{"id":451273,"date":"2013-12-30T08:49:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T13:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.TheSportsDaily.Net\/?p=950"},"modified":"2013-12-30T08:49:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T13:49:50","slug":"nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Hot Seat Rankings: Final Hiring\/Firing Predictions\n      for Head Coaches As Black Monday Looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bloguin.com\/thesportsdaily\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/163\/2013\/12\/AP377339498682.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-965\" alt=\"Jim Schwartz, Jimmy Haslam\" src=\"http:\/\/bloguin.com\/thesportsdaily\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/163\/2013\/12\/AP377339498682.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black Monday is now upon us, and most NFL head coaches who are currently squatting on hot seats didn\u2019t do much to help their cases to stay during Week 17\u2019s games.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, at least Browns fans don\u2019t have to spend their mornings refreshing Web browsers on their computers and phones. The team\u2019s brass met with former HC Rob Chudzinski on Sunday night, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayGlazer\/status\/417482741832089600\">Fox Sports&#8217; Jay Glazer reported<\/a> the team fired him during that time. A brutal firing, indeed, as Chud was let go after just one season, with a young, inexperienced team that fought hard this year. Not a great message sent by Banner, Lombardi and Haslam.<\/p>\n<p>So with Gary Kubiak and Chudzinski now fired, how many more teams will follow suit?<\/p>\n<p>From a numbers perspective, I think it\u2019s going to be a busy week and we\u2019re looking at six more teams that will fire its head honchos in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here are the updated hot seat rankings:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><span style=\"color:red;\"><strong><em>[SCORCHING] <\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u2014These coaches will almost certainly be fired in the next 48-72 hours, and we can say this with a very high level of confidence.<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Mike Shanahan (Hot seat score: 10\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As we speak, owner Dan Snyder is preparing to fling the Red Lobster back out to sea, where he\u2019ll likely remain for the rest of his coaching career. The game has passed him by, and Shanahan\u2019s authoritative demeanor coupled with a lack of accountability on the field and in the locker room doesn\u2019t resonate well with players.<\/p>\n<p>Shanahan\u2019s track record speaks for itself, as he went 24-40 and finished with 10 or more losses in three of his four years spent in Washington. He\u2019s won one playoff game with a QB not named Elway, and has been out-coached in second halves of games many times this season. His lack of adjustments cannot be overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been evident for a while now that Shanahan and Robert Griffin III cannot coexist. The team gave up two first-rounders and a second-rounder for the young QB, and he provides a hell of a lot more upside for the future than Shanny does.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d be shocked if Shanahan isn\u2019t fired by noon today. Expect it to happen during the morning meeting which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap2000000306205\/article\/redskins-mike-shanahan-to-meet-with-dan-snyder-on-monday\">reportedly taking place<\/a> in the next hour or two between him and Snyder.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Jim Schwartz (Hot seat score: 10\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Everything set up perfectly for the Lions to finally win the NFC North this year for the first time since 1993. QB Aaron Rodgers suffered an injury that caused him to miss half the season, the Bears had a new head coach and were hit with a ton of injuries on defense, and the Vikings are rebuilding without a franchise QB.<\/p>\n<p>All they had to do was focus on the task at hand, and execute week in, week out.<\/p>\n<p>But instead, they went on to lose six of their last seven games, and only two of their opponents finished with a winning record.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do the Lions consistently play down to the level of their competition, but they also have issues with game management\/adjustments, turnovers, player discipline (penalties, legal troubles, etc.) and players are not executing in the current (questionable) scheme Schwartz is running on offense. This all falls on the coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>This team is far too talented on both sides of the ball to finish with a losing record, and Schwartz\u2019s 29-47 career record in Motown isn\u2019t going to get it done.