Coaching/GM Changes

[masterfins]

I'm sure this will disappoint Stroke, but the 49ers fired GM Trent Baalke.

Also fired was Chargers coach Mike McCoy.

Gary Kubiak stepped down from Denver HC duties for health reasons.

The Jets announced GM Mike Maccagnan and HC Todd Bowles would return in 2017.

[BuccaneerBrad]

Chip Kelly followed Trent Baalke out the door in San Francisco.  Rumors are in Indy that Chuck Pagano may get the ax as well. 

McCoy was no surprise but Kubiak was.  Apparently he's got a heart condition he was unaware of.   I hope he's ok.

Even more surprising was Marvin Lewis being retained. 

[Sunstroke]

I'm sure this will disappoint Stroke, but the 49ers fired GM Trent Baalke.

Oh yeah, I am so broken up about this, I may pop a bottle of champagne tonight...you know, because that's just how I mourn.

My only real disappointment is that Jed York is still around...

[Dave Gray]

I'm not surprised about Marvin Lewis.  I think he's a good coach.  Cincy was a toilet before he came in there and made them relevant.

[BuccaneerBrad]

I'm not surprised about Marvin Lewis.  I think he's a good coach.  Cincy was a toilet before he came in there and made them relevant.

He's taken them as far as he could apparently.  He hasn't won a single playoff game since he's been there.   Now he can't even make the playoffs

[Spider-Dan]

Marvin Lewis took over one of the worst franchises in the league and has 5 straight playoff appearances.  He misses the playoffs once and suddenly he's not up to the lofty standards of the Bengals?

Mike Brown may not be a genius, but he's no Jed York.  He knows where his bread is buttered.

[Dolphster]

I hate the Jets like any good Dolphins fan should, but I was happily surprised to see Bowles keep his job.  Coaching skills, not withstanding, I remember Bowles from his Dolphin days as a really good guy.  Of course coaches are paid to be good at their jobs, not to be good guys.  It REALLY seemed like he had lost control of the team the last few weeks as the Jets looked like a team that had quit and were barely going through the motions.  I know I'm too old school, but it really burns my ass to see guys joking and goofing around on the sidelines when they are losing by 20+ points. 

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I thought he should have lost his job for losing the team.  I have no love for Rex Ryan but at least he can keep his team fighting even when it is a lost cause.  Bowles team just folds.  Might be a nice guy and a good tactician, but if you can't motivate the team to play 60 mins 16 times a year you shouldn't be a head coach.

[Dolphster]

I thought he should have lost his job for losing the team.  I have no love for Rex Ryan but at least he can keep his team fighting even when it is a lost cause.  Bowles team just folds.  Might be a nice guy and a good tactician, but if you can't motivate the team to play 60 mins 16 times a year you shouldn't be a head coach.

Yep, agreed.  That was pretty much what I was getting at as well.  Since I like him, I'm glad he kept his job, but he really didn't "deserve" to keep his job for the exact reason  you stated. 

[BuccaneerBrad]

I thought he should have lost his job for losing the team.  I have no love for Rex Ryan but at least he can keep his team fighting even when it is a lost cause.  Bowles team just folds.  Might be a nice guy and a good tactician, but if you can't motivate the team to play 60 mins 16 times a year you shouldn't be a head coach.

They knew they were already going to lose because they had no QB.  Rumors are they tanked to get the third pick so they could get one of the big three in the draft.   

[Sunstroke]

^^^ I'm not so sure that any of the QBs in this class is tank-worthy, but that certainly doesn't mean that the Jets don't think so.

As far as my 49ers go, I want one of the top 2 defenders with our #2 pick, Jonathan Allen or Myles Garrett (didn't he die in Roadhouse?). No disrespect to Trubisky, Kizer or any of the other QBs, but I would just as soon address that position in round 2-3, and get a true impact player for our horrendous defense.

[Baba Booey]

Jacksonville just hired Doug Marrone

[masterfins]

Jacksonville just hired Doug Marrone

I think this is a good move.  Marrone seems to be a good HC.  He did a good job starting to turn around Syracuse's football program before leaving for the Bills.  Then he seemed to be doing well with the Bills until the Pegula's bought the team, and their seemed to be some tension between the parties and Marrone opted out of his contract.

[Baba Booey]

I think this is a good move.  Marrone seems to be a good HC.  He did a good job starting to turn around Syracuse's football program before leaving for the Bills.  Then he seemed to be doing well with the Bills until the Pegula's bought the team, and their seemed to be some tension between the parties and Marrone opted out of his contract.

His reputation is he lies to management, he quits on jobs, and the players don't like him. One day he is telling the media Syracuse is my "dream job and I never want to leave" next day he is taking the Bills job. Bills get a new owner and Doug is still under contract and he takes an opt out clause and quits to then be an offensive line coach for Jacksonville? Not to mention when he left Buffalo all of the players said the guy was impossible to deal with and (much like Philbin) was worried about gum wrappers on the floor and if they wore NFL sanctioned socks to 9am meetings on a Tuesday. And there was no tension between him and the Pegula's. The Pegula's bought the team, Doug asked them for an extension, they said no you have a contract, so he quit. LOL, that ain't tension.

Plus, didn't Jax just fire their head coach in large part due to their QB, who they have so much invested in,  regressing? So you promote from within and someone from the offensive side of the ball who was part of the problem?

Hire makes little sense!

[CF DolFan]

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 Not to mention when he left Buffalo all of the players said the guy was impossible to deal with and (much like Philbin) was worried about gum wrappers on the floor and if they wore NFL sanctioned socks to 9am meetings on a Tuesday. And there was no tension between him and the Pegula's. The Pegula's bought the team, Doug asked them for an extension, they said no you have a contract, so he quit. LOL, that ain't tension.

Plus, didn't Jax just fire their head coach in large part due to their QB, who they have so much invested in,  regressing? So you promote from within and someone from the offensive side of the ball who was part of the problem?

Hire makes little sense!

Which is it? Do they want a tough old school coach or not? You just described Marrone as a Tom Coughlin type but that's who you said would get the job.

He (Marrone) won't get that job. That offense has been a mess and he was a coach on the offensive side of the ball. Sounds like Coughlin has the job if he wants it in Jacksonville