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NFL Black Monday live updates: Ron Rivera, Arthur Smith fired; Bill Belichick next?
NY Post ^ | 8 Jan 2024 | Sports Desk

Posted on 01/08/2024 9:24:28 AM PST by Rummyfan

The most feared day for coaches in the NFL is here: Black Monday.

Which coaches and coordinators will be fired now that the regular season is over?

The Falcons did not waste any time and fired Arthur Smith just after midnight, and Ron Rivera received the axe Monday morning.

Three coaches were canned during the season including Josh McDaniels of the Las Vegas Raiders, Frank Reich of the Carolina Panthers and Brandon Staley from the Los Angeles Chargers.

Who’s on the coaching hot seat today? There have been rumblings coming out of New England that legendary coach Bill Belichick’s future is up in the air.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: PGR88

How many imagined that Tom Landry would get fired?


21 posted on 01/08/2024 9:44:52 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Rlsau1

The new Jeff Fisher.


22 posted on 01/08/2024 9:45:32 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I’m not that familiar with him. But I saw one of the ESPN analysts talking breathlessly about him. But wasn’t USC fairly mediocre?


23 posted on 01/08/2024 9:46:18 AM PST by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: Obadiah

Rivera is a woke California liberal. A perfect fit for the District of Corruption and the ridiculous “Commanders. “

They fired him anyway. Gotta be racist, right?


24 posted on 01/08/2024 9:47:23 AM PST by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: MDLION
And was he cheating during some of it?

I suspect with your football acumen, that CNN or ESPN (specifically) will be giving you a call shortly.

25 posted on 01/08/2024 9:48:02 AM PST by rlmorel ("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
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To: TTFlyer

The Washington franchise will be cursed until they are the Redskins again.


26 posted on 01/08/2024 9:48:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rlmorel

I doubt I would last long at CNN or ESPN. My first statement revealing that I’m MAGA and not a Christie-Republican and I’m out the door like Rush.


27 posted on 01/08/2024 9:51:51 AM PST by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: dfwgator
I predict the USC Quarterback will be one of the biggest busts in NFL history.

USC QBs of late don't have a very good record - Sam Darnold being the most recent bust.

28 posted on 01/08/2024 9:55:59 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Rummyfan

The disappointment from Belichick haters is palatable... They were huffing and puffing and hoping beyond hope that they would awake to the greatest coach of all time being fired... But maybe Kraft isn’t as dumb as he looks.

There are 32 teams in the NFL, and only 31 of them would fire their current head coach’s and hire Bill Belichick in a split second.


29 posted on 01/08/2024 9:56:40 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: MDLION
But wasn’t USC fairly mediocre?

Their defense was terrible to nonexistent.

30 posted on 01/08/2024 9:59:06 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Rummyfan

I live in Louisville and they beat Louisville in the bowl. Louisville was around 9th or so at one point but they really petered out, ending their season with loses to Kentucky, Florida State and USC. I was wrong. I thought Alabama would destroy Michigan because I tend to think the Big Ten is overrated and nothing against top SEC teams.


31 posted on 01/08/2024 10:05:02 AM PST by MDLION ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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To: circlecity

I never thought I would see the day when Belichick might be fired.


32 posted on 01/08/2024 10:12:53 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Jonny7797

Why- players and coaches under contract are never fired?? and he signed the deal long before the 2023 season which was i believe a two year extension


33 posted on 01/08/2024 10:13:09 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: MDLION

Belichick posted the best winning percentage for the Browns between Bud Carson and Gregg Williams (28 year period).


34 posted on 01/08/2024 10:13:10 AM PST by scrabblehack
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To: dfwgator

Defensive coordinators are not in vogue for HC positions. If Quinn gets any job it will be the Cowboys job, if Dallas does not make a deep run into the playoffs


35 posted on 01/08/2024 10:14:04 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: dfwgator

they usually are


36 posted on 01/08/2024 10:14:48 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: TTFlyer

Wasn’t gonna say it, but he sure is.


37 posted on 01/08/2024 10:26:57 AM PST by Obadiah
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To: dfwgator

I predict the USC Quarterback will be one of the biggest busts in NFL history.

It would be hard to surpass Ryan Leaf and Johnny Manizel.


38 posted on 01/08/2024 10:42:38 AM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Rummyfan

Black Friday good.

Black Monday good.

NFL Black Monday bad.

NFL bad.


39 posted on 01/08/2024 10:50:50 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: Red Badger

Which is the problem. The question always winds up being is the team actually changing their culture as part of this coaching turnover, or are they just re-arranging deck chairs? Most of the time it’s the later.


40 posted on 01/08/2024 10:50:58 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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