Head coaches, coordinators and quarterbacks all share the same quickest path to the unemployment line.
“Making the same mistakes week after week,” one longtime NFL general manager said.
That’s why Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett deserves credit for swallowing his pride and quickly hiring Jerry Rosburg as a Game Management Coach. The strategic mistakes that Hackett made while also trying to call offensive plays in his first two games at the helm were obvious to any teenager with a Madden video game.
It might have been job-saving, too. Because if you think one year is too quick to fire a head coach, think again. Eight NFL head coaches have been dumped after one season (or less) since 2011, and the Broncos changed ownership in August.
