoosierCat]

This is my top five:

Jim Haslett (Saints)- Even though he got an extension, I think, he has to much talent on that team to not make a run at the playoffs.

Joe Gibbs (Redskins)- The offense has to do something this year to compliment their D or Gibbs could be gone.

Mike Holmgren (Seahawks)- Another team with the talent and had everyone calling them SB contenders last year, but Holmgren's time is running out.

Bill Parcells (Cowboys)- One decent year followed by crap. Better hope their defensive rookies step it up a notch or old Bill will be unemployed.

Jon Gruden (Buccaneers)- I use to like this guy, then they split up the team after winning it all. Not all his fault, but they have done nothing since then. Dungy could have done the same that year they won it all.

Agree or disagree, I don't care, I just wanted to see something besides the usual and give you all something else to think about... What do you think ???

WHODEY !!!

I think...if Haslet was gonna go he'd already be gone. Then again, the Saints' front office is screwed up in its own special way, and who really knows what's going on there?

I think the chances that Snyderbrenner would ever fire Gibbs are about nil. Gibbs might decide to quit, tho.

Holmgren...yeah, I think he's a hot seat candidate.

Parcells? Like Gibbs he may quit if things go badly -- you never know exactly what the Tuna will do -- but I doubt Jones cans him.

Gruden I can see on the hot seat, too.

I think this is a pretty big year for Herm Edwards...

[semiotter]

This is my top five:

Jim Haslett (Saints)- Even though he got an extension, I think, he has to much talent on that team to not make a run at the playoffs.

Joe Gibbs (Redskins)- The offense has to do something this year to compliment their D or Gibbs could be gone.

Mike Holmgren (Seahawks)- Another team with the talent and had everyone calling them SB contenders last year, but Holmgren's time is running out.

Bill Parcells (Cowboys)- One decent year followed by crap. Better hope their defensive rookies step it up a notch or old Bill will be unemployed.

Jon Gruden (Buccaneers)- I use to like this guy, then they split up the team after winning it all. Not all his fault, but they have done nothing since then. Dungy could have done the same that year they won it all.

Agree or disagree, I don't care, I just wanted to see something besides the usual and give you all something else to think about... What do you think ???

WHODEY !!!

NO WAY Joe Gibbs is on the "HOT SEAT" no freaking WAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

Any the "TUNA" is safe in Big "D'......

[semiotter]

Oh yeah J. Hasletts team just missed the playoffs cuz the JETS let the Rmas come back and win on the last day. So I think he will be ok to.

[Ickey44]

I think Holmgren and Herm Edwards need big seasons to keep their jobs.

[BengalNation1281]

Mike Martz and Mike Holmgren are my top two on the hot seat. Holmgren has run out of good will and needs to get the Seahawks deep into the playoffs to keep his job, and Martz had a questionable offseason to go with his massive ego and unwillingness to run the ball, and if the Rams have another season like last year or (and this is the option that I would go with) have a losing record then he will be gone.

Haslett is definitely up there, but with the NFC west being as weak as it is I don't see another chance for either of the above two.

Herm Edwards will be safe. So will Joe Gibbs and the Whale.

[Stripes]

Reviewing all these posts, I don't think I can find a single AFC coach listed. Good stuff.

Check that, I see Herm Edwards.....

[bengalindian]

Too bad for Gruden...I like him. (UD Alum)

[WhoDey42]

Holmgren is definatly on the hottest of seats right now. The Seahawks' window to make something big happen is closing awful quickly.

I don't think Gibbs or Parcells are on the "hot seat." They need to do something this year to prove that they still have it, but if they don't, I don't think they'll be fired. But, thats not to say they'll definatly be there, I agree with JoiseyCat that one or both may resign if they can't put a decent season together.

Edwards is on the "slightly warm seat." He needs to have a disasterous season to be fired.

Tice has been on the "warm seat" for a while, hasn't he? I think he needs to prove something this year. I think the Vikings will have a good year, but if they don't, I wouldn't be surprised to see him gone.

Gruden is probably on the hot seat too.

[ckj414]

Hot Seat: Haslett, Holmgren, and Gruden (maybe Gibbs, but I don't see the Skins dumping him before he'd just resign)

Warm Seat: Parcells, Coughlin, Sherman, Tice

Just Above Room Temperature Post-Fart Seat: Martz, Marriuchi (spelling?), Smith

Coughlin is safe, the Giants weren't that bad last year. In fact they were pushing for the playoffs (4-2, 5-3) until 8 of 11 starters went down on defense. Nobody ever overcomes injuries like that. Another 6-10 this year and he'll be on the hotseat in 2006.

I can't believe Martz's job isn't in more danger. He must have some dirt on ownership or something. He's my least favorite head coach in the league. I dislike his coaching, and I dislike him. I hope he gets fired.

Haslett and Holmgren are definitely on the 'hot seat'. I'm shocked Haslett still has a job - he's got all that talent to work with and hasn't had anything to show for it but an annual late-season surge. How much longer will the Saints ownership fall for it?

I'm pretty sure Parcells is safe unless 2005 is a total disaster. The 'Boys got a lot of offseason hype, but as the season gets closer it sounds more and more like they won't be able to back it up. Who knows, the disaster could happen. Only an Eagles disaster would please me more.

The Lions have to show improvement, otherwise Mariucci is done. They've got the talent, if they don't succeed now its on the coach.

Hmm. Not many AFC guys are in trouble. That says something about the shape of the league.