<\/p>\n<p>When I predicted Schwartz would be fired last week, it seemed like a bold prediction. Now, looking back on his 5-year tenure, in which the Lions didn\u2019t win a single playoff game, it looks inevitable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Leslie Frazier (Hot seat score: 9\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You\u2019d never know Frazier comes from such a strong defensive background, being that his team ranks dead-last in points allowed (30), and second-to-last in yards allowed (398.3).<\/p>\n<p>And with just one year remaining on his contract, a 20-32-1 record doesn\u2019t spell good news for Frazier\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>The team may be in rebuilding mode, but the passion that Frazier had when he first took over for former HC Brad Childress seems to have died down a bit, and his players are not executing\/playing at the level they should be at. And while GM Rick Spielman deserves a lot of that blame, too, he still hasn\u2019t been given the opportunity to pick his own coach. And now is the time.<\/p>\n<p>Vikings are getting a new football stadium, so why not go the extra mile and shop around for a new head coach, too?<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color:orange;\">[Warm]<\/span>\u2014<\/strong><em> These coaches will likely be fired in the near future; but nothing is set in stone, and cases can be made for both sides.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Greg Schiano (Hot seat score: 8\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Schiano experiment has been one big epic fail. It probably wasn\u2019t a good idea to hire a guy whose only NFL coaching experience dates back 15 years to the Chicago Bears, where he served as a defensive assistant and DB coach. And the Josh Freeman fiasco couldn\u2019t have been handled more poorly.<\/p>\n<p>His authoritative, hard-nosed coaching style is better suited for college athletes, and it\u2019s become clear Schiano can\u2019t hang with the big boys in the NFL. The game is too big for him, and it\u2019s time to find a better candidate with more experience to coach up this young team.<\/p>\n<p>He needs to to return to the college ranks where he excels. NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapaport reported <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/story\/0ap2000000305046\/article\/rapaport-bill-obrien-poised-to-leave-penn-state\">he\u2019ll be the top candidate for Penn State University<\/a> if Bill O\u2019Brien leaves, which he likely will.<\/p>\n<p>The Glazers are very private people, and it&#8217;s hard to gauge exactly what they&#8217;ll do. But the 0-6 start and locker room issues may spell doom for Schiano, and this could be the last time we see him in the NFL as a head coach.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Dennis Allen (Hot seat score: 8\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long, arduous season for the NFL\u2019s youngest current head coach (39), and his lack of experience has shown at times in games. The team&#8217;s offense lacks an identity and has looked completely out of sync; his in-game decisions have been puzzling; and his lack of adjustments have made fans skeptical of his future. He\u2019s young and needs to study up on the offensive side of the ball to become a more well-rounded head coach.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders brass does deserve a good chunk of the blame as well, as they&#8217;re still recovering from the 2008 spending spree by former owner Al Davis. During the start of the GM Reggie McKenzie regime, the team had already overpaid for a mediocre group of free agents, and were roughly $30 million over the salary cap. Now, they finally have freed up big money to spend this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>And maybe they can finally buy themselves a head coach that will succeed. The head coaching carousel is always operating in Oakland, as the team has had eight head coaches since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>At times, this team hasn\u2019t even resembled an NFL-caliber team on both sides of the ball. QB Nick Foles torched them for seven touchdowns earlier in the season, and QB Peyton Manning threw four in the first half of yesterday\u2019s game. And the offensive playcalling is all over the place. It\u2019s time to try something new, because this team can\u2019t get any worse at the current time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Mike Munchak (Hot seat score: 7\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Munchak\u2019s 3-year stint in Tennessee has been filled with mediocrity. The team plays in the weakest division in football, with an easy schedule, but has shown no signs of improvement on either side of the ball. And QB Jake Locker has shown little progression, and now continues to battle injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans current head coach had little experience outside of being the team\u2019s offensive line coach for 14 seasons, and it shows. His team lacks consistency and looks completely different from week to week. They look like a team that doesn&#8217;t have a set identity, and instead just \u201cwings it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>And after reading about the impasse between Munchak and the team&#8217;s brass, I now believe it.