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Staying or Going: NFL Head Coaches

By Andrew Hammond

Sep 21, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano coaches on the sidelines against the New York Jets at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 21, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano coaches on the sidelines against the New York Jets at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 11, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles on the sideline during the fourth quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi
Dec 11, 2016; Santa Clara, CA, USA; New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles on the sideline during the fourth quarter against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi /

New York Jets: Todd Bowles

Todd Bowles was supposed to bring change, but the New York Jets franchise has gotten worse under his alleged leadership. Bowles should not be blamed for all that happened with the Jets. He’s not the guy that gave Ryan Fitzpatrick a boatload of money this past offseason. However, when the Jets 2016 ship started to take water and things got tough, the players quit and lacked effort when they had a chance to save their season. 

All of that falls on the coach. You have players like Sheldon Richardson taking to social media expressing their unhappiness, your best player talks about how he doesn’t have the desire to play. That’s on the coach because he’s supposed to help produce in that culture. As much as I wanted Todd Bowles to be successful, he’s got to go.

Status: Fired 

Baltimore Ravens: John Harbaugh 

I know what some of you are going to say, John Harbaugh has won a Super Bowl! Andrew get him off this list you idiot!

Well, let’s take a look at what he’s done since then. Harbaugh has just one playoff appearance in the last four seasons. There’s enough there to warrant a firing. One of the biggest factors of what brings Harbaugh’s job security into question is the disappointment is the constant underwhelming performances from Baltimore since they’ve won the Super Bowl.

However, if you fire John Harbaugh then someone will scoop him up. If we’re keeping it real here he should’ve had Super Bowl contenders in the post-Ray Lewis era for Baltimore and he hasn’t. I would keep him but you don’t want to run into a Mike Shanahan situation. You can’t live on one Super Bowl alone for long.  

Status: Keep

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