Not sure that this is a shock really. There was a good portion of the season spent wondering whether or not the Indianapolis Colts would be joining the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only two teams to lose all 16 games. But, without Peyton Manning, was head coach Jim Caldwell really culpable? The Colts think [...]
When the Oakland Raiders hired Reggie McKenzie as their new general manager, we knew that changes could be coming. Head coach Hue Jackson was not his guy, and there was the possibility that he could be tossed (especially the way he was running his mouth the last few weeks). Well, according to Adam Schefter, McKenzie [...]
When you go 10-6 one year with a promising young quarterback and then follow that up with a season where said young quarterback regresses big time and you finish the year with 10 straight losses, something has to change. And something did change for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as they have fired head coach Raheem [...]
Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano had his team playing some really good football these last five or so weeks. This was after an 0-7 start, but it did look as though things were getting better for the embattled head coach. Likewise, Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley got his team’s ship turned around after a [...]
Many Chicago Cubs fans have been calling for general manager Jim Hendry to replaced by someone, anyone. And get someone in there while we’re waiting. Well, it looks like the finally got their wish. According to Jon Heyman of SI, the Cubs have fired Hendry. “#cubs announce gm jim hendry has been dismissed,” Heyman tweets [...]
This is a bit of a surprise. After 10 years of running the Cincinnati Bengals offense, Bob Bratkowski was shown the door on Monday, according to Chris Mortensen of ESPN. The Bengals offense has underperformed as of late, failing to reach 21st or better in the league in points in any of the past three [...]
Well, this is unexpected. Tennessee Titans head coach had issues with Vince Young this year, and it was made known to owner Bud Adams that essentially it’s “him or me.” Fisher and Young just couldn’t co-exist together. Now it looks like they won’t have to. A source tells SI.com‘s Don Banks that Fisher is on [...]
This isn’t terribly surprising. In his two years as defensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans, Chuck Cecil never got his side of the ball ranked higher than 26th in the league. And that’s with a defensive line coach that had they lineman sacking errr body out hee-yah. So, the Titans today let Cecil know that [...]
The Oakland Raiders have been a pretty horrific team since they made the Super Bowl in 2002. They were bad when Tom Cable took over the team, and they continued to be poor during his tenure. However, he did get things turned around a bit this year, getting the team to 8-8. But, according to [...]
Cleveland Brown’s president Mike Holmgren decided enough was enough and fired head coach Eric Mangini on Monday. In all fairness to Mangini, despite him being a total douchebag, it’s tough running a football organization with Jake Delhomme, Seneca Wallace, Brady Quinn, and Derek Anderson at quarterback. Rookie Colt McCoy showed some promise, but a coach usually needs more than [...]
I don’t know that anyone thought that the Denver Broncos would hold on to head coach Josh McDaniels much longer, but I didn’t see this coming. With just four games remaining in the season, the Broncos have fired McDaniels. The team announced the move on their Twitter page. “Broncos Owner Pat Bowlen has relieved Josh [...]
Brett Favre is stinking up the joint for the Minnesota Vikings, who got their asses handed to them on Sunday by the Green Bay Packers. The talk of head coach Brad Childress’s head being on the chopping block has been around for quite some time as well. But, there won’t be much more talk about [...]
The New York Islanders had apparently seen enough of Scott Gordon’s team this season to know that they needed to make a change. They have removed “head coaching” from his list of responsibilities with the team and replaced him with Jack Capuano from the AHL’s Bridgeport franchise. Gordon will still serve as an assistant to [...]
Following an embarrassing 45-7 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night, the Dallas Cowboys have decided to fire head coach Wade Phillips. The Cowboys are now 1-7 and many had speculated that this move would be coming soon. There aren’t many details available, only that Jason Garrett will be named the interim head [...]
Apparently tired of underachieving with a big payroll, the New York Mets decided to shake things up. According to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News, the team fired manager Jerry Manuel and GM Omar Minaya was “relieved of his duties.” Martino says that as of right now, Minaya has no role on the [...]
The San Francisco 49ers are 0-3 and off to a terrible start. They were the media darlings heading into the season, but the shine has worn off completely (and probably never should have been there to begin with). The offense ranks 31st in the league and is absolutely putrid to watch. Alex Smith just isn’t [...]
After winning two straight games and playing .500 ball over the last 20 games, the Florida Marlins decided that something had to be done. They went ahead and fired Fredi Gonzalez, their manager of the last three and a half years. As for bench coach Carlos Tosca and hitting coach Jim Presley? They are gone [...]
This isn’t terribly surprising. Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore Orioles have fired manager Dave Trembley. Trembley was the manager for the Orioles for most of the last four seasons. He finishes his sparkling tenure there with a 187-283 record. Photo Caption: Not fully understanding who does the hiring and firing [...]
The Seattle Mariners needed someone to blame for their miserable 11-19 performance that has landed them in the basement of the American League West. And that person was hitting coach Alan Cockrell. The Mariners have an AL-worst .617 OPS and have lost eight straight games. They have also scored less runs than 28 of 30 [...]
The Philadelphia 76ers have done what everyone hoped they would do months ago. They have fired their head coach Eddie Jordan. OTR thinks that GM Ed Stefanski should be hitting the bricks soon too. After all, he’s the one that thought Jordan and his Princeton offense (which is predicated on passing and jump shooting) would [...]
The Oregon Ducks have decided to part ways with Ernie Kent after 13 years as men’s basketball coach. Kent compiled a record of 235-173 becoming the Ducks winningest coach, but Oregon now sucks. PHOTO CAPTION: Oregon Ducks alumni are pulling for Isiah Thomas to be the next coach and president of basketball operations During his [...]
The NFL is becoming a lot like the music industry anymore. Record labels aren’t going to wait for you to find your groove and hope the third album is a hit. Your first album only sold 300,000 copies? See ya. Much is the way of the NFL. You were here for one year and the [...]
The New York Giants have fired their defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan after just one year on the job, according to Mike Garafolo’s twitter account. “Bill Sheridan fired, #NYG announce,” Garafolo tweets. This isn’t a huge surprise to anyone that caught a whiff of the Giants defense in the second half of the season. They were [...]
In a surprising twist at the end of Washington’s season, the Redskins organization has chosen to cut ties with head coach Jim Zorn. PHOTO CAPTION: “What do I care, I still got paid.” Zorn was viewed by many to be the best coach in the toughest division in football, the NFC East. Although he was [...]
Sources tell the Kansas City Star that Kansas University head coach Mark Mangino and the school have reached a settlement and he will no longer be the coach of the football team. The school has been investigating his treatment of players since November 17th and several players have come forward and alleged verbal and physical [...]