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_ATL\/status\/409701715290492928\">broke the news<\/a> that there were philosophical differences between Titans coaches and brass. Rapoport said the team was built to be a run-first team but is now operating as a pass-first team. And that&#8217;s never a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessean&#8217;s Jim Wyatt did, however, tweet &#8220;<a href=\"All indications are a decision on Mike Munchak's fate won't be made until late in wk,\">All indications are a decision on Mike Munchak&#8217;s fate won&#8217;t be made until late in wk<\/a>&#8221; last night. This could be good for Munchak&#8217;s future, as the &#8220;wait and see&#8221; approach may buy the head coach some time. If Monday and Tuesday are filled with firings, it&#8217;d limit the talent pool for potential head coaches the team could look to hire.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color:blue;\">[Tepid]<\/span>\u2014<\/strong><em> These coaches will likely return next season, but we won&#8217;t be completely shocked if one of them is let go.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Jason Garrett (Hot seat score: 6\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three straight 8-8 seasons with a talented group of players isn\u2019t going to cut it in this league. The Cowboys have now lost three straight elimination games\u2014a brutal way to end each season. And Cowboys fans are now beginning to accept mediocrity as the norm.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett\u2019s team went 5-1 in divisional games this season, but his reluctance to run the football at critical junctures makes it difficult for the offense to consistently sustain long drives. In last night\u2019s game, his decision to roll backup QB Kyle Orton out and throw to RB DeMarco Murray on 4th-and-1 from near midfield, rather than running the ball (or punting, even), was a critical mistake and a potential turning point in the game. And having Orton drop back to pass 46 times, with just 17 designed runs in an elimination game at home which was close throughout, is just plain stupid.<\/p>\n<p>Both owner Jerry Jones and QB Tony Romo seem to like Garrett and believe in what he\u2019s doing. Jones has even said Garrett\u2019s job is safe in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>But who really trusts Jones\u2019 word? Mediocrity may be okay for Garrett, but Jones sets the bar high and the team\u2019s postseason drought and inability to finish games late may spell doom for the team\u2019s current head coach.<\/p>\n<p>His lack of commitment to a run-game and unbalanced offense have cost the team at least two wins this season, and, most importantly, a NFC East title win, when it was their division to lose in a &#8220;down&#8221; year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Joe Philbin (Hot seat score: 6\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Dolphins head coach wasn\u2019t previously on the hot seat, but after a pair of embarrassing losses against division rivals, games the team scored a combined seven points in, he is now.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t help that GM Jeff Ireland is one of football\u2019s worst at team-building, and this could, very well, be the year owner Stephen Ross finally cans him. Maybe he shouldn\u2019t have traded away WR Brandon Marshall for a pair of third-round picks, and maybe he shouldn\u2019t have signed one-dimensional WR Mike Wallace to a $60 million contract to replace the void left by Marshall. And his free agency spending spree this past offseason didn\u2019t yield the immediate results he promised.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Jonathan Martin saga blame falls on Philbin for not policing the locker room, but at the same time, he did do an excellent job moving on and not allowing his team to fall into a tailspin, as the Dolphins won four of six games immediately following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>While it may be easy to blame Philbin, the offensive playcalling has been awful, and the personnel decisions even worse. So maybe it\u2019s Ireland and OC Mike Sherman who need to be canned, and Philbin should be given another year or two to attempt to lead the team.<\/p>\n<p>This team has had seven different head coaches since 2000. It&#8217;s the front office that deserves most of the blame here. I&#8217;m predicting Sherman and Ireland will be gone, but Philbin stays.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Tom Coughlin (Hot seat score: 6\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the Giants started the season 0-6, it appeared the 67-year-old head coach\u2019s tenure in NY was finally ending.<\/p>\n<p>As the league\u2019s oldest current active head coach, with a team that needs to completely rebuild its offensive line, receiving corps and linebackers, it made sense that Coughlin would retire. He\u2019s won two Super Bowl rings while with the organization, and maybe it\u2019s best to quit while you\u2019re ahead.