2017 NFL power rankings: Head coaching openings
By John Buhler
The coaching carousel has begun to move in the NFL. Here are the power rankings for the head coaching vacancies heading into the 2017 NFL season.
Like clockwork, the coaching carousel in the NFL has begun to spin. When teams have bad seasons, coaching staffs get fired. So there are always bad teams in need of a new spark from an incoming head coach.
With the 2016 NFL regular season coming to a close, here are the head coaching vacancies power ranked on overall appeal. Which organization presents the better head coaching job?
The San Francisco 49ers have absolutely no clue what they are doing. Owner Jed York needs to go in timeout because he will be looking for his fourth head coach in four seasons. That’s pathetic for an organization that went to the Super Bowl only four seasons ago.
2014 saw the end of the Jim Harbaugh era in the Bay Area. 2015 brought us the wonder that was Jim Tomsula. 2016 gave us no belief that Chip Kelly can continue to be an NFL head coach. Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke are expected to be fired at the end of the season.
A clean slate, a high draft pick, and getting to live in the Bay Area coaching a once-proud NFL organization could be appealing to some head coaching candidates. However, York has driven this once-lucrative job into the ground. The 2017 49ers head coach will have a tremendously short leash. Would it be shocking to see York fire him after a year, too?
The brand of 49ers football is strong and the organization will be able to interview some interesting head coaching candidates. San Francisco is just not very likely to land anybody solid. Any self-respecting head coaching candidate would pass on this gig if offered another by a better run organization. The 49ers are a total disaster. Whomever takes this job, good luck, sir!