Coaches

Give a coach a chance.

Coaches, no matter at what level, should be given four or five years to try and turn around a team. Duke football had been coached by Ted Roof for four season, but he was fired after four wins in four seasons. I am fine with this decision, Duke was going nowhere.

However, give coaches a chance. Many wanted him fired before the season, or shortly after the first game debacle of the season (or this). Now look, he very well could end up AFC coach of the year (he currently has a 9-5 record and is a Tennessee loss OR Cleveland win away from the playoffs, Cleveland just beat Buffalo and Denver lost earlier this week).

No one wants to lose, but the opening game embarrassment may have been a rally point for the team. Not all losses are the same, some are not bad.

Also, I seem to remember famed basketball coach Dean Smith twice was hung in effigy twice in his first five years at the school. He ended his career with 879 wins, the most in NCAA men's basketball history (he has since been passed by Bob Knight). Think that was the right decision not to fire Smith?

Im all for reevaluating a coach and I am not suggesting you cannot fire a coach after one season.