Most of those were to be expected, but Lovie Smith getting fired after going 10-6? That’s rough.
2 late season fades that bounced them out of the playoffs. Also Turner and Reid are available, they’re the kind of highly regarded but not actually good coaches bad teams love. I suspect a lot of this year’s firing involve a plan to hire one of those 2.
As of 2:21pm EST
Crennel - KC
Gailey - Buf
Reid - Phil
Shurmur - Cleve
Smith - Chicago
Turner - SD
Whisenhut- Arizona
Lovie’s their third-winningest coach, and...
Ditka: Firing Lovie a bad move by Bears
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4681702/ditka-firing-lovie-a-bad-move-by-bears
No, it’s because we started the season 7-1 and failed to adjust to injuries and poor play calling for the next 8 games.