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  • NFL Coaches Fired – On Black Monday

    This Black Monday is gonna hurt, and experts claim this axe isn’t coming up for air anytime soon.

    During the regular season, at least four head coaches were fired, on what is becoming known as Black Monday in the NFL world.

    All because these teams were out of playoff picture?

    The Redskins, Mike Shanahan is no longer head coach. The Vikings fired Leslie Frazier, Greg Schiano of the Buccaneers was also fired, and last but not least – Jim Schwartz with the Lions isn’t coming back to that team anytime soon.

    Their teams did pretty badly this season, the Skins were at 3-13, Vikings finished 5-10-1 and the Bucs at 4-12 all last in their divisions. Schwartz’s Lions were among the best of the worst at 7-9.

    The other firing announcements came 24 hours after the Cleveland Browns fired head coach Rob Chudzinski just after his team closed out the 2013 season with a seven-game losing streak to finish 4-12.

    Shanahan was 24-20 in four seasons as coach of the Redskins, but his future was shot with the team’s performance – adding to that, his questionable relationship with quarterback Robert Griffin III.

    “Redskins fans deserve a better result,” owner Dan Snyder said in a statement.

    The Redskins started the season hopeful, with a 2012 record of 10-6, and the NFC East title.

    The Vikings, however, fired Frazier after his team went 21-32-1 in three-plus seasons. Minnesota did make it to the playoffs last season, so there was hope there too.

    “Unfortunately, we did not achieve consistent success and did not achieve the progress we expected,” Vikings General Manager Rick Spielman said in a statement.

    Schiano’s Bucs had two mediocre seasons.

    “The results over the past two years have not lived up to our standards and we believe the time has come to find a new direction,” said Buccaneers co-chairman Bryan Glazer.

    Detroit fired Schwartz after a late-season fade that cost the Lions a play-off berth as they lost their final four games.

    Schwartz was 29-51 in five seasons with the Lions. They had one winning season, going 10-6 in 2011.

    “I think it’s a cut-and-dry wins and losses business,” said Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who added that the players had to accept “quite a bit” of responsibility for the team’s mediocre season.

    Chudzinski, unfortunately lasted only one season with the Browns even though he has three years remaining on his contract.

    So the NFL does realize that not all football teams can win, someone has to lose – wonder if the teams’ owners feel better.

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  • Donovan McNabb: Is His Career Over?

    Donovan McNabb had an amazing career with the Philly Eagles which spanned eleven seasons; despite injuries and criticism, he led the team to their second-ever Super Bowl in 2004 and went on to score 211 career touchdowns with them. When he moved on to the Washington Redskins in 2010 he found it to be a rocky season–what some call his worst season ever–and he was benched twice; his agent also exchanged words with the team on his behalf, which didn’t put him in coach Mike Shanahan’s favor.

    Now McNabb is expressing the opinion that Shanahan–and his son Kyle, who is the Redskin’s offensive coordinator–are making a mistake with their newest acquisition, quarterback Robert Griffin lll. Not because he will be a bad fit for the team, but rather for the Shanahans.

    “No,” McNabb answered when asked if he thought Shanahan would make the most of Griffin’s talents. “I say that because a lot of times ego gets too involved when it comes to being in Washington.”

    And also, McNabb says, because he himself was “misused” during his time with the Redskins. He says he’s not the only one, either, citing Rex Grossman and John Beck as quarterbacks who proved unsuccessful under Shanahan’s tutelage.

    If it seems like McNabb is a little bitter, it’s probably because he is. After having Eagles coach Andy Reid adapt his offense to McNabb when he was drafted, his relationship with Shanahan must have been like a glass of cold water in the face. He was a big deal in Philly; Washington just clashed too much with his style. And while there has been talk lately of McNabb coming back to the Eagles, there are some who don’t think that’s such a good idea.

    “The Eagles traded him at the right time and they were wise to move on at that point. It is no secret that McNabb has tanked in the two years since he left Philadelphia. You can blame systems or coaches all you want but the bottom line is that McNabb simply hasn’t looked good. It sure looks like his career is over,” said writer Mark Paul.

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    Tolan Lichty    I’m pretty sure McNabb is just bitter, because HE failed.

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