<\/p>\n<p>But the team responded in a big way and rose to the occasion on Sunday, even with WR Jerrel Jernigan and RB Peyton Hillis as the team\u2019s \u201cplaymakers\u201d on offense. The defense played with a level of tenacity and aggressiveness we haven\u2019t seen in some time, and it\u2019s clear they want their coach to return.<\/p>\n<p>Coughlin won\u2019t be fired, so it will ultimately come down to if he\u2019s ready to retire and leave the game of football for good, or not. Either way, a Hall of Fame bid is likely in his future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Mike Smith (Hot seat score: 5\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Falcons (along with the Texans) proved how much the league can change from year to year. Last season, they accumulated 13 wins and were one first-down away from probably playing in the Super Bowl. But in 2013 they won just four games.<\/p>\n<p>To Smith\u2019s credit, the team suffered a barrage of injuries to its top playmakers on offense\u2014at one time team was forced to play without WR Roddy White, WR Julio Jones and RB Steven Jackson, along with injuries on the offensive line\u2014but the playcalling on offense has been predictable and renders the Falcons one-dimensional at times.<\/p>\n<p>But the team\u2019s lack of talent on the defensive side of the ball isn\u2019t Smith\u2019s fault. And GM Thomas Dimitroff, known as one of the best young execs in sports, needs to do a better job bringing in players that fit the scheme. The team will likely use the majority of its 2014 draft picks to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Smith makes some puzzling decisions from time to time, but he&#8217;s the best candidate to lead this team next season. And he deserves another year at the helm, given his success in the past. And the players really seem to buy into and trust his system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-left:-20px;\"><strong><strong>Rex Ryan (Hot seat score: 5\/10):<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s be frank: No one predicted the Jets to go 8-8. I\u2019m an avid follower of the team, and I had them at 6-10 before the season began. In a rebuilding year and the beginning of GM John Idzik&#8217;s regime, a .500 record with a tough schedule is a victory for gang green.<\/p>\n<p>This young defensive front has the talent, explosiveness and athleticism to be one of the league\u2019s best for years to come. Ryan has an extensive history as DC and has coached some elite defensive squads over the years, and the Jets would be silly to let him go with all the young playmakers on that side of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>The team lacks more weapons on offense than any team in the NFL, and it\u2019s up to Idzik and Co. to rectify that issue. But Ryan and OC Marty Mornhinweg have done a good job getting the most out of a subpar group of guys.<\/p>\n<p>After the victory in Miami, the Jets may have added fuel to the \u201cFire Joe Philbin\u201d fire. But Ryan\u2019s seat has cooled off, especially after owner Woody Johnson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/sports\/football\/jets\/jets-thrilled-after-woody-johnson-says-rex-ryan-will-return-1.6689641\">announced he\u2019d be back next season<\/a>, which seemed to really elevate the mood of locker room.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\nLet the fireworks begin! Mike Shanahan will (likely) be the first to go.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>UPDATE: Frazier was the first head coach to be fired (at 9 a.m. ET), with Shanahan roughly 30 minutes behind him.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Monday is now upon us, and most NFL head coaches who are currently squatting on hot seats didn\u2019t do&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":212381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231608556],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL Hot Seat Rankings: Final Hiring\/Firing Predictions    for Head Coaches As Black Monday Looms - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NFL Hot Seat Rankings: Final Hiring\/Firing Predictions    for Head Coaches As Black Monday Looms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-30T13:49:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ap377339498682.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"530\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"13 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"NFL Hot Seat Rankings: Final Hiring\/Firing Predictions for Head Coaches As Black Monday Looms\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-30T13:49:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-12-30T13:49:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/\"},\"wordCount\":2682,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/ap377339498682.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"The Sports Daily\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2013\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nfl-hot-seat-rankings-final-predictions-as-black-monday-looms-after-week-17-concludes\/\",\"name\":\"NFL Hot Seat Rankings: Final Hiring\/Firing Predictions for Head Coaches As Black Monday Looms - 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