Bill Belichick is the talk of the sports world after his daredevil play calling in the fourth quarter of sunday night’s New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts game. To quickly recap Belichick went for it on fourth and two at his own 28 and Peyton Manning easily led his team down the short field capping it of with a touchdown pass to Reggie Wayne to win the game 35-34. Belichick happens to be the most successful active coach in the NFL and has more job security than anyone. The same cannot be said for a majority of the other head coaches in the league. Lets take a look at some jobs that might be in jeopardy if the same events occurred with a different coach.
Wade Phillips: He would never have the authority to pull a move like that, but if he did Jerry Jones would have fired him by the time the Cowboys got to the locker room.
Jim Zorn: In this case Zorn would have defiantly been fired on the spot. Then again he would have been fired if the Redskins punted. Although the Skins did show some life in their upset of the Falcons.
Dick Jauron: The scary thing is that he would probably keep his job. In this case the Bills would have probably just run the ball up the middle three times , but if this happened to the Bills you would have to think he would finally be out leaving behind his legacy of 7-9 seasons.
Tom Cable: He would almost certainly get the boot, but for that to happen the Raiders would actually have to have a six point lead with two minutes to go.
John Fox: Considering that a loss like this would put the final nail in the coffin for the Panther playoff hopes It would be very difficuly for Fox to survive the backlash.
Raheem Morris: There have been reports that he may be on the hot seat. Despite the fact that the Bucs have not played a meaningful game since last season’s finally a 33 year-old coach making a move like that could pressure the owner Malcolm Glazer to make a move and fast.
Gary Kubiak: Considering that this may be a make or break season for Kubiak with the Houston Texans a move like this would likely ensure the break. However, if the team could survive it and make the playoffs he would probably survive regardless.
Norv Turner: I think we should give him a chance to actually try this. He’s always found a way to mess up yet he keeps getting work , but you would have to think that with the annual expectations for the San Diego Chargers that General Manager A.J. Smith might pull the plug onTurner.
Eric Mangini: With the recent firing of General Manager George Kokinis it has already been speculated that the former Mangenius will not make it past this season. After the disasterous season that he has had the Browns might cut ties on the spot.
Jack Del Rio: There have been rumblings that Del Rio is on the hot seat, but the Jaguars have recently gotten themselves back into the playoff hunt. With that said if he pulled a Belichick, which would severely damage Jacksonville’s playoff hopes that hot seat would be scorching.
You would have to think that the rest of the first year coaches would be safe along with the remaining coaches in the league. However if this were to happen in a playoff situation then it could end the tenure of a long time coach who has never quite reached the pinnacle such as: Andy Reed, Lovie Smith, and Brad Childress.
The message here is if you are an NFL head coach do not do anything too crazy.
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