Lomax to Green 84
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I keep thinking about when the Cards fired Joe Bugel at the end of the 1993 season, even when he had the Cards on a major roll at the end of the year. Sure Bugel didn't do much in his first 3 years, but he had that team really cranking by the end of the year. I recall reading an article in Sporting News that mentioned that the Bugel firing was gut wrenching for the old man (Bidwill Sr.), but some others in the organzation convinced him to let Bugel go. Imagine what could have been if they had stayed the course with Bugel. I recall Jimmy Johnson saying that as coach of the Cowboys in 1993 (Super Bowl Champs), the Cards were the 2nd best team in that division hands down by the end of the year.
Now back to the purpose of this post: I think Bidwill needs to take a long hard look at what Marty Shottenheimer and Dick Vermiel did their first 2-3 years when they took over the Chargers and Rams respectively. Both guys were called past their time, needed to be fired and replaced by some new up and comer. The Rams in particular were in near mutiny during the 1998 season and ownership was really close to firing Vermeil. Shottemheimer was considered the biggest buffoon in football after the 2003 season, and yet the Chargers brass kept him on and look at what happened in both cases.
I'm not a huge Denny Green fan, but I really worry about giving up and having to start over. If this organization didn't have such a losing mantra, I could understand giving Green the hook and looking elsewhere, but this team is known around the league as a graveyard for head coaches.
I see alot of 1993 in this team. If we continue to play hard, tough football the next 3 weeks, it's going to be really tough to blow everything up.
Now back to the purpose of this post: I think Bidwill needs to take a long hard look at what Marty Shottenheimer and Dick Vermiel did their first 2-3 years when they took over the Chargers and Rams respectively. Both guys were called past their time, needed to be fired and replaced by some new up and comer. The Rams in particular were in near mutiny during the 1998 season and ownership was really close to firing Vermeil. Shottemheimer was considered the biggest buffoon in football after the 2003 season, and yet the Chargers brass kept him on and look at what happened in both cases.
I'm not a huge Denny Green fan, but I really worry about giving up and having to start over. If this organization didn't have such a losing mantra, I could understand giving Green the hook and looking elsewhere, but this team is known around the league as a graveyard for head coaches.
I see alot of 1993 in this team. If we continue to play hard, tough football the next 3 weeks, it's going to be really tough to blow everything up.