we hired eb to see if he deserved a coaching spot, it’s time to see if he has what it takes. 6 games left on the year, we’re 4-7, the whole team is being gutted in january anyways, and we all need a reason to keep watching this shit show for the next 2 months. it’s time for harris to pull the trigger.
no more “we’re gonna evaluate,” no more “i like the guys in the building,” it all needs to be over today. coaches have been justifiably fired for less.
i appreciate ron for what he did when he first got here, but that well has dried up and his grace period ended when snyder sold the team.
i woke up at the crack of dawn for this. it’s time to burn this tenure to the ground
How about this?
Total head coaches since 2000: 149 (127 unique coaches)
Total interim coaching gigs: 44 (39 unique coaches)
Interim coaches who later became a HC: 18
Interim coaches who were promoted to HC: 10 (Romeo Crennel interestingly counts in this category, but not the prior one, since he was a HC, then interim, then promoted HC–and then interim again)
Therefore, total coaching vacancies - 119 (total coaches, minus interim gigs, plus interims promoted to HC)
So, 85.8% of head coaches in the past 23 years were never interim coaches.
Looking at it from the other end, only 8.4% of interim coaching gigs have led to a promotion to full-time HC, and 40.9% of interim coaching gigs were a successful audition to eventually be a HC.
That last number is certainly better than the percentage of coordinator jobs who become HCs, so it’s maybe the best way to audition for a HC job, but by no means a prerequisite. In fact, I bet it’s comparable to the percentage of Assistant Head Coaches who’ve gone on to get HC gigs. And EB already has that title. I’d look it up, but I’m out of time to kill.