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As has become customary, the first Monday after the close of the NFL's regular season included the firings of several coaches in 2013. While the number of pink slips handed out on Monday may not match the 2012 total (7), there will be no shortage of openings around the league as five coaches were fired within 12 hours of the Philadelphia Eagles claiming the final spot in the playoffs.
The Minnesota Vikings got the dark day started by relieving head coach Leslie Frazier of his duties around 9 a.m. on Monday morning. The Vikings were coming off a 5-10-1 season that dropped Frazier's record in Minnesota to 21-33-1 over three-plus seasons.
Moments before the Vikings announced Frazier's firing on Twitter, Mike Shanahan arrived at Redskins Park for a meeting with team owner Dan Snyder. Shanahan parked his Audi as the team's head coach and executive vice president. When he waved goodbye to the facility approximately two hours later he was unemployed.
A year removed from winning the NFC east, Washington stumbled through a disappointing, dysfunctional 3-13 campaign. The sacking of Shanahan may have been the most anticipated personnel move of Black Monday but it was hardly the last.
By noon, media reports had revealed that the Detroit Lions had fired head coach Jim Schwartz and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had cut ties with head coach Greg Schiano as well as general manager Mark Dominik.
With those moves, five NFL head coaching jobs had opened up since the close of the season. Seemingly subject to the same creep as Black Friday sales that are increasingly starting on Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Monday actually kicked off on Sunday night when the Cleveland Browns axed Rob Chudzinski after just one season in charge.
from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/black-monday-nfl-coaches-fired-2013_n_4519806.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago
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As has become customary, the first Monday after the close of the NFL's regular season included the firings of several coaches in 2013. While the number of pink slips handed out on Monday may not match the 2012 total (7), there will be no shortage of openings around the league as five coaches were fired within 12 hours of the Philadelphia Eagles claiming the final spot in the playoffs.
The Minnesota Vikings got the dark day started by relieving head coach Leslie Frazier of his duties around 9 a.m. on Monday morning. The Vikings were coming off a 5-10-1 season that dropped Frazier's record in Minnesota to 21-33-1 over three-plus seasons.
The Vikings have announced that Leslie Frazier will not return in 2014 as Head Coach.
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) December 30, 2013 Moments before the Vikings announced Frazier's firing on Twitter, Mike Shanahan arrived at Redskins Park for a meeting with team owner Dan Snyder. Shanahan parked his Audi as the team's head coach and executive vice president. When he waved goodbye to the facility approximately two hours later he was unemployed.
#Redskins announced today that they have relieved Executive Vice President/Head Coach Mike Shanahan of his duties with the team.
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) December 30, 2013 A year removed from winning the NFC east, Washington stumbled through a disappointing, dysfunctional 3-13 campaign. The sacking of Shanahan may have been the most anticipated personnel move of Black Monday but it was hardly the last.
By noon, media reports had revealed that the Detroit Lions had fired head coach Jim Schwartz and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had cut ties with head coach Greg Schiano as well as general manager Mark Dominik.
With those moves, five NFL head coaching jobs had opened up since the close of the season. Seemingly subject to the same creep as Black Friday sales that are increasingly starting on Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Monday actually kicked off on Sunday night when the Cleveland Browns axed Rob Chudzinski after just one season in charge.
from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/30/black-monday-nfl-coaches-fired-2013_n_4519806.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago
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