[HoosierCat]

Reviewing all these posts, I don't think I can find a single AFC coach listed. Good stuff.

Check that, I see Herm Edwards.....

Yup. Tho thinking just about eh AFC I can see some guys to keep an eye on.

I put Herm in there not because I think he's done a bad job, heck, he has a winning record and got them to the playoffs just last year...but the NY market is the very definition of "what have you done for me lately?" In Cincy he'd be deified; in NY a couple losses in September and they will be screaming for his head. If the Jets falter and miss the playoffs this year he will come under fire.

There's Dick "this is my last season well maybe uh yes umm no" Vermeil in KC. I get the feeling there that Dick with either retire or be retired if KC comes up short again.

Dom Capers. If the Texans don't get over the hump this year he could go down.

Mike Shanahan. Yeah, yeah, I know, Teflon coach and all. But bad draft and FA choices may really bite him on the butt this year. A lot of donkey fans hate the guy. I can see the Broncos coming in last in their division and that might finally get his ticket punched.

My dark horse: the AFCN's very own Brian Billick. Like Herm, Billick hasn't done a bad job, but that 2000 Super Bowl winning is getting farther away all the time and despite the Ravens having a boatload of talent in a lot of spots, they keep coming up short. If Boller doesn't take a big step up, I think Billick's in trouble. Probably not this year, unless the team completely tanks, which isn't likely, but in that case there will be a fire under his butt in 2006.

[BamaBengal]

Haslett and Holmgren are definitely on the hot seat. Too much talent and too little done in both instances.

Tuna probably gets a pass this year because of the change in the defense and the fact they're relying on so many rookies to come in and make an impact. If the rookies and the 3-4 don't look like they're making considerable steps by the 2nd half of the year, Jones could get impatient.

I think Dick Vermeil has to be looked at, too. The Chiefs are getting old on offense and they spent a ton of money on the defense, so they have to make it happen this year if they wanna go anywhere without going through a rebuilding process (Green is 34, Roaf 35, Priest Holmes 31 and nicked up from tons of touches).

I think Snyder finally gets some patience and lets Gibbs get his system going and build the roster with his type of players.

[LesterLyles]

Joisy nailed the Herm issue. For a guy that has taken a team to the playoffs 3 out of 4 years, he gets a lot of heat from the media. That is the nature of NY. you lose its a tragedy. You win, and they'll build a statue. In most places Herm would be fine. I thinjk it would take an absolute disaster for Herm to lose his job but he kind of has a permanent place on the "warm" seat.

[DesperateDerelict]

Here's a new name - Tony Dungy. Nobody in the NFL, with the possible exception of Andy Reid, has higher team expectations. No other coach has been given such a free reign with the checkbook, and nobody has a, dollar for dollar, crappier defense. Indy's "D" wins some games, and they make it to the AFC Championship games AT LEAST, or he's toast.

[jjakq27]

Since this is a Bengals-related site, does anyone think Marvin is on the hot seat? Would a 7-9 season or failure to make the playoffs with a winning record do it? Please note I didn't say get him fired.

I am just wondering about credibility with his team and the ownership trying to meddle more if things don't go well this season. Marvin has pretty much been allowed to change some things to the way he wants it. At what point is the payoff?

[HoosierCat]

I think there's definitely pressure on Dungy to win this year. And with the AFCS slowly becoming more competitive he's running out of time. Don't thinbk he's in any real danger, tho.

Marvin? I don't think he's on a hot seat, but I suspect it would start to warm up were the Bengals to slip back to their losing ways. And I dont think another 8-8 finish is going to get him another 1-year extension, either. Absolute bottom line bare minimum, he needs that 9th win this year.

[JPW]

Rod Woodson was on the NFL Network one night, when someone brought up the Kyle Boller situation.

Woodson said that in his opinion, it is not only Boller who is on the Hot Seat in Baltimore this year.

He thinks that if Boller goes down in flames this season, Brian Billick could very well go down with him.

[Stripes]

Since this is a Bengals-related site, does anyone think Marvin is on the hot seat?  Would a 7-9 season or failure to make the playoffs with a winning record do it? Please note I didn't say get him fired. 

I am just wondering about credibility with his team and the ownership trying to meddle more if things don't go well this season.  Marvin has pretty much been allowed to change some things to the way he wants it.  At what point is the payoff?

Though a 7-9 season would obviously be a huge disappointment, I doubt it would put Marvin in any danger. With the improvements he's already made all over the team, Mike Brown would have to realize a bad season would be in no way his doing.

[HoosierCat]

Mike Shanahan. Yeah, yeah, I know, Teflon coach and all. But bad draft and FA choices may really bite him on the butt this year. A lot of donkey fans hate the guy. I can see the Broncos coming in last in their division and that might finally get his ticket punched.

Just to update that note, today's Denver papers are reporting that Jake "the snake" might better be named Jake "the gimp" this season. Apparently he had knee surgery in January, it's still (and I quote) "sore," swells up after games & he has to ice it down, etc, all very P-Dub-esque. Jake says that he'll have to "adjust" his playing style...uh-huh.

So let's see...the Browns defensive line...a gimpy QB who could go pop from one hit...a bunch of possible starting RBs except, of course, for Mo "Groin" Clarett...anyone else see, oh, about a 5-11 season in store for Denver? Shanny's on thin ice...

[BengalNation1281]

I was listening to ESPN Radio today and realized that Shanahan should have been one of the coaches on my hot seat list. Their draft was awful, their offseason signings were worse, and they haven't won a playoff game in years.

So add him to my list of the